A pair of star-studded New York pitchers and their spouses were out and about the Concrete Jungle this past week.
Mets’ star free-agent acquisition, Justin Verlander, and Yankee ace Gerrit Cole shared a double date with their wives, Kate Upton and Amy Cole, while on a boat touring the Statue of Liberty.
The twosome of Amy and Kate were also pictured together in a suite during last week’s Subway Series at Citi Field.
The couples have seemingly known each other for years, dating back to Verlander and Cole’s mutual time spent as co-aces for the Houston Astros, beginning in 2018.
They spent two years as teammates during dominant seasons in 2018 and 2019, the latter representing a World Series appearance.
During their two seasons as teammates, Verlander had a 2.55 ERA while winning 37 games between the two seasons, including 21 in 2019 and adding the AL CY Young Award to his hardware collection.
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Cole also shared incredible success in Houston, finishing as the Cy Young runner-up in 2019 and boasting a career-best 2.50 ERA with 20 wins.
The Juan Soto, Stephen Strasburg-led Nationals would wind up winning the 2019 World Series against Houston in seven games.
That time in Houston was marred with controversy because of the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal.
Game 6 of the 2019 ALCS infamously ended when Jose Altuve launched a walk-off home run off of ex-Yankee closer Aroldis Chapman to send the team to the World Series.
Major League Baseball fined the Astros $5 million for the cheating scandal, and the team forfeited their first and second-round draft picks in 2020 and 2021.
