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Gerrit Cole was lost for the season in spring training.

Max Fried and Carlos Rodón made sure the regular season was not lost with him.

Aaron Judge is the MVP of the Yankees, very possibly once more the MVP of the American League, arguably the best player walking the planet.

Yet, how can you be more valuable to a team than Fried and Rodón have been to the 2025 Yankees? Once Cole — who Rodón called “the essence of durability” — went down, the assignment for Fried and Rodón was clear. Be horses. And be aces.

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