While we have a few days before the Astros play again, I thought we could spend a few minutes working through the logistics of one of Crane/Luhnow's biggest offseason decisions: extending Gerrit Cole. This is laid out point by point, the Case for Extending Gerrit Cole:
Argument 1: Because it's not our money.
Argument 2: Because it's Gerrit F. Cole.
This should not be discounted as a throwaway argument. Gerrit Cole turned 29 years old three weeks ago, so technically 2020 will be Cole's Age 29 season, since he pitched the majority of 2019 at Age 28.