Alexander Miller Cobb (twitter: @Acobb53)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 7, 1987 in Boston, MA
High School: Vero Beach HS (Vero Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 4th round of the 2006 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 2011 (Age 23)   vs. LAA 4.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER
Team: Rays 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$502k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.061, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: ACES (Sam & Seth Levinson) [*]
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• 3/25 Bronx Baseball Daily: A skeptic’s guide to the 2013 MLB season: So, if I’ve got this straight, the Bombers will be starting the season sans Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez and...
• 3/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Prospect Injuries, Matt Joyce’s Non-Injury, Nick Weglarz Released: The injury bug: the one thing that can take down any team in baseball, no matter how talented. Has it already struck the Rays?...
• 3/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Longoria, Zobrist Have Big Days But Pitching Collapses as Rays Fall to Orioles and Pirates: Split-squad games always make things crazy. Not only do fans have two games they’re trying to keep track of at the same...
• 3/22 Tyler's Think Tank: AL East Preview: 1st Place--Toronto Blue Jays 2012 Record: 73-89 2012 Pythagorean: 74-88 2013 Projected: 94-68 It's been 20 years since Joe...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: March 19, 2013: We must get a thousand questions regarding starting pitchers and which ones to draft. Well, that’s the topic this week More......
• 3/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Sam Fuld’s Status, Fernando Rodney Concerns, Alex Cobb Hits Stride: If there’s any injury Rays fans are terrified of right now, it’s hamstring problems. Coming off a season where Luke...
• 3/20 Mets Merized: 2013 Annual Preview: American League East: AL East At A Glance New York Yankees: A lot of writers and analysts are picking the Yankees to finish third, and in the most wide...
• 3/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Cobb Takes First Loss as Rays Bats Stay Quiet.: The Rays bats stayed quiet, managing just two hits total, as Jon Lester was perfect through six innings, on their way to a 5-1...
• 3/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Fernando Rodney’s Hitless Streak Ends, Roster Moves: Fernando Rodney continued his impressive showing in the World Baseball Classic today as the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto...
• 3/14 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Spring Training Stats Leaders: March 13: While a lot of the top names in baseball are getting their spring reps at the World Baseball Classic, a lot of the younger guys...
• 3/13 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Spring Training Stats Leaders: March 13: While a lot of the top names in baseball are getting their spring reps at the World Baseball Classic, a lot of the younger guys...
• 3/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Rolls But Hak-Ju Lee Makes Critical Error as Rays Lose 3-1 to Yankees: Talking to reporters about David Price receiving the Rays’ Opening Day nod following the game Tuesday, Alex Cobb joked that...
• 3/12 Porcupines in Pinstripes: Spring Training Roundup – March 12: Starting pitching was the story as the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays squared off in Grapefruit League action Tuesday afternoon....
• 3/12 Baseball News Source: Rays News: Price Opening Day Starter, Archer, Odorizzi, Torres Sent Down: To the surprise of almost no one,  Tampa Bay Rays  manager Joe Maddon announced that David Price will be the opening day starter...
• 3/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Jim Hickey Effect Makes All The Difference for the Tampa Bay Rays: Following the 2013 MLB Season, a key Tampa Bay Ray is set to hit free agency. He’s entering his seventh and final season...
• 3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Late-Round Sleeper PitchersThis last weekend, we put out a bit of a request on our Facebook page. Right now is a very More......
• 3/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Luke Scott, Desmond Jennings Impress in Returns From Injury, But Rays Lose 6-4 in 10 Innings: Monday night’s game was especially important for the Rays as two of their key position players, Luke Scott and Desmond Jennings,...
• 3/11 Porcupines in Pinstripes: Spring Training Roundup – March 11: Hiroki Kuroda dominated the St. Louis Cardinal offense, and the New York offense pushed across four runs on seven hits as the...
• 3/11 It's About the Money (Stupid): Spring Training Game 14: Yankees 4, Cardinals 0: The Yankees beat the Cardinals 4-0 today thanks to strong starting pitching by Hiroki Kuroda and a two-run home run by Kevin Youkilis...
• 3/11 Rays Colored Glasses: A Fan-Friendly Experience At The Rays’ Charlotte Sports Park: Standing on top of the Rays’ dugout, Chris Archer and Alex Cobb stood there looking up at me. It was my time to dance. Yesterday,...
• 3/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Does It Make Sense for the Rays’ Alex Cobb to Add a Cutter to His Arsenal?: Yesterday, Alex Cobb was dominant, tossing four innings allowing just 1 hit and striking out 5 while walking not a single batter....
• 3/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb, Chris Archer Dominate, Tim Beckham Steps Up as Rays Beat Pirates 4-2: When the Rays’ pitchers are at their best, you just get them a couple of runs and you’re set for a smooth victory....
• 3/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Scott Kazmir Shows Flashes in Indians Camp, Thursday Lineup vs. Pirates: After a nice, relaxing day off for most of the Rays (although Joe Maddon did have to go through a colonoscopy), the Rays are back...
• 3/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Price K’s 5, Johnson and Gimenez Both Have Multiple RBI Games As Rays Roll Over Twins: The Rays’ pitchers were in control and the offense impressed once again as the Rays’ easily got past the Twins in...
• 3/4 mlbreports.com : Tampa Bay Rays Player Roster In 2013 Part 2 – The Pitchers: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Mar.03/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): The Rays are a team built on their...
• 3/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Dominates, Escobar, Roberts, and Rodriguez All Homer as Rays Overwhelm Orioles: Alex Cobb could finally relax. The 25 year right-handed entered spring training this year with a spot in the Rays’ rotation...

• 2/26 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Tampa Bay Rays 2013 Season Preview: It was another prototypical winter for the folks in Tampa, Florida. Andrew Freidman and  his cohorts looked at the Tampa...
