Breaking: Alex Cobb TRADED to Angels for Jahmai Jones

[jordan]

The Angels reportedly have traded for Alex Cobb.

 

[jordan]

@EdmontonAngelsFanfirst with it on the boards. 

[halonatic13]

We need to be trading a pitcher to sign Bauer.

[EdmontonAngelsFan]

Well, this is very meh. 

Bauer won't be an Angel you have to think now.

[bloodbrother]

On the surface, this is a bleh move that does little to move the needle. Improves the depth for sure though. Reserving judgement on completely dismissing/disliking this move depending on the full details aka I sure as hell hope the Angels aren't on the hook for all the $15M that Cobb is set to make this year and I hope this isn't their last SP move prior to the start of the season

 

[Warfarin]

15mil is.. a lot of money for someone who is barely mediocre.

I have to imagine the Orioles are picking up a good chunk of that salary. Or, at least, I sure hope they are..

[Capital_Dave]

I assume this will be a pure salary dump with nothing of value headed back to Baltimore.  If so, fine, I guess... but Alex Cobb is not the answer.

[CanadianHalo]

[Vlad27Trout27]

who needs Bauer when you get Cobb. Hopefully we get some prospects back.

[Warfarin]

 

 

[TheUPSman]

We're saved! 

[bloodbrother]

Angels hoping to strike gold twice by getting a pitcher out of Baltimore and those AL East hitters parks.

[Lhalo]

33 years old with a history full of injuries. 

[CanadianHalo]

Cobbs splitter was lights out last year but his sinker was getting absolutely destroyed. 
 

Maybe they feel his sinker should improve... I mean I’d hope so

[bloodbrother]

 

[EdmontonAngelsFan]

 

[Lou]

Yes!

[southpaw]

Another one year deal...  We are going to have to replace our entire pitching staff again next year. The good news is it allows us to trade them all if we are out of the race I guess.  Just seems like we will be going through all of this again in a year. 

 

 

[Warfarin]

1 minute ago, southpaw said:

Another one year deal...  We are going to have to replace our entire pitching staff again next year. The good news is it allows us to trade them all if we are out of the race I guess.  Just seems like we will be going through all of this again in a year. 

 

 

One year deals, when it comes to signing/acquiring veteran SPs, is actually probably an optimal solution.  Most long-term FA SP deals end terribly.

What we really need, beyond all else, is to hope that our young pitching grows and develops on the farm.  That is what we really need.

[Lou]

Cobb had a higher OPS+ than Heaney last year.

[wopphil]

Seems like an odd acquisition. Perhaps the Orioles are eating a ton of money and this is a much cheaper route than an Odorizzi or Paxton. Or perhaps it is domino one in another move that results in Canning or Heaney being sent out for a better starter. 

[Warfarin]

Will have to wait for all the details to emerge.  Considering we signed Quintana to a 1/8 deal, I really have a hard time imaging that we will be paying Cobb more than that, as he is an inferior pitcher.

I am hoping to hear something like the Orioles are eating 10mil or so of his deal, but we'll see.

[Warfarin]

1 minute ago, wopphil said:

Seems like an odd acquisition. Perhaps the Orioles are eating a ton of money and this is a much cheaper route than an Odorizzi or Paxton. Or perhaps it is domino one in another move that results in Canning or Heaney being sent out for a better starter. 

That, to me, is the only way this deal makes any sense.  As I mentioned above, Quintana is a much better quality pitcher than Cobb, and Quintana is only costing us 8mil for 1 year.  Hard to imagine us paying Cobb double that to be a worse pitcher.

[Taylor]

14 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

 

 

But what is his spin rate?

[Justin]

This is one of those moves about which I’m not going to comment, so that if it works out well I can pretend I was in favor of it all along. (Like Bundy last season.)