Houston Astros ace Gerrit Cole—who will be a free agent this winter—thanked Houston Astros fans on Thursday after the team lost Game 7 of the World Series to the Washington Nationals, 6-2, on Wednesday night:
That followed an exchange with an Astros spokesperson on Wednesday night that raised some eyebrows around baseball, and certainly called into question Cole's future—or lack thereof—in Houston:
Hunter AtkinsGerrit Cole, an impending free agent, was resistant to talk after Game 7. “I’m not an employee of the team,” he said to an Astros spokesperson.