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Evan & Tiki

Gerrit Cole’s Return and Knicks Game Plan Take Center Stage

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber shift from baseball chaos to a huge Knicks night, while also digging into what the Yankees should do with Gerrit Cole as his return to the rotation approaches. The guys debate whether Cole should start against Tampa Bay, why urgency matters in division games, how the Mets’ injuries have forced a youth movement, and what the Knicks need from Karl Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and their defense against Cleveland’s dangerous scorers.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Gary is in Atlantic Highlands, Gary.

0:03.5

How you doing this morning, Tiki and Evan?

0:05.8

All's well.

0:06.6

Excellent.

0:08.0

I just want to talk about the Yankees a little bit.

0:11.0

Derek Cole is going to pitch a good game this weekend, and the Yankees are playing good more.

0:17.4

I mean, is that guaranteed sure?

0:18.3

And they're going to turn a season around.

0:20.2

What they said on the broadcast last night, just to clarify the Garrett Cole situation, is that he could pitch Friday against Tampa Bay,

0:26.8

and the Yankees have not made a firm decision on if he could benefit from another rehab start, or if they're going to throw him Friday night against Tampa Bay.

0:34.6

Based on the way Cole's throwing the baseball in the minor leagues and his pitch count, the way he stretched out, I would

0:39.3

absolutely pitch him Friday night. I see no

0:41.3

reason why Garrett Cole should not take

0:43.3

the baseball in what is kind of

0:45.3

a fun atmosphere, right? Yankees, Reyes, Yankee's

0:47.6

Stadium, Garrett Cole's return from Tommy John? What is a Ryan

0:50.6

Yarborough Paul Blackburn piggyback spot

0:53.1

do for you? I don't know. Blackburn was okay last night. No, but I'm just saying if he's going to make one more rehab start and it's only four or five minutes, just make the rehab start versus the raise and hope for the best. I think that it's bigger than even that, Sean. I think they got to win the series, dude. I understand that, but my point is even in a rehab start in theory,

1:11.1

even if it was less, I have more confidence in Garrick Cole there than I would, whatever they're going to formulate. I agree. That's why we're going to learn a lot about if the Yankees truly are different. If the Yankees are really leaning into the urgency of the moment. We're leaning into kicking ass. Because that's a big game, right? And the reason I say it's a big game as you remember last year, they lost

1:28.1

the season series to Toronto. They finished in a tie.

1:30.7

It was the difference between having to play in a wildcard series and having home field advantage in their series against Toronto. Right. But did we know that early in the season? I mean, I would bring it up all the time and you guys would roll your eyes, yes. I do it all the time. I don't remember where Toronto.

1:45.3

I remember the Yankees were.

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