Last year, the Guardians acquired Alex Cobb at the trade deadline in the hopes he’d prove some much-needed reinforcement for the Guardians’ depleted pitching staff.
But instead they only ended up getting 22 innings from him across the regular season and postseason due to a variety of injuries.
While Cobb’s only output last year was those 22 innings (he was on the injured list when the Guardians acquired him at the deadline), the Detroit Tigers still signed him to a one-year, $15 million contract in the hopes he’d be able to anchor the middle of their rotation.