It’s been a tale of two months for Alex Cobb. April was a nightmare. But May hasn’t been half bad.
Many fans and pundits alike were alarmed by Cobb’s rocky start to the season. After all, he did give up 10 hits in each of his first three starts. Batters were making hard contact and Cobb wasn’t getting deep into ballgames. Along with Andrew Cashner, Cobb was expected to stabilize a shaky Orioles rotation from the previous year.
And Cobb came with a quite a pedigree. He was drafted by Tampa Bay in the 4th round of the 2006 MLB Draft out of Vero Beach High School in Florida.