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Nobody in the Yankees clubhouse knows pitching like Gerrit Cole.

So his perspective on Cam Schlittler’s sudden rise , punctuated by his masterpiece in a win-or-go-home Game 3 against the Red Sox in their wild-card series — eight shutout innings with 12 strikeouts in a 4-0 win — carries some extra weight.

“There’s different paths to greatness up here,” Cole said in the champagne-soaked clubhouse. “But certainly, this guy has come up and delivered right away. He’s got ‘it.’ I don’t know what ‘it’ is. It’s hard to define it. But he’s got it.”

“I think it’s really rooted. I think it’s gro

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