Amber Searls-USA TODAY SportsYesterday brought news that Orioles fans probably weren’t expecting to hear: Alex Cobb is going under the knife for surgery that will end his 2019 season after only three starts.
As Mark Brown noted yesterday, this probably doesn’t have an impact on the club’s rotation in 2019. Sadly, that was not expected to be the case entering this campaign. After signing his contract in Baltimore very late last offseason, he rebounded from a miserable start (6.41 first half ERA) to post quality numbers (2.56 second half ERA) before trouble with blisters ended his season. His strong performance down the stretch and completion of a full spring training gave us the impression…
