Alex Cobb had the juice

Let it be known that the San Francisco Giants did a masterful thing when they signed Alex Cobb over the offseason. You can blame Farhan Zaidi for not doing more to keep a 107-win team above .500 the following year. You can criticize Scott Harris, because that’s why we have GMs. You can express disgust at the ownership seemingly having mid-market spending caps.

But regardless of how you feel about other moves, there were a few unquestionably good ones. Signing Carlos Rodón was one. Signing Joc Pederson was one.

And signing Alex Cobb sure as heck was one.

Cobb entered the game eighth in the National League in FIP (minimum 120 innings). That number might go down after Monday’s start, in which he…