After finishing the season 82-80 and missing the postseason for the first time since 2016, New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole admitted that the 2023 season could be considered a "disaster," per ESPN's David Schoenfield.
As the Yankees saw their postseason hopes slip away, Cole said the team's goals shifted to avoiding the team's first losing season since 1992 rather than winning a World Series title.
"Being hamstrung for a great part of the year, there was a lot of grit that showed," Cole said. "We have a 30-some consecutive year run of finishing over .