• 2/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Escobar, Roberts Propel Rays With Key Doubles, Rays Pitching Staff Records 9 K’s, as Rays Beat Red Sox: Tampa Bay took on their division Boston Red Sox on Monday in Port Charlotte, and with a lineup where all ten players are expected...
• 2/25 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 30-21: As we continue our countdown of top MLB prospects , more household names will appear. Casual baseball fans may already know who...
• 2/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Close to Regular Lineup for Monday’s Game, Leslie Anderson Steps Up: Spring training has been exciting the past couple of days, but way too many of the players were prospects far from the major leagues...
• 2/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking at the Rays’ 25-Man Roster Situation With Spring Training Just Underway: Spring training in a unique time in the baseball calendar, with established veterans, top prospects, former major leaguers trying...
• 2/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rockies Reportedly Interested in Rays Jeff Niemann: If there is one almost certainty with the Tampa Bay Rays, it is that they should have pitching. With the reigning Cy Young award...
• 2/23 MLB Injury News: Rockies rumors: Colorado interested in Rays’ Jeff Niemann: This week it was reported that the Colorado Rockies are in search of a dependable starting pitcher to add to their rotation. ESPN’s...
• 2/21 i70baseball.com: To Start Or To Relieve: Wade DavisThe Royals project Wade Davis as a starter, but is he a better reliever?...
• 2/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Cesar Ramos Joins Mexican WBC Team, Spring Rotation Schedule, Juan Sandoval: The opportunity to represent join country doing what you love is something that’s nearly impossible to turn down. Even though...
• 2/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Chris Mason: From Top Rays Prospect To Out of Baseball in Two Short Years: Over the past several years, it’s unbelievable the amount of pitching prospects that have panned out big-time for the Tampa...
• 2/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Jeremy Hellickson Replace James Shields?: Heading into the 2013 season, the top of the Tampa Bay Rays starting rotation has changed dramatically from the previous year....
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Arroyo, Wang, Perez, Dodgers, Oswalt: The Rays shed about $28MM of payroll this winter between B.J. Upton, James Shields, Carlos Pena, Jeff Keppinger, J.P. Howell,...
• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Wang, Orioles, Abreu: Here's a look at the latest out of the American League East.. Despite having six candidates for five rotation spots, the...
• 2/14 Rays Colored Glasses: What Does Alex Cobb’s All But Guaranteed Spot in the Rays’ Rotation Mean for the Rays’ Other Starters?: On the day that pitchers and catchers reported to the Rays’ spring training home in Port Charlotte, Florida, Rays fans heard...
• 2/14 Rays Colored Glasses: After Years in Limbo, the Rays’ Alex Cobb Gets the Job Security He Deserves: He had finally made it. Every little kid throwing around a baseball would tell you that their dream was to make it to the major...
• 2/13 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 5 Prospects that will have fantasy value as early as 2013Every fantasy baseball player is itching for the next Mike Trout or Bryce Harper ever since Trout had a season More......
• 2/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Questions Surrounding the Rays With Pitchers and Catchers Reporting Tomorrow: We have arrived. The offseason will officially end tomorrow for the Rays as pitchers and catchers report and the Rays are primed...
• 2/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Announce Invitees to MLB Spring Training Including Top Prospect Wil Myers: Pitchers and catchers report in just one week and everyone else not too long after. Spring training is so close. And now we finally...

• 1/31 Rays Colored Glasses: Can Alex Cobb Overcome the Verducci Effect for the Rays in 2013?: Something that has been quite publicized in recent years has been the so-called “Verducci Effect.” Pioneered by SI...
• 1/28 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay Still Shopping?: Even after signing free agents Luke Scott and Kyle Farnsworth last week, the Tampa Bay Ray are still “on the lookout for help,” according...
• 1/28 BoSox Injection: Ranking The AL East Position By Position: Starting Pitching: It’s fair to say that the AL East is the hardest division to pitch in. Apart from the Rays, every team has a very hard-hitting...
• 1/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Evaluating the AL East, Part TwoDaniel concludes his two-part look at Boston's AL East competition in 2013....
• 1/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Bring Back Kyle Farnsworth, Solidify Bullpen: Nine days ago, I said that if right-hander Kyle Farnsworth would be willing to settle for a salary between 1.5 and 2 million...
• 1/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: RIP To Two Of Baseball’s Best: Saturday was a sad day in the baseball world, as Hall of Famers Earl Weaver and Stan Musial both passed away. Weaver, the former...
• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi at Rays Prospects Camp, Kyle Farnsworth, David Price: The Rays annual Prospect Development Camp is an awesome experience from every parti**** They got to practice at Tropicana Field,...
• 1/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Our First-Ever RCG Mailbag: Did the Rays Make a Mistake By Dealing Wade Davis?: Here at Rays Colored Glasses, we do everything we can to come up with interesting articles that provide Rays fans with incisive...
• 1/13 The Rays Today: Do You Want To Eat Dinner With David Price: Posted in Alex CobbDavid PriceJake McGeeMatt JoyceNewsOn Feburary second David Price and anyone that donates will be eating dinner...
• 1/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Among Best Minor League Systems, Alex Cobb, Rays Shift Scouting Staff: This offseason, the Rays dealt away two pitchers who have been a big part of their major league team, right-handers James Shields...
• 1/7 Rays Colored Glasses: What Is Going on With the Rays’ Interest in Javier Vazquez?: At first glance, it’s hard not to be completely confused about the way the Rays are operating their ballclub now. As recently...
• 1/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb working out with Matt Moore: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb is working out hard in the offseason with SP Matt Moore, and the two are in somewhat of a competition...[+] to see which pitcher will have less body fat come spring training. 'This is the heaviest I've been my whole life, especially in the offseason, when I usually cut some weight. My mental approach to this offseason was to get bigger and stronger, to really minimize my risk of getting injured and to be able to carry a bigger workload, because I know there's going to be a bigger workload expected out of all of us,' Cobb said. Cobb is likely to be a part of the team's opening day rotation.
