Veteran right-handers Gerrit Cole and Luis Castillo are among fantasy starting pitchers who could disappoint in 2025.

It's that time of spring when the big boys get going. The New York Yankees will start rolling out their stars in spring training over the weekend, manager Aaron Boone told reporters. Yankees captain Aaron Judge will make his Grapefruit League debut on March 1 against the Houston Astros at George M.

I’ve always believed in the old adage “pitching wins championships.” The Yankees went out and brought in one of the best back in December, signing Max Fried and pairing him with Gerrit Cole to form a righty/lefty tandem of aces at the top of their starting rotation.

Cole had known Tyler Matzek for a long time. Bring up the name and Cole notes that Matzek had struck him out twice in high school in their shared Orange County youth. Now, he noticed the life on Matzek’s pitches,

Dodgers right-hander Joe Kelly is at again, taking shots at Gerrit Cole for the embarrassing fielding mistake that doomed the Yankees in I’m not sure why Kelly continues to gloat – the Dodgers were crowned world champs four months ago – but the reliever amped his criticism on Thursday,

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Yankees ace Gerrit Cole got some spring training advice from Roger Clemens, a former No. 1 starter for New York himself.

Cole's strikeout rate has declined for three straight seasons, dropping from 33.5% in 2021 to 25.4% in 2024, the lowest since his 2017 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His fastball velocity has also dipped, falling from an average of 97.1 mph in 2021 to 94.8 mph in 2024, with the most significant drop—1.4 mph—occurring between 2023 and 2024.

Outlook: Cole did have elbow issues as a youngster, but he entered last year as the gold standard in terms of durability. His only IL stint from 2017-23 was due to COVID, and he finished in the top five in his league in innings pitched in all seven of those seasons.