The Baltimore Orioles front office did something this late in the “Spring” that none of the Orange Kool-Aid drinkers could have imagined just one week ago — they signed a legit starting pitcher who has experience in the AL East (4-3, 2.96 ERA in 2018 over nine starts vs. Boston, New York, and Toronto) to a four-year contract that even includes modern baseball language.
How did Dan Duquette get the authority to make this type of deal with the constraints of a normally squeaker-like ownership you ask?
He didn’t.
Unless you are living under the snow we are getting here in the early days of Spring in the Charm City, you probably know I’m referring to the signing of Alex Cobb for close to $60 million over four years.