• 1/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Tampa Bay Rays Hitting & Pitching Projections: Tampa Bay Rays – Predicted Finish: Second Place, AL East I have to admit that I’m enamored by the Rays organization....
• 1/1 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay Seeking Relievers: Tampa Bay Rays general manager Andrew Friedman has said he’s still looking for one or two relievers this winter, reports Joe...

• 12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: 2012: A Lost Year for the Rays, But One That Needed to Happen: The Rays entered 2012 with aspirations of not just a third straight trip to the postseason but their first World Series championship....
• 12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: After Offseason Moves, Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays Are Trending in Opposite Directions: When the Rays traded James Shields, it was widely viewed as an excellent trade for them based on the four prospects they received:...
• 12/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking News: Rays Close to Deal With RHP Roberto Hernandez (Formerly Known as Fausto Carmona): The Rays NEVER sign free agent starting pitchers. The last time they signed one to a major league contract was back in 2000, when...
• 12/12 Mastersball.com: No Pain, No Gain: Negotiations are a tricky thing. If you doubt this, just take a look at Congress. Furthermore, as a Strat-O-Matic owner in the...
• 12/11 mlbreports.com : Dissecting The Royals And Rays Trade: Shields And Davis For Wil Myers + Prospects: Tuesday, Dec.11/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): We at the MLB Reports have established that we are far...
• 12/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Trading Shields to Royals A Significant Short-Term Risk for the Rays But A Steal of A Trade for the Future: The Rays pulled off a franchise-defining trade on Sunday night, trading away James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals...
• 12/10 Baseball Jerks: James Shields, Wade Davis To Kansas City, Wil Myers to Tampa Bay: For weeks and weeks, the Tampa Bay Rays dangled RHP James Shields to see what they could get for him on the open market. Knowing...
• 12/10 Baseballhotcorner.com: Royals and Rays Complete Blockbuster: The Tampa Bay Rays traded from a position of strength dealing pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis to the pitching starved Kansas...
• 12/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on The Winter Meetings And What Could Be Next: The Rays had a quiet, productive Winter Meetings. They filled two big needs by signing James Loney and trading for Yunel Escobar....
• 12/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Is The Time Right for the Rays to Trade James Shields?: We’ve been hearing nonstop about the Rays’ pitching depth- and how the Rays would be better served trading a starter...
• 12/3 Baseball News Source: MLB Winter Meetings – Previews and Projections: Rays GM Andrew Friedman will be busy this week in Nashville This week’s MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville will open with...

• 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Pitching Trade Partners Part Three: So far this week we’ve looked at the Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves organizations pitching. In the final installment of...
• 11/28 Rays Colored Glasses: How Hard Should the Rays Pursue a Trade For The Royals’ Wil Myers?: The number one prospect in all of baseball is on the market- but it’s going to awfully hard to get him. Frantically searching...
• 11/24 Rays Colored Glasses: What Should the Rays Do With Jeff Niemann?: The Rays are renowned throughout baseball for their starting pitching depth. Their accumulation of young, talented starting pitchers...
• 11/22 MLBTradeRumors: GMs Talk Starting Pitching Depth: Every team needs starting pitching depth, but few teams have enough of it. Given the expected cost of free agent pitching, the...
• 11/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Looking At the Rays’ 40-Man Roster Situation in Advance of the Rule 5 Draft: The offseason has just begun for the Rays. They have plenty of moves to make before they’ll be ready to contend in 2013...
• 11/9 Reviewing the Brew: Could Jeremy Hellickson be a fit in Milwaukee?: While it may seem a bit implausible at first glance, Jeremy Hellickson could fit very nicely into this rotation. Taking into account...
• 11/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Pitching?: There is an old adage in baseball about how one can never have enough starting pitching. The Tampa Bay Rays, however, appear poised...
• 11/3 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Rays Trade James Shields to the Los Angeles Dodgers?: The latest rumor is that the Los Angeles Dodgers have made trading for Rays starting pitcher James Shields their number one priority...

• 10/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks And Royals As Potential Trade Partners?: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) Yesterday This past Saturday Chad Jennings of LoHud brought up the...
• 10/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Just How Many Starting Pitchers Do the Rays Have?: The Rays are renowned throughout baseball for their incredible depth of quality starting pitchers. They were the best in baseball...
• 10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Sorry Royals Fans, But Matt Moore Is Not Going Anywhere: Over at Kings of Kauffman, a Kansas City Royals website, Marcus Meade talked about how the Royals, in desperate need of good young...
• 10/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Starting Pitching: Over the past few years, the Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has been a major strength. 2012 was not an exception, as the pitching...
• 10/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Joel Peralta, Dave Martinez, Coaching Staff: In 2011, Joel Peralta came to the Rays, his fourth organization in four years. And over the past two years in Tampa Bay, Peralta...
• 10/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Acquire Dexter Fowler?: The Rays were not a good offensive team by any measure in 2012. And with B.J. Upton set to depart as a free agent, the Rays’...
• 10/3 Rays Colored Glasses: A Horrific June Did the Rays In: No matter what you’re non-baseball watching friends try to convince you every other week, all 162 games matter in baseball....
• 10/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 160: Rays’ Offense Keeps Them In The AL Wild Card Hunt: Despite the Baltimore Orioles clinching a playoff berth last night, the Rays did not let that discourage them. Steady offensive...
• 10/1 Baseball Musings: Pressure on the Athletics: The Rays held on to beat the Orioles 5-3 behind fine pitching by Alex Cobb and two RBI by Chris Gimenez. The Rays have now won...
• 10/1 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Monday: October 1, 2012: October baseball! Is this going to be a fascinating week or what? Nobody has captured what this week will be better than...

