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He’d rather not be having the conversation, that much is evident. Gerrit Cole is an expert at many things, among them pitching, talking about pitching and teaching pitching. Few in this era can compare to his total command of the art.

When he went under the knife this past spring for Tommy John surgery, though, any hope of Cole pitching the Yankees back to the World Series, and hopefully to a championship this time around, were put on hold. His contributions in 2025 would have to come in a different way. And while he’d much rather be pitching than talking about not pitching, it is clear he still has much to offer.

This conversation, excerpted from an interview that appeared on the New York Yankees Official Podcast , took place just days before the

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