Gerrit Cole dominated New York Yankees batting practice

There are only a few days left for the start of the Cactus League, Grapefruit League, and each of the participating teams Major League Baseball They're in tune with that. Specifically organizing New York YankeesWhich starts with great expectations for the 2024 season.

To achieve these playoff and World Series goals, the team will look to rely on starting pitching and offense, which seems intimidating at first glance. With a rotation that will be led by the 2023 Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole.

Ace spin New York Yankees He participated in live batting practice during the day on Wednesday 02/21 when he faced his teammates, DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Rizzo, Gleyber Torres, Anthony Volpe And Josh Van Meter. According to the journalist, the audience Brian Hoch on social media.

During the session, the pitcher's performance against LeMahieu, Rizzo and Volpe stood out. In total, he threw 15 pitches and received only two hits from the last two players mentioned.

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With a brilliant combination of his pitches, he kept his teammates in trouble, LeMahieu taking a knockout blow by not connecting on any ball, while Rizzo and Volpe put the ball in play on their final swings, respectively.

This way right Gerrit Cole He left a great performance before the first match of the tournament Spring training vs. Detroit Tigers, at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, on 02/24/19.

Cole He will seek to repeat what has been done New York Yankees Last season to advance to Oktoberfest and go as far as possible. Despite the roster compiled by management, they will likely be aiming for at least a World Series.

Cole's numbers with the New York Yankees

During 2023 Gerrit Cole He was one of the most consistent players in the regular season, going 15-4 with a 2.63 ERA in 33 starts.

Additionally, in that time, he allowed 157 hits, 61 earned runs, 20 home runs, fanned 222 and walked 48. He left his strikeouts and walks per nine innings pitched at 2.1 and 6.8, respectively. Data from Baseball Reference.

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