NY Baseball Check-In: Cole Returns. Mets Deadline Questions.
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New York baseball is sitting in two completely different places.
The Yankees just got Gerrit Cole back, and he looked a lot less like a pitcher easing his way back from Tommy John surgery and a lot more like the ace walking back into the room. Aaron Judge is in a rough stretch, but that feels more like normal baseball turbulence than real panic. Ben Rice keeps making the case that his bat is too valuable to mess with behind the plate, and the Rays are putting real pressure on the AL East race.
Then there are the Mets.
The record still gives just enough 2024 flashback hope to…
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