November 30, 2019

Gerrit Cole insider: Initial Yankees rejection was key to everything

by Felix Pantaleón

John Savage knows about recruiting Gerrit Cole. The longtime UCLA head coach got the right-hander to commit to the Bruins out of Orange Lutheran HS in Southern California then waited to see if he’d actually get to coach him. “We were pretty comfortable we would be able to hold onto him,” Savage said by phone….

Written by Felix Pantaleón

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