Gerrit Cole on Tuesday had yet another bad outing for the New York Yankees, and critics were having a field day over social media.
Cole was spotted a 3-0 lead but got pulled from the Yankees’ game at the Detroit Tigers in the second inning after struggling with his control. Cole walked five, gave up a hit and two runs, while striking out three batters in 1.2 innings. He left with the bases loaded and had thrown 68 pitches in the outing, just 37 for strikes. Cole was lucky Clarke Schmidt bailed him out in relief.
The start was Cole’s worst of the season, leading to plenty of barbs over Twitter.
This season, Cole now has a 6.35 ERA. Things were shaky on Tuesday, but Yankees fans shouldn’t write him off yet. It’s only been three games, and he wasn’t that bad in his first two starts.
This is Cole’s third season with the Yankees and he’s on a $324 milion contract. He is 23-11 with a 3.20 ERA in his Yankees career.
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