• 9/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Gives Rays Everything They Could Have Hoped For: Alex Cobb couldn’t believe it. After just two spring training appearances, the Rays sent him down to minor league camp....
• 9/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rookie Hazing, Cy Young, B.J. Upton, Dave Martinez: The Rays have had themselves a fun week, having won 7 games in a row, and the fun has continued off the field. The Rays did they...
• 9/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 155: Carlos Pena Helps Lead Rays To Victory: The Tampa Bay Rays continued their hot streak, winning their seventh consecutive game on Wednesday night, defeating the Boston...
• 9/26 SOX & Dawgs: Final Red Sox Home Travesty - 9/26: After falling 5-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox will play their final home game of the 2012 season. Tonight, they'll look to...
• 9/26 SOX & Dawgs: Final Red Sox Home Travesty - 9/26: After falling 5-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox will play their final home game of the 2012 season. Tonight, they'll look to...
• 9/24 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 9/25-9/26: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Tuesday, September 25 @ 7:10 PM David Price, LHP (18-5, 2.58) vs Clay Buchholz,...
• 9/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Should the Rays Shut Down Matt Moore?: A little over a week ago, we discussed how Matt Moore‘s velocity had been declining over his last few starts, reaching...
• 9/24 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 9/25-9/26: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Tuesday, September 25 @ 7:10 PM David Price, LHP (18-5, 2.58) vs Clay Buchholz,...
• 9/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: Field Of Streams: Fantasy Baseball Pitching Options: Welcome to the season finale of Field of Streams! One final in depth look at some viable, and some not so viable, fantasy streaming...
• 9/22 Call to the Pen: The Rays’ Incredible Homegrown Pitching: The Tampa Bay Rays made headlines yesterday by setting the American League team record for strikeouts by a pitching staff when...
• 9/21 Baseball News Source: Could Rays Shop David Price this Off-Season ?: Tampa Bay needs more offense to compete in the AL East Considering they have the best staff ERA in the American League (and second...
• 9/18 Baseball News Source: Rays Slide Continues – Lose To Last Place Red Sox: Jacoby Ellsbury notches three RBI for Red Sox The Tampa Bay Rays returned home from a 1-6 road trip with American League East...
• 9/18 The Baseball Page: Ellsbury shows his impact in Boston’s 5-2 win over Rays: Chances are, Jacoby Ellsbury will not sign a long-term extension with...
• 9/18 BoSox Injection: Trop ’til You Drop. Sox Spoil Rays’ Homecoming With 5-2 Win.: Would it not be delicious if Monday’s 5-2 Red Sox win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa was a tune up for their upcoming...
• 9/17 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 147: Offense Disappears as Rays’ Slide Continues: Alex Cobb held the Boston Red Sox without a hit for the first five innings Monday night. However, that was not enough as the Red...
• 9/17 SOX & Dawgs: Monday Red Sox Travesty - 9/17: After taking two-of-three in Toronto over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox finish up their seven game road trip starting tonight....
• 9/17 Baseball Musings: First Hit a Doozy: Alex Cobb did not allow a hit for 5 2/3 innings against the Red Sox, then with a runner on first, Jacoby Ellsbury takes Cobb deep...
• 9/17 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay RaysThe Advanced Scout takes a prime barstool at Ferg's and analyzes the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 9/17 SOX & Dawgs: Monday Red Sox Travesty - 9/17: After taking two-of-three in Toronto over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox finish up their seven game road trip starting tonight....
• 9/17 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 9/17-9/20: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, September 17 @ 7:10 PM Aaron Cook, RHP (3-10, 5.18) vs Alex Cobb,...
• 9/17 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Monday: September 17, 2012: September continues to thwart the Game Picks. A second straight 7-8 day in a row now leaves September's combined record...
• 9/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays’ Offense Is Reason For Struggles, But It Comes Back to the Pitching: The Rays just completed a horrendous 1-5 road trip versus the Orioles and Yankees. The major problem was the offense, which averaged...
• 9/16 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Matchups: 9/17-9/20: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, September 17 @ 7:10 PM Aaron Cook, RHP (3-10, 5.18) vs Alex Cobb,...
• 9/16 Full Spectrum Baseball: Field Of Streams: Fantasy Baseball Pitching OptionsIt's as if no one is taking me seriously, that spots on the "Ponch" Estrada bandwagon will be filling up fast! ...
• 9/13 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 143: Rays Stunned By Orioles in 14-Inning Thriller to Complete Sweep: It was beautiful baseball. Maybe that is even amplified by the feeling that every Rays fan is feeling right now. Every obstacle...
• 9/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 142 Preview: Alex Cobb, the Best 5th Starter in Baseball?: The amazing thing about the Rays rotation is how from one to five- even one to six- any pitcher could go out there and throw a...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: September 12, 2012: Those stupid Cardinals. Despite great picks like the Astros and Ian Kennedy over Clayton Kershaw, the picks foundered...
• 9/12 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Phillies play a late afternoon game hosting the Marlins as Josh Johnson faces Cliff Lee in a battle of good pitchers with...
• 9/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 141: Not the Rays’ Best Day… Let’s Move On: On Tuesday, the Orioles beat the Rays’ 9-2. That’s about all you need to know,. You can stop reading now. Matt Moore‘s...
• 9/11 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Contenders Remaining Schedules—Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles: The Rays were expected to be here and the Orioles weren’t. Yesterday I looked at the Yankees schedule, now here are their two...
• 9/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Starters for Baltimore series announced: Tampa Bay Rays SPs Matt Moore, Alex Cobb and Jeremy Hellickson will start against the Baltimore Orioles in a three-game series...[+] beginning Tuesday, Sept. 11.
• 9/9 Full Spectrum Baseball: Field Of Streams: Fantasy Baseball Pitching Options: Judging from my many fantasy leagues, if you are not already entrenched in your fantasy baseball playoffs, you will be this week....
