Alex Cobb Once Saved a Stray Dog that was Running in Traffic

[25 Nuggets]

I'm starting to believe Cobb is damaged goods.

I'm also starting to believe that is why he wasn't signed for so long in the off season.

I was very, very wrong.  Thankfully I don't run the team.

(but I could still run the team better if I had the freedom to run it and so could Duquette)

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, 25 Nuggets said:

I'm starting to believe Cobb is damaged goods.

I'm also starting to believe that is why he wasn't signed for so long in the off season.

You are thinking that other teams' physicals picked up something ours missed?  Or that the O's knowingly signed someone who was injured to that contact?

[atomic]

Well things could be worse.  Lance Lynn could have taken our long term contract offer as well.  

[SteveA]

2 hours ago, atomic said:

Well things could be worse.  Lance Lynn could have taken our long term contract offer as well.  

He's had four really good starts in a row.

[Tony-OH]

14 hours ago, 25 Nuggets said:

I'm starting to believe Cobb is damaged goods.

I'm also starting to believe that is why he wasn't signed for so long in the off season.

I was very, very wrong.  Thankfully I don't run the team.

(but I could still run the team better if I had the freedom to run it and so could Duquette)

Good, aggressive organizations don't wait until February/March to sign free agents unless it's a strange circumstance. This was a slow market this year, but the fact that Cobb was still there in late March suggests either his price tag was way out of whack, or that the aggressive teams that needed a starter had concerns for some reason or the other. 

The thing is, his velocity has been as good or better than ever in his career so it doesn't seem to be an injury. He's been absolutely awful at getting left-handers out who are tagging him at a .390/.416/.667/1.083 clip although righties are doing ok against him as well .319/.358/.536/.894.

It seems like none of his pitches have been very good this year but his split seems to be the pitch he can not get going. His curveball has been hit much harder than in his career as well. 

I honestly don't know what's wrong with him, but I don't think he's hurt.

[Aglets]

How is his TTP?

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Aglets said:

How is his TTP?

Haha, no idea. I will say this though, I don't like to blame coaching, but who has McDowell actually made better? Same thing with the hitters. Didn't we all wish we could have jobs where there is no accountability?

[webbrick2010]

Totally preposterous that you can coach the worst staff in baseball for two consecutive years and not get fired

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, webbrick2010 said:

Totally preposterous that you can coach the worst staff in baseball for two consecutive years and not get fired

What are you talking about?

[OFFNY]

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Cobb was pitch-efficient, had an excellent Strikes-to-Balls ratio, and 81% of the outs that he recorded (17 out of 21) came via the Strikeout and the Groundout.

Unfortunately, he also ceded 5 Runs over 7 Innings Pitched is spite of these individual matters. 

 

 

21 OUTS: ) 10 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 6 Strikeouts, 2 Flyouts, 1 Foulout, 1 Lineout

 

ALEXANDER MILLER COBB )))))))) (vs. MARLINS, 6/16)

IP:ll7

H:lll 7 ) l(2 Home Run, 2 Doubles, 3 Singles)

R:lll  5

BB:ll2

SO:ll6

Pitches: l) 96  )(63 )Strikes, )33)Balls)

2018 ERA: l) 7.14 )  63.00 IP  (50 ER) 

2018 WHIP: l)  1.714 )  63.00 IP  (108 H/BB) 

2018 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l)  .341  )l (92 for 270)

 

PITCHES BY INNING  

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11  ll(91 lllStrikes, lll2 lllBalls)

13  lll(91 lllStrikes, lll4 lllBalls)

17  lll(11 lllStrikes, lll6 lllBalls)

10  lll(81 lllStrikes, lll2 lllBalls)

61  lll(41 lllStrikes, lll2 lllBalls)

19  lll(11 lllStrikes, ll8 lllBalls)

20  lll(11 lllStrikes, ll9 lllBalls)

 

o

[Frobby]

I didn’t see the first two innings, but overall I thought he had decent stuff and command today.   He made a couple of mistakes and got burned when he did.   

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I didn’t see the first two innings, but overall I thought he had decent stuff and command today.   He made a couple of mistakes and got burned when he did.   

And he was also facing the worst offensive in the league that isn't the O's.

[Frobby]

56 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

And he was also facing the worst offensive in the league that isn't the O's.

Granted.   But he had nice break on his breaking stuff, nice dive on his change, located the fastball well a lot but a few times he didn’t.  

[Rene88]

Wow, this team sucks big smelly donkey balls. It’s shocking because I knew they wouldn’t make the playoffs but ...it’s shocking how bad they are. Something is rotten from within.

[OFFNY]

o

 

Cobb is a funny guy.

This was his 2nd consecutive 7-inning outing.

 

 

21 OUTS: ) 8 Groundouts, 6 Strikeouts, 3 Flyouts, 2 Foulouts, 1 Popout, 1 Lineout

 

 

ALEXANDER MILLER COBB )))))))) (vs. BRAVES, 6/22)

IP:ll7

H:lll 4 ) l(1 Triple, 1 Double, 2 Singles)

R:lll  1

BB:ll2

SO:ll6

Pitches: l) 107  )(70)Strikes, )37)Balls)

2018 ERA: l) 6.56 )  70.00 IP  (51 ER) 

2018 WHIP: l)  1.629 )  70.00 IP  (114 H/BB) 

2018 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: l)  .325  )l (96 for 295)

 

PITCHES BY INNING  

*******************  

51  ll(41 llStrikes, lll1 lllBalls)

14  lll(91 llStrikes, ll5 lllBalls)

12  lll(10 lllStrikes, ll2 llBalls)

13  lll(10 lllStrikes, ll3 lllBalls)

21  lll(12 lllStrikes, lll9 lllBalls)

20  lll(11 lllStrikes, ll9 lllBalls)

22  lll(14 lllStrikes, ll8 lllBalls)

 

o