Gerrit Cole has already established himself as one of the finest starting pitchers in Major League Baseball, but in 2022, Cole took his game to another level. Notably, in his final regular-season outing, Cole set a new New York Yankees, single-season strikeout record when he fanned the 249th batter of his 2022 campaign. Cole picked up eight more strikeouts in the same contest to bring his 2022 tally to 257, finishing 14 strikeouts clear of second place.