• 9/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price,Ultimate Standings, Prospects, Wade Davis, Tim Beckham: The big news for the Rays yesterday was that Price will miss his start today with some soreness in shoulder, although David Price...
• 9/7 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price to Miss Start: The Tampa Bay Rays are taking the cautious approach with ace left-hander David Price. The team announced Price will miss his scheduled...
• 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Birthday Boy Wade Davis An X-Factor for the 2012 Rays: At the end of spring training, Jeff Niemann was named the Rays’ 5th starter with Wade Davis heading to the bullpen. Since...
• 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Breaking Rays News: David Price to Miss Start Saturday: After a couple of days of quiet, the Rays suddenly got a shock through their system as they announced that ace David Price will...
• 9/6 Baseball News Source: Rays Chris Archer to Join Team Friday: On Wednesday Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said RHP Alex Cobb probably has three starts left. The team historically is cautious...
• 9/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Maddon, Valentine Go At It, Sean Rodriguez Situation Explained: Things got interesting on Wednesday as Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine and Rays managed Joe Maddon has some back and forth jibber-jabber....
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | No limit for Alex Cobb: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said SP Alex Cobb will not have an innings limit going forward, but the team will be mindful...[+] of his workload.
• 9/5 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles catch Yankees with win over Toronto: Orioles now tied With Yankees Baltimore 12 – Toronto 0 -  Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer, Zach Britton pitched...
• 9/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Niemann in Trouble, The Plan for Chris Archer: Jeff Niemann‘s shoulder injury that caused him to leave his last start was not supposed to have been serious. Unfortunately,...
• 9/5 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees continue descent now tied for AL East lead: Is this the bottom or can it actually get worse? The New York Yankees wake up this morning with a share of the American League...
• 9/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 136: Smooth Cobb, 3 Homers Drive Rays to Victory: The Yankees are in first place by themselves no more. The Rays played the role of spoiler on Tuesday, beating the Yankees to push...
• 9/4 Baseball Musings: AL East Tie: The Rays beat the Yankees 5-2 Tuesday night, as Freddy Garcia gives up three homers, accounting for four of the five runs he allowed....
• 9/4 MLB Injury News: Jeff Niemann Out Indefinitely with Rotator Cuff Inflammation: Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Jeff Niemann is out indefinitely after inflammation was discovered in his rotator cuff, reports...
• 9/4 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 136 Preview: Who’s Next?: On Monday, the Rays got a huge lift from an unexpected source. Catcher Chris Gimenez had two big RBI, including what turned out...
• 9/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: What Was Cashman Thinking?, Is CC Still Injured?, The Orioles Shouldn’t Be Winning: I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend despite the Yankees losing 3 of their last 4 games. The good news is that that...
• 9/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees are perilously close to losing sole possession of first place as they continue their series with the Rays. Freddy...
• 9/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: Field Of Streams: Fantasy Baseball Pitching Options: At this point your fantasy baseball playoffs are probably either under way or just about to get under way, so now is the most...
• 9/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays’ Rotation Insanity: With Jeff Niemann coming off the DL and appearing to be OK after leaving his first start with tightness in his pitching arm,...
• 9/1 Rays Colored Glasses: What Can the Rays Expect From Jeff Niemann in September?: Jeff Niemann is starting for the Rays today, his first start since the May 14th game in which he fractured a bone in his right...

• 8/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 130: Evan Longoria Leads Barrage, As Rays Win 8-4:   In the early going, this game had all the makings of being a rout for the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rangers fought back, but...
• 8/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 129: Shields Strong But Missed Opportunities Haunt Rays: 1-0. Again. There is no worse feeling. Your pitchers dominated and you let them down. Again. Yu Darvish was great on Tuesday night....
• 8/28 Nolan Writin': Game 129: Darvish Dominates Rays: The Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 in a pitching duel to take the first two games of the series and improve to...
• 8/28 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays’ Top 10 Prospects – Lee, Archer, Guerrieri…: Hak-Ju-Lee Heads Rays Prospects List Everywhere you look on the Tampa Bay Rays roster, there are homegrown players contributing....
• 8/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Bad Decisions, Bad Luck: Sean Rodriguez was swinging the bat well at Triple-A Durham and had a chance to receive quite a bit of playing time for the Rays...
• 8/27 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays (70-57) @ Texas Rangers (75-52): Ahh, the Rays and the Rangers. Playoff combatants the last two years are now facing off with both teams fighting for playoff positioning....
• 8/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Rays Game 124: Tyson Ross took the hill for the A’s today as the emergency starter because of Bartolo Colon‘s drug suspension and...
• 8/26 Full Spectrum Baseball: Field Of Streams: Fantasy Baseball Pitching Options: Another Houston home start hero (see Norris, Bud), Harrell is facing the Reds in the Juice Box this week and becomes a super viable...
• 8/26 Swingin' A's: A’s Continue to Buck the Trend: Typically at this point in the regular season most A’s fans have moved on from baseball as their primary sports interest...
• 8/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 124: Alex Cobb Twirls Shutout as Rays Take Opener Vs. A’s: The beauty of the Rays rotation: on any given night, any starter could shut down the opposition and toss a shutout. On Thursday...
• 8/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb tosses shutout: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb allowed four hits and two walks while fanning eight in his shutout over the Oakland Athletics Thursday,...[+] Aug. 23.
• 8/23 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Cobb’s Shutout Keeps Rays Winning: Oakland 0 – Tampa Bay 5 –  Alex Cobb dominated the Oakland Athletics and pitched a four[hit shutout to earn his eighth...
• 8/23 Baseball Musings: Stop the World, I Want the Massive Tie: Alex Cobb pitches the first shutout of his career as the Rays beat the Athletics 5-0. Cobb was in control the entire game as he...
