NEW YORK — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole was sitting before a room filled with reporters and TV cameras a day before he was set to start Game 1 of the American League Division Series versus the Kansas City Royals. He had just been asked something he had never thought about before.
Is there extra pressure to win a World Series this year since there’s no guarantee that star right fielder Juan Soto won’t leave via free agency in the winter?
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Cole paused for a moment.
“I’ve just been kind of enjoying it, especially while we have him,” he said. “And he can’t go anywhere right now.”
It wasn’t the only time
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