Gerrit Cole reflects on his first 2,000 strikeouts and makes it clear he aspires for more.
LOS ANGELES — For Gerrit Cole, the road to 2,000 strikeouts spanned pitching for three different teams, throwing to 17 different catchers and punching out 660 different batters.allowed Cole to reflect on his first 2,000, he also made it clear he aspires for more — and not just joining the exclusive 3,000-strikeout club.
After averaging a healthy 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings in his first five seasons with the Pirates, Gerrit Cole’s strikeout rate exploded to 13.1 in his two years with the Astros.“I’m in the business of collecting outs. I think it’s a big number, I think it’s really cool, but I’m not satisfied with where it’s at. But I’m appreciative and thankful, knowing that I’m very blessed to say that I’ve been surrounded with a lot of people that have helped contribute to that.
They had not, but Cole was still missing five names who had combined to catch him for parts of 13 games. So we offered a lifeline. Though Cole tabbed the strikeout of Blanco as his favorite, he also pointed to punching out Matt Holliday in Game 2 of the 2013 NLDS, his postseason debut, as one that allowed him to settle in on the big stage.
Cole’s 17 strikeouts against Joey Gallo and J.D. Martinez are the most against any hitter. Mookie Betts has the most plate appearances versus Cole without striking out, though Cole will get a chance to fix that this weekend. Matt Carpenter and Anthony Rizzo, both future teammates of Cole’s, also gave him plenty of tough at-bats, he said, as did Mike Trout during his time in the AL West.But it’s a challenge he is eager to attack after becoming the third-fastest pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts in terms of innings — his 1,714⅔ innings trail only Chris Sale and Pedro Martinez .
Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander are the only active members of the 3,000-strikeout club. The active pitchers closing in on the milestone are Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw . But after them, Cole could be next.
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