Major League Baseball now has it’s first $324 million starting pitcher as Gerrit Cole has agreed to a 9-year deal with the New York Yankees that gives him the biggest contract ever for a pitcher.
The former Astro had long been sought after by Brian Cashman and the Yankees. News finally broke shortly after 9 p.m. on the West Coast on Tuesday night, where there Winter Meetings are happening in San Diego.
Cole’s 9-year, $324 deal makes him just the fifth player in MLB history to have a deal be over the $300 million mark.
His deal comes just over a day after Stephen Strasburg signed a 7-year deal worth $245 million with the Nationals.
Cole, 29, went 20-5 last year for the Astros and was 15-5 in 2018.
The MLB world reacted to his deal with the Yanks:
