SAN DIEGO — The moment that news of Gerrit Cole’s record-setting, nine-year, $324 million contract arrived at the Winter Meetings, jaws hit the floor in the lobby of the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
The words “Madison Bumgarner” and “Los Angeles Dodgers” kept them there for quite some time.
Immediately after Cole and the New York Yankees agreed to the biggest contract any pitcher has ever signed, word trickled out the Dodgers would be shifting their focus from the former Houston Astros ace to the former San Francisco Giants left-hander.
Can you picture Bumgarner, one of the greatest pitchers in Giants franchise history, in Dodger blue?