Yankees star says 2023 is a disaster, Talk about new motivation for 2024.
Gerrit Cole said last year it was less than YankeesΒ Standard
Few MLB teams have been as disappointing in 2023 as the New York Yankees. Coming off a 99-win season and a trip to the AL Championship Series in 2022, the Yankees are expected to become champions and possibly win their first World Series since 2009. However, the Yankees have struggled throughout the campaign, and as result, they had their back-to-back winning seasons.
Gerrit Cole, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and the ace of New York’s pitching staff, doesn’t think 2024 will be a bleak season for the Yankees. Cole told reporters Thursday that the Yankees are No. 039; The goal is to stay away from danger. 2023.
Cole and His Goal: Win a World Series
Yankees Talk to the Media; Speaking from his spring training base in Tampa, Fla., Cole said it’s important for the Bronx Bombers to stay healthy if they want to advance in 2024. Cole blamed the record number of injuries. New York went 82-80 in 2023. This saw baseball and its most successful franchise finish 19 games back in first place in the AL East.
Gerrit Cole and injury prevention last year: The team had too many injuries. We need to improve.
The harvester no. 2 prospects behind Cole will certainly go a long way to ensuring a below average rotation in 2023. Left-hander Carlos Rodon was limited to 14 starts due to injury in the first season of his six-year, $162 million contract, and the Yankees bounced back by signing right-hander Marcus All Stroman to a two-year deal. last month .
If the team’s rotation is right, the Yankees have a chance to bounce back quickly and achieve a big goal that Coland has pursued since his transition from Houston to New York in 2020: winning the World Series.
and “I’m not sure there’s a goal other than what I’m doing and winning a World Series. I’ll try to keep it simple.“
Β Β Cole is waitingΒ watchΒ Juan Soto
In December, the Yankees made one of the biggest moves of the offseason, completing a trade with the Padres to see Juan Soto move to the Bronx. Soto, who earned a record $31 million in arbitration after joining New York, moved to 11th in the AL in runs scored.
Well, we don’t need to fight with him, we are very grateful that he is with us. Cole said Thursday.
Gerrit Cole says about having Juan Soto as a friend:
and “I’m so thankful I don’t have to punish him, I really appreciate it.Β On our side I’m excited to see what he brings.
Soto hit 35 home runs last season in San Diego, and when he came to New York, he hit more than 40 home runs in a game forleft-handed hitters. Because it’s only 314 feet from the man. at Yankee StadiumΒ short fieldΒ In right field.
Soto gives manager Aaron Boone a one-two punch alongside former MVP Aaron Judge in the batting order. While Judge may not be playing his best in center field, New York is confident the positives will outweigh the negatives..
