Gerrit Cole Drills a Prospect and Sparks an Old School Debate

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Gerrit Cole’s rehab outing turns into a bigger baseball debate after he drills a Single A prospect who had already squared him up twice. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber dig into whether it was a weak look, a necessary edge reset, or just part of the game when a top pitcher is trying to regain his competitive fire. The conversation then shifts to Yankee Stadium’s viral chicken finger ice cream, the long lines frustrating fans who just want classic ballpark soft serve, and a fiery Philadelphia response to Tiki’s criticism of Joel Embiid. The result is a lively mix of Yankees, old school baseball rules, stadium food complaints and New York versus Philly tension.

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0:00.0	Caleb Bonamore, Bonimer.
0:02.0	In his second half bat, you got a base hit, ripped another base set against him.
0:06.0	In his third at bat on the very first pitch,
0:09.0	Garrett Cole drilled him.
0:11.0	Just absolutely drilled him.
0:15.0	Right.
0:16.0	And I, look, he's in single A.
0:18.0	He's a top prospect, but he's a kid. And he squared up and barreled
0:23.1	Garrett Cole twice. And Garrett Cole's response was to drill him. Are we good with that?
0:29.2	I mean, he didn't want to throw more pitches. So he just said, let's get this kid out of the way. Just
0:33.5	get on base. He doesn't want to embarrassingly intentionally walk a double-A batter. So you just hit him. Yeah, but the results down in the minors do not matter. So even if, like, he hit another home run, like it's embarrassing. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing. He hit a single-A player because he couldn't get him out. Part of rehab is rehab and everything, including your edge.
0:55.6	So you're in favor of it? Of course I don't mind it. It's been a year and a half, dude. He's got to get his edge back. Like, I like drilling people when that came out wrong. I understand pitchers who drill hitters. It's a part of the game. and I know that sometimes it sounds like,
1:10.8	oh, you're such a baby, you can't get a guy out, you drill them.
1:12.9	It happened last night with Framber Valdez, though I think there's two drill hitters. It's a part of the game. And I know that sometimes it sounds like, oh, you're such a baby. You can't get a guy out.
1:12.4	You drill him. It happened last night with Frambervaldez, though I think there's more to
1:15.2	that story. Right. Like, he gave up 10 runs, was still in the game, and he hit a batter. Yeah. I think it was Trevor's story, but the truth was, I think he was frustrated that the Red Sox are stealing signs on him, finally realized it, let out his frustration by hitting him.
1:26.3	And it looked bad.
1:27.0	Like he's getting killed all the way around, including his own manager.
1:29.6	AJ Hinch basically ripped him.
1:30.9	Right. finally realized it, let out his frustration by hitting him. And it looked bad. Like, he's getting killed all the way around, including his own manager.
1:29.6	AJ Hinch basically ripped them.
1:31.0	Right.
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