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Lynn or Cobb? Who is your first choice?

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Who would you want the O's to sign between Lynn and Cobb  

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  1. 1. Who would you want the O's to sign between Lynn and Cobb

    • Lynn
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    • Cobb
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pastorfan Major Leaguer

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16 minutes ago, orioles4lyfe said:

Arietta has been connected to the Phils and I believe the Nats. I think he'll end up with the Phils. The Yanks are probably staying put, aren't they close to the luxury tax? They'll probably make a trade deadline addition if need be. I'm worried about the Brewers (they had an offer out to Darvish), then Nats/Rangers in that order. 

The Twins seem to be going all in, not sure if they can afford Cobb/Lynn. I get the feeling that the Nats might sign Arrietta, but not one of the other two--but I have no proof. Brewers probably are a serious threat. If we can get three years and under 50 m we have to go for it.

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22 minutes ago, oriole said:

I'm a sucker for AL east experience. Plus Lynn has pitched exclusively in the NL in a pitchers park. Career 2.85 ERA at home and 3.90 away. 

Not they best statistic to cite as an example. Cobb's career splits are 2.46 home / 4.72 away. Even worse than Lynn's splits. Also the Trop and Busch Stadium ranked 6 and 7 in terms of runs scored per game last year, so I'm not sure the "pitchers park" argument holds up either. 

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I like Cobb because he is AL East battle tested.

Career splits vs AL East:

Red Sox:  14 games, 3.43 ERA in 81.1 IP, 1.254 WHIP, 6.4 K/9
Yankees:   14 games, 2.99 ERA in 90.1 IP, 0.996 WHIP, 6.5 K/9
Blue Jays:  8 games, 3.23 ERA in 47.1 IP, 1.056 WHIP, 7.2 K/9
Orioles:  12 games, 2.70 ERA in 73.1 IP, 1.200 WHIP, 8.2 K/9

 

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3 minutes ago, riprulz8 said:

I like Cobb because he is AL East battle tested.

Career splits vs AL East:

Red Sox:  14 games, 3.43 ERA in 81.1 IP, 1.254 WHIP, 6.4 K/9
Yankees:   14 games, 2.99 ERA in 90.1 IP, 0.996 WHIP, 6.5 K/9
Blue Jays:  8 games, 3.23 ERA in 47.1 IP, 1.056 WHIP, 7.2 K/9
Orioles:  12 games, 2.70 ERA in 73.1 IP, 1.200 WHIP, 8.2 K/9

 

Well someone is lighting him up because his career "away" era is 4.72.

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I think that makes me lean a little more towards Cobb but I'm concerned that Cobb's K rate has dropped dramatically from 8 to 6.5.  I guess that will still play.    A 1.22 WHIP in the AL east like he had last year is definitely solid and he's been doing that for most of his career.

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6 minutes ago, Aglets said:

I think that makes me lean a little more towards Cobb but I'm concerned that Cobb's K rate has dropped dramatically from 8 to 6.5.  I guess that will still play.    A 1.22 WHIP in the AL east like he had last year is definitely solid and he's been doing that for most of his career.

I honestly think it's a coin flip. Lynn strikes out more, but walks more. I think the takeaway is that when you look beyond the stats like ERA neither of these pitchers is deserving of 4, 5, 6 year contract...despite what Scott "the antichrist" Boras says/thinks. 

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