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Alex Cobb Signing Shows That the Orioles Aren’t Going Down Without a Fight

Mar 21, 2018

As the Baltimore Orioles look around at the other teams in the American League East, outsiders continue to doubt their chances of competing in the division. They might be right, but the Orioles have shown this ...

Alex Cobb: Update on Contract Demands

Chris Northrop

Jan 8, 2018

Chicago Cubs, Offseason

Alex Cobb has reportedly made his contract wishes known, and Evan Altman of Cubs Insider writes that Cobb is willing to sign in the four-year, $70 million range, as first reported by Jon Heyman. Cobb has been m...

Report: Rangers Have Made “Preliminary Contact” With Alex Cobb

Ryan Thoms

Nov 19, 2017

American League, American League West, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Rumors, Texas Rangers

According to MLB Network’s Jon Morosi, the Texas Rangers have engaged in early discussions with the former Tampa Bay Rays starter Alex Cobb. While the talks have not been too in depth, the Rangers are one of ma...

Report: Orioles Interested in Alex Cobb

Josh Schwam

Nov 18, 2017

American League East, Baltimore Orioles, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Rumors, Tampa Bay Rays

After a pitiful fifth-place American League Eastern Division finish in 2017, the Baltimore Orioles have started to look ahead to 2018. Manny Machado, the teams star third baseman, will likely demand an extraord...

Five Rays Who Could Be Traded in 2017

Marvin Oliva

Feb 3, 2017

Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

Despite not spending a vast amount of money, the Tampa Bay Rays have been able to turn over the roster and add a bit of talent. While there will be no “winning the offseason,” they made moves to keep them compe...

Protecting A Pitcher’s Undervalued Asset

Seth Poho

Apr 30, 2016

Features, Injuries

As we near the end of April, it seems not many pitchers, if any, have embraced the new protective head gear in regular season play. While it is always hard to change the habits of professional ballplayers, the ...

Five Major Questions for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016

Marvin Oliva

Jan 18, 2016

American League, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Tampa Bay Rays

(Photo: CBSSports / MLB.com screengrab) When will Blake Snell Join the Tampa Bay Rays? We are about six weeks away from when pitchers and catchers report to spring training. But really for Tampa Bay Rays...

What to Expect of Pitchers Returning from Tommy John Surgery

Ben Diamond

Jan 6, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

The infamous Tommy John surgery has become more and more popular over the past couple of seasons, and more pitchers than ever are now undergoing the surgery. Naturally, that means that more pitchers than ever ...

Alex Cobb Set to Undergo Tommy John Surgery

Daniel Sherriff

May 8, 2015

American League East, Breaking News, Injuries, Tampa Bay Rays

Fresh into the early part of the 2015 MLB season, yet another young pitcher has gone down. This time the unlucky pitcher is the right-handed starter Alex Cobb of the Tampa Bay Rays. Cobb is expected to undergo ...

Alex Cobb Suffers Setback During Tendinitis Rehab

Austin Burnett

May 5, 2015

American League East, Headlines, Injuries, Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays received some discouraging news on their rehabbing ace Alex Cobb, who's been dealing with forearm tendinitis since spring training and has yet to throw a regular season pitch for the Rays in ...

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