The New York Yankees refrained from using their ace Gerrit Cole on short rest over the weekend, and ended up winning 1-0 against the Tampa Bay Rays to avoid playing a tiebreaker game with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Thankfully for the Yankees, Cole will be well-rested and ready to take the ball tonight against the Boston Red Sox in the American League Wild Card game, to be played at Fenway Park.
“It’s like, ‘Can we get it going already?’” Cole said, to MLB.com. “It’s like a bit of a waiting game, which is good for the body and good for the mind, to a certain extent, to recover.