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Gerrit Cole left the Houston Astros to sign with the New York Yankees on a record-breaking nine-year, $324 million contract in December.
His former club has been embroiled in controversy in the time since, as MLB revealed in January that an investigation found the Astros to have illegally and elaborately stolen signs with in-game technology throughout their 2017 World Series championship season.
Cole opened up to USA Today's Bob Nightengale about the controversy and emphasized that Houston "played fair and square" in 2019:
"I'm going to miss those guys.