Rekordkontraktet: 10 miljoner per match – i nio år
Amerikanska baseballstjärnan Gerrit Cole bryter ny mark. Han har skrivit ett nytt rekordkontrakt med New York Yankees för 3,1 miljarder kronor.
Löptiden för kontraktet är nio år. Enligt CBS kommer Cole belönas med motsvarande 10 351 250 kronor per match de kommande nio säsongerna baserat på förra säsongens statistik.
Det är inte det enda miljardkontraktet, inte ens den senaste veckan, i MBL. I måndags skrev Washington DC:s pitcher Stephen Strasburg ett nytt sjuårskontrakt värt över 2,3 miljarder kronor, skriver Sportbladet.
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Gerrit Cole
Wikipedia (en)
Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Cole played for the baseball team at Orange Lutheran High School, and was selected by the New York Yankees in the first round of the 2008 MLB Draft. Cole opted not to sign, and instead attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he played college baseball for the UCLA Bruins.
After his college baseball career, the Pirates made Cole the first overall selection in the 2011 MLB draft. Cole made his MLB debut in 2013, and was named the National League (NL) Rookie of the Month in September 2013. He was named the NL Pitcher of the Month for April 2015, and an MLB All-Star in 2015. The Pirates traded Cole to the Astros in the 2017–18 offseason. On September 18, 2019, Cole became the 18th pitcher in major league history to strike out at least 300 batters in a season.
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