Is Gerrit Cole Pitching His Way out of Houston?

They figure they are witnessing the last days of history. Maybe Gerrit Cole returns to the Houston Astros next year, but even his teammates know the odds are, ahem, Astro-nomical against it. They know that he almost certainly will be pitching somewhere else on the other side of this winter's free-agent paydirt.

So they live his brilliance one inning at a time. They soak in the dominance and revel in the euphoria that now accompanies each of his starts. They hope they can squeeze another World Series title out of this window before he departs and leaves them a ring to remember him by.

Next up, Gerrit Cole does Broadway. It is October, and he will start the pivotal Game 3 of this American…