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Ortiz, Marlins, Scioscia, McCann: As if the Rays didn't have enough top starting pitching, Alex Cobb is providing Tampa Bay with some high-quality innings.  The...
• 8/23 Swingin' A's: Ross Gets The Call For Game One Against The Rays: Bartolo Colon is out and Tyson Ross is in.  Bartolo Colon, who was suspended 50 games yesterday for using performance enhancing...
• 8/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The red hot Reds face off against the Phillies in the pitching matchup of the day as Johnny Cueto battles Cole Hamels. Since the...
• 8/22 Seedlings to Stars: Young Arms: Next In Line for the Rays: Another summer in Tampa, FL is in its closing months.  Senior golfers are stowing away their clubs and bringing out their cribbage...
• 8/21 Rays Colored Glasses: How Will Jeff Niemann Affect The Rotation?: With the impending return of Jeff Niemann, the Rays may be in a bit of a quandary. As it stands now, they already have six pitchers...
• 8/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot: Tampa Bay Rays rotation: Let’s throw a little change of pace into this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. Instead of individual players, we...
• 8/20 Motor City Bengals: Playoff Contender: Tampa Bay Rays: Over the next couple weeks, I intend to take a look at some of the teams that are vying for a playoff spot along with the Detroit...
• 8/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Honor 2002 Champs Then Blow Eight Run Lead: You can officially look at the Angels in two different ways: A. This is rockbottom and there’s nowhere to go but up B. They’re...
• 8/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 119: The Comeback: It’s hard enough for Rays fans to watch a game starting at 10 PM EST and stay awake. And after the way the game started,...
• 8/19 Baseball Musings: Five Pitches: The Angels blew an 8-0 lead to lose to the Rays 10-8 on Saturday night. The turning point came in the top of the fifth inning....
• 8/18 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Seven Run Third Sinks Angels: Jered Weaver was due to have a bad game. Let’s not go crazy about it. However, if he’s not going to pitch well the...
• 8/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: AL East Power Rankings: We’re three fourths of the way through the season and the Yankees currently have the best record in the American League....
• 8/15 Baseball News Source: MLB – Baseball’s Best Starting Rotations: If the regular season ended today, the Major League Baseball playoffs would feature the following teams: The New York Yankees,...
• 8/14 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes: Dodgers 5, @Pirates 4: Shane Victorino‘s first HR for LA put them up 4-2 in the 5th, and an 8th-inning run built on Juan...
• 8/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Streaks, Alex Colome Leaves Start: With the victory last night, Alex Cobb set a new Rays record by recording a decision in 18 consecutive starts, breaking the mark...
• 8/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 115: Cobb Sharp, Upton Homers as Rays Win 7th Straight: On Monday night, the Rays gave Evan Longoria his first day off since his return from the DL. But great pitching to go along with...
• 8/13 Rays Colored Glasses: What Role Will Jeff Niemann Play for the Rays Down the Stretch?: At the beginning of 2012, Jeff Niemann pitched well for the Rays and was one of their most dependable starters. In his first 7...
• 8/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Field Of Streams: Fantasy Baseball Pitching OptionsOnce again, it's time to time to be savvy, get crafty and stream away!...
• 8/9 Baseball News Source: Longoria Sparks Rays – More Offense Needed for Post-Season Spot: Boosted by the left-handed arm of Matt Moore in their 7-1 win over Toronto on Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays are staying in the...
• 8/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 110: Alex Cobb Leads Rays To Victory:   Alex Cobb pitched seven strong innings, helping lead the Rays to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays...
• 8/7 Baseball News Source: Rays – Best Pitching – Worst Hitting – Post All-Star Break: Since the All-Star break the Tampa Bay Rays have had the best pitching staff in all of Major League Baseball. At the same time,...
• 8/2 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Elvis Andrus Caps Exciting Texas Rangers Win Against Los Angeles Angels: AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas Rangers 11, Los Angeles Angels 10 (F/10) The Angels were fully prepared to sweep the AL West-leading Rangers....
• 8/1 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Peavy Strikes Out Eight Twins – White Sox Win: MINNEAPOLIS – Jake Peavy struck out eight over eight innings in the Chicago White Sox used another strong pitching performance...
• 8/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 105: Rays Defeat Oakland 4-1 Behind Alex Cobb:   After a rough July in which he went 1-4 with a 5.32 ERA, Alex Cobb had to be looking forward to August. With the new month,...

• 7/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Rotation Schedule Makes Shields Trade Look Unlikely: Here in just the last couple of days before the trade deadline, we still have to wait and see exactly what the Rays will do. One...
• 7/29 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields’ Time With the Rays Has Passed:   James Shields was always different. On a team built around its young rotation, Shields has been the outlier, a savvy veteran....
• 7/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 100: Keppinger Provides The Only Offense as Haren, Pujols Defeat Rays 3-1: Tampa Bay arrived in Los Angeles for Friday’s series opener knowing full well that they’d be facing a tough Angels...
• 7/27 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Take on Potential Trade Partner Rays: The Angels and Rays are set to face each other this weekend at the Big A. The Angels hold a 2.5 game lead over Tampa in the Wild...
• 7/27 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Alex Cobb the Answer?: We’re only a few days away from the MLB Trade Deadline and the Rays are evaluating their options. A player who could be...
• 7/22 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes: @Cardinals 12, Cubs 0: We’ve seen a 12-run inning before (right?) — but in the home 7th of a scoreless game? It began...
• 7/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Nonsensical Rumors, Scott and Cobb Injuries, Ramos Demoted: A seemingly interesting rumor floated out recently that the Rays were discussing a trade with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
• 7/21 The Rays Today: Rays Bullpen Has Been Lights Out: Posted in Alex CobbCesar RamosDesmond JenningsJ.P. HowellJeff KeppingerJose LobatonNot only has J.P. Howell been playing really...
