All eyes were on the Gerrit Cole–Josh Donaldson matchup in Wednesday night’s Yankees–Twins game. Donaldson took aim at Cole when discussing MLB’s ongoing “sticky stuff” scandal on Saturday, insinuating that Cole was among the pitchers benefiting from the use of illegal foreign substances. With the Yankees visiting Minnesota this week, Cole didn’t have to wait long to get his revenge on Donaldson.
Yankees TV announcer Michael Kay said on his radio show that if he was Cole, he would let Donaldson know what he thought of the allegations by drilling him with a fastball.