It’s only spring training, but we’ve already got some beef ahead of the 2024 MLB season.
On Friday, New York Yankees star Gerrit Cole threw a fastball that Toronto Blue Jays slugger Daniel Vogelbach sent deep into the Florida night. There would be no problem with that, but Vogelbach gave a little bat flip and maybe Cole thought his home run trot was a little slow for a game that was happening on the first day of March and not in the regular season.
“Yeah, what’s the day? Are we still in February? March 1st? Yeah, he enjoyed that homer,” Cole said on Friday, per MLB’s Bryan Hoch. And Cole added this when asked if he’d remember that: “I don’t forget a lot of things.”
WHEW.
Daniel Vogelbach absolutely CRUSHES one off Gerrit Cole pic.twitter.com/L6J3mXx6nV
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 1, 2024
Gerrit Cole was no fan of Daniel Vogelbach's slow trot in the 1st inning.
“Yeah, what’s the day? Are we still in February? March 1st? Yeah, he enjoyed that homer.”
Asked if he would remember Vogelbach’s trot during the season, Cole replied: “I don’t forget a lot of things.”
— Bryan Hoch ⚾️ (@BryanHoch) March 2, 2024