The biggest casualties of the Yankees' tepid activity at the trade deadline were their two superstars - Aaron Judge and Gerrit Cole.
froze at the trade deadline, sentencing Judge and Cole to two months of meaningless baseball.
The refusal act was stunning in itself. But so was Cashman’s declaration that, “obviously we’re in it to win it. So we stayed the course because of that.” In fact, it felt like late September in the Bronx Tuesday night. Boone’s crew waited until two out in the ninth inning to put up a fight in aBUY YANKEES TICKETSThis must gall Judge and Cole, both of whom deserve better. No. 99 cut short an injury rehab to rescue his teammates. Watch him run the bases, he looks un-athletic, obviously in pain. That right big toe is nowhere close to 100 percent healed. Yet, Judge perseveres.
But Judge said no to both clubs because he believed in the Yankees’ winning pedigree. He wasn’t counting on a continuation of the slow, steady decline that began in 2020. That raises an outrageous question: would Cole dare to opt out after 2024, as his contract allows? No one’s asked him. No one had to up to now. But you couldn’t blame either him or super-agent Scott Boras for having that conversation. And it wouldn’t be just about money.
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