Gerrit Cole’s first three starts of the season were not what you would hope for from your ace. He struggled to some degree in all of them, culminating last time out, when he put in arguably one of the worst performances of his career.
While it was too early to make any sort of judgements about Cole or his season, he really could’ve used a good start on Sunday against the Guardians. Well, the four-time All-Star got it. Cole allowed no runs on four hits and a walk and struck out nine in 6.2 innings in a really good effort against Cleveland.