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Luke Voit didn’t have to give away his number to Gerrit Cole for free … the NY Yankees stud tells TMZ Sports the team’s new ace coughed over a SOLID prize for No. 45!!
“He hooked me up with something cool,” Voit said.
Luke rocked the digits the past two seasons in New York … but when Cole came over on a 9-year, $324 MILLION deal in free agency — he asked the 29-year-old first baseman for the uni.
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Turns out, Voit says Cole didn’t come empty-handed either!!
As for what he got, Voit — who ended up switching to No. 59 — tells us he can’t say exactly … but did joke, “I should’ve had him buy me a house or something. Or, a car.”
We also talked to Voit about his superhuman strength — remember, the guy benched a 145-pound barbell with ONE ARM in 2018 — and he tells us he’s the strongest guy on the team.
In fact, he says his 2-rep max on the bench press is 365!!!
By the way, Luke also spoke with us about his new children’s book, “Luke’s Baseball Story” … and the story sounds SUPER-cool.
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