• 7/21 The Rays Today: Tough Loss For The Rays: Posted in Alex CobbB.J. UptonJeff NiemannEven though the Rays lost the game that wasnt their biggest loss of tonight. Alex Cobb...
• 7/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 95: Cobb Leaves Early, Offense Absent as Rays Fall to M’s: This. game got off to an awful start for the Rays as Alex Cobb allowed 2 first inning runs before leaving in the second with a...
• 7/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | X-rays negative for Alex Cobb: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb (leg) was hit in the right lower leg by a comebacker Saturday, July 21, against the Seattle Mariners,...[+] and he left the appearance early. X-rays were negative, and he was diagnosed with a right lower leg contusion.
• 7/21 The Rays Today: Cobb Hopes To Keep Things Going: Posted in Alex CobbB.J. UptonDesmond JenningsJ.P. HowellLuke ScottAlex Cobb will be taking the mound tonight against the Mariners....
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Shields, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles: Several teams, including the Tigers and Angels, had scouts in attendance for Rays right-hander James Shields' start against Seattle...
• 7/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Seeking Young Catcher, Pitching: The Rays are currently in a three-way tie for one of the two AL Wild Card spots and they could be both buyers and sellers at the...
• 7/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rhymes Down, Streaks Broken, Cruz OK, Trade Deadline: Yesterday we talked about the Rays calling up Matt Joyce. The other side of the coin is that they sent Will Rhymes back down.That’s...
• 7/17 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Rays, Colon, Angels, Dempster: James Shields isn’t the only member of the Tampa Bay pitching staff who could be traded this summer. The Rays are open to moving...
• 7/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Survives Series Opener, Pestano Slams Door; Indians 3, Rays 2: By Mike Brandyberry Zach McAllister worked in and out of trouble better than his counterpart Alex Cobb and the Indians were able...
• 7/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 90: Cobb Flounders As Rays Drop Opener to Indians: The Rays’ season in a nutshell: Alex Cobb allows a flyball to Shin-Soo Choo originally ruled a home run. B.J. Upton notices...
• 7/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #89: Cleveland Indians (45-43) at Tampa Bay Rays (46-43): By Mike Brandyberry Sunday afternoon the Indians were unable to get a timely hit and lost 3-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays...
• 7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rays May Be Willing To Trade Shields: The Rays are suggesting to other teams that they will listen to trade offers for right-hander James Shields, Danny Knobler of...
• 7/15 Rays Colored Glasses: The Rays’ Name Conspiracy: What if the Rays had a conspiracy where they would only allow players with certain names to play for their team? Well, they don’t,...
• 7/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays Sign First Round Draft Pick Richie Shaffer: The deadline for 2012 MLB Draft picks to sign was Friday at 5 PM, and the Rays had one important name to check off their list:...
• 7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Is Wade Davis’ Arsenal Maximized Out of the Bullpen?: It was a much publicized move for the Rays to move Wade Davis to the bullpen and then keep him there even after Jeff Niemann went...
• 7/7 The Rays Today: Look What Showed Up Today: Posted in Alex CobbKyle FarnsworthLuke ScottThe offense broke out of nowhere in tonight’s game, the Rays scored 10 runs...
• 7/7 WahoosOnFirst: Rays’ Bats Come Alive, Rout Indians 10-3: Justin Masterson and Alex Cobb entered the evening as pitchers heading in opposite directions. Masterson had been sharp over his...
• 7/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Six-Run Fifth Inning Takes Down Tribe; Rays 10, Indians 3: By Christian Petrila The Indians and Rays played a game with a final score that would resemble that of a Browns-Buccaneers game....
• 7/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #83: Tampa Bay Rays (43-40) at Cleveland Indians (43-39): By Mike Brandyberry Last evening the Cleveland Indians used the long ball and Josh Tomlin’s best start of the season to defeat...
• 7/5 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Bradley Woodrum Talks Tampa Bay Rays: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays come to town tonight to kick a four-game series. This is the first time we’ve seen the Rays this...
• 7/1 The Rays Today: Its Been A Rough June For Tampa: Posted in Alex CobbBen ZobristHideki MatsuiAfter finally ending that dreadful June where the Rays were 12-15 and had a franchise...
• 7/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 79: Rays lose 5-3, Drop series to Tigers: Following Friday night’s encouraging 4-2 win over Justin Verlander, in which the Rays hit three home runs, it seemed as if they...

• 6/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: AL East Midseason Power Rankings: The All-Star break is rapidly approaching and the Yankees currently have the best record in baseball. They’ve been playing...
• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Royals Sweep: The Royals make a statement with a 5-4 win Wednesday afternoon and a three-game sweep of the Rays. The Royals hit, scoring 21...
• 6/26 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Robinson Cano Stays Hot As New York Yankees Drub Cleveland Indians: AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 1 Robinson Cano‘s extra-base hit binge continued Monday against the...
• 6/26 MLB Dirt: Alex Cobb’s Rare Pitching Performance: On June 17th of this season Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb pitched his most brilliant game of the season and possibly...
• 6/25 The Rays Today: Cobb Got Roughed Up Tonight: Posted in Alex CobbJeremy HellicksonLuke ScottAlex Cobb didn’t have his stuff going for him tonight giving up 13 hits, most...
• 6/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 73: Hochevar Dominates, Cobb Struggles But CG in Loss: This game goes to Luke Hochevar. The Rays can make all the excuses they want. They’re injured, they’re tired after...
• 6/25 Baseball Musings: Taking One for the Team: Luke Hochevar throws a shutout against the Rays as the Royals win 8-0. It’s his second career shutout and first since 2009,...
• 6/25 The Rays Today: On to Kansas City: Posted in Alex CobbAlex Cobb will be getting the start in the series opener tonight against the Royals. Cobb has had a few extra...
