Worth the 324 m Elite pitcher - New York Yankees fans hail Gerrit Cole as the pitcher reaches the 200 strikeout mark this season × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Baseball MLB News Worth the 324 m Elite pitcher - New York Yankees fans hail Gerrit Cole as the pitcher reaches the 200 strikeout mark this season By Jared Bloom Modified 28 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees Gerrit Cole eclipsed the 200 strikeout mark last night, becoming the first pitcher in MLB to do so. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics by a score of 3-2 on Friday night. Cole went 7.1 innings on three hits and struck out 11 batters. MLB@MLBThe Cole Train keeps on chugging along.8312859The Cole Train keeps on chugging along. https://t.co/AW8cV7nJlC Earning his 10th win of the season, Gerrit Cole has been pitching like an ace this season. Leading the league in total strikeouts, Cole notched his seventh game where he threw 10+ strikeouts. Cole's performances this year have New York fans ecstatic. pardo ?@Hardpard@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees Worth the 324 M371@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees Worth the 324 M Gleyber Torres Scout @gleyberszn25@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees Elite pitcher2@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees Elite pitcher Cole signed a nine-year, $324 million deal with the Yankees before the 2020 season. This gives him an average annual value (AAV) of $36 million. This makes Cole the eighth highest-paid player in MLB. Sam@GoatChef30@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees Cole has more strikeouts than your favorite pitcher1@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees Cole has more strikeouts than your favorite pitcher San Diego Strong@PadresStrong@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees He'll reach 300K this year21@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees He'll reach 300K this year His career-high for strikeouts was 326 in 2019 when he was with the Houston Astros. With the season nearing September, the 300-mark might be a stretch. But this is baseball and weirder things have happened. YUITO@TMA_TMA_925Strikeouts title no doubt!#RepBx twitter.com/MLB/status/156…MLB@MLBThe Cole Train keeps on chugging along.83The Cole Train keeps on chugging along. https://t.co/AW8cV7nJlCStrikeouts title no doubt!#RepBx twitter.com/MLB/status/156… The strikeout title will come down to a close finish. Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes sits just 10 strikeouts behind Cole. There are three pitchers within 15 strikeouts of the Yankees ace. Gerrit Cole will have to keep adding high-strikeout games if he wants to close out the season with the most strikeouts. geaux Bregman@knuckleball1234Yet still not in Cy Young running :/// twitter.com/mlb/status/156…MLB@MLBThe Cole Train keeps on chugging along.8422864The Cole Train keeps on chugging along. https://t.co/AW8cV7nJlCYet still not in Cy Young running :/// twitter.com/mlb/status/156… While Cole leads the league in strikeouts, he's not even in the running for AL Cy Young. Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander and Chicago White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease seem to be in a head-to-head battle for that. ? nate@nikeboynate_@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees What’s bro’s ERA looking like tho?101@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees What’s bro’s ERA looking like tho? Cole has a 3.31 ERA this season. This ranks in 27th among MLB pitchers, which isn't the greatest. This could be a big reason why he's not among the top names for the AL Cy Young. Rob R@bigrobdogg22@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees 10-6 blah1@MLB @GerritCole45 @Yankees 10-6 blah Some fans are also pointing out his record for the year, which is 10-6. This has him tied for 20th. ERA and record are the two things that hold Cole back from being the best pitcher in the league. Gerrit Cole is setting up the New York Yankees for a deep October run New York Yankees v Oakland Athletics While Gerrit Cole leads the league in strikeouts, he's setting the New York Yankees up for a dominant postseason run. The Yankees are sitting in first place in the American League East. They hold a comfortable nine-game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays. With Cole having a dominant year, Aaron Judge is having a career-year. Judge leads the league in homeruns at 49, RBIs at 109, and OPS at 1.063. The New York Yankees are looking like serious World Series contenders this year. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Windy Goodloe × Feedback Thank You! 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