The Los Angeles Angels announced their acquisition of veteran righthanded Alex Cobb of the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday-evening in a deal that could bolster the team’s starting depth for 2021.
The Angels will say goodbye to young utility player Jahmai Jones as part of the deal. They will pay just a third of the $ 15 million Cobb will owe in 2021, some of which has been delayed, according to The Athletic.
Cobb, 33, settled with the Tampa Bay Rays early on, going 32-21 with a 3.19 ERA in 446 innings in his mid-twenties from 2012 to 2014, then recovering from Tommy’s surgery for most of the next two years John. He put together 331⅔ innings and a 4.23 ERA from 2017 to 2018 and was named the Orioles’ Opening Day starter to start 2019, but he was limited to just three starts that year and underwent hip surgery.
Cobb remained healthy for most of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, with a 4.30 ERA with 38 strikeouts and 18 walks in 52⅓ innings. He will join an Angels rotation that is also expected to include Andrew Heaney, Jose Quintana, Dylan Bundy, Griffin Canning and Shohei Ohtani, who will return to a two-way role.
All players taken over by freshman general manager Perry Minasian – Cobb, Quintana, short stop Jose Iglesias, closer Raisel Iglesias, catcher Kurt Suzuki and left reliever Alex Claudio – will be free agents at the end of the season.