• 6/24 The Rays Today: Price Gets 10th Win: Posted in Alex CobbCarlos PenaDavid PriceJames ShieldsDavid Price won his AL leading 10th win in the first game of todays double-header....
• 6/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Torres Up, Rotation Schedule, 2nd Round Pick Edwards Signs: The Rays get to call up a 26th man to their roster thanks to the new MLB rule allowing that for doubleheader. They’re really...
• 6/24 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (34-38) vs Rays (38-32): Philadelphia Phillies (34-38) vs Tampa Bay Rays (38-32) Game 1: Cole Hamels (10-3, 3.25) vs. David Price (9-4, 3.08) Game 2:...
• 6/24 Phillies Nation: Thome Walks It Off; Utley Back By Wednesday?: The good news for the Phillies on Saturday was two-fold — they had their second walkoff win of the season on Jim Thome‘s...
• 6/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb will not start Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb is not expected to start Game 2 of a doubleheader Sunday, June 24, against the Philadelphia Phillies....[+]
• 6/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | David Price to start Game 1 Sunday: Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price will start Game 1 of the day-night doubleheader against the Philadelphia...[+] Phillies Sunday, June 24. The team has not officially announced a starter for Game 2, although SP Alex Cobb is one of the candidates to pitch.
• 6/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb, David Price to work in twin bill Sunday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb and David Price will pitch in a doubleheader Sunday, June 24, against the Philadelphia Phillies. The...[+] order has yet to be determined by manager Joe Maddon. The doubleheader is necessary after the series opener Friday, June 22, was washed out. The first game will be at 1:05pm ET, and then Friday's game will be made up at 6:35pm ET.
• 6/22 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Rays at Phillies, June 22-24: After failing to capitalize on a chance to complete a sweep of the lowly Rockies on Thursday night, the Phillies (33-38) will...
• 6/21 Marlin Maniac: Three Cheers for the Bullpen!:   The Miami Marlins gave up five hits last night.  They went scoreless for nine innings, and Jose Reyes threw a ball in...
• 6/20 Roto Think Tank: Evaluating a Player's Value: Trade Edition: The question is specifically about Alex Cobb, but I get this kind of query all the time during the regular season:Who...
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb fans 10 in Sunday win: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb struck out 10 batters in seven innings of work Sunday, June 17, as the Rays scored a 3-0 shutout over...[+] the Miami Marlins. The win broke a three-game losing streak for Cobb.
• 6/17 High Heat Stats: Sunday supplement — now with 60% game coverage!: Orioles 2, @Braves 0: A day after Jason Hammel‘s 1-hitter left him at 7-2, Wei-Yin Chen attained the same record with...
• 6/17 The Rays Today: Rays Shutout Marlins Again: Posted in Alex CobbB.J. UptonMatt MooreThe Marlins had no answer against Alex Cobb this afternoon, he struck out 10 in 7 innings...
• 6/17 Baseball Musings: The Tampa Peach: Alex Cobb pitches his best game of the season, holding the Marlins to two hits in seven innings while walking one and striking...
• 6/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 61: Despite 9 Hits, Rays Unable to Keep Up With Mets Offense: Alex Cobb made his 5th start for the Rays tonight, but unfortunately … [visit site to read more]Game 61: Despite 9 Hits,...
• 6/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: June 11 – June 17This week's AL pitching planner features a lot of decent options and only a couple risky ones....
• 6/6 The Rays Today: The Rays Avoid Another Shut Out: Posted in UncategorizedWell at least the point they scored in the 9th helped them avoid the shut out. I havent really felt like...
• 6/5 FanSided: Game 55: Early Errors, Grand Slam Doom Rays in 7-0 Shutout Loss to NYY: While it ultimately was not the deciding factor in a 7-0 loss to the Yankees, it was indeed a precursor of things to come in this...
• 6/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Pettitte brilliant, blanks Rays: Earlier today, I wrote about the good and the bad things that’ve entailed Andy Pettitte‘s comeback. Once the game...

• 5/31 60ft6in.com: Pierzynski Is Still A Piece Of Garbage: A.J. Pierzynski is an A-Hole. No, that is not news. Everyone knows that he is a dirty player. Everyone also knows that he makes...
• 5/30 FanSided: Game 51: Rays 4-hit by White Sox to Seal Sweep: Timely hitting is important to winning games. Unfortunately, timely hitting doesn't matter when you just don't get hits and don't...
• 5/30 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Two young pitchers square off in a battle of first place teams as the White Sox and Tampa Bay finish their series. Jose Quintana...
• 5/29 FanSided: Game 50: Matsui Homers But Shields Collapses as Rays Fall to White Sox: The curse of the one bad inning. Sometimes when pitchers lose it, they can't it back and the hits come pouring down fast. That...
• 5/27 FanSided: Could the Rays Add a Pitcher to Trade for a Catcher?: There aren't many quality catchers in baseball. There are certainly more capable pitchers around. We also know that the Rays have...
• 5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/26: The only thing hotter than the Tampa Bay Rays bats against Boston Red Sox starter Jon Lester were the tempers of the coaches...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb solid in victory: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb allowed two runs on three hits in five innings against the Boston Red Sox Friday, May 25, to pick...[+] up his second win of the season. He struck out two batters and walked four in the game.
• 5/26 High Heat Stats: Friday recap & random notes: Sorry, West Coast fans, but I won’t get to those games tonight as well as some others. Nationals 7, @Braves 4: First meeting...
• 5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/26: The only thing hotter than the Tampa Bay Rays bats against Boston Red Sox starter Jon Lester were the tempers of the coaches...
• 5/25 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/25: After enjoying a day after 20 straight games, the Boston Red Sox return home to kick off a seven-game homestand at Historic...
• 5/25 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/25: After enjoying a day after 20 straight games, the Boston Red Sox return home to kick off a seven-game homestand at Historic...
• 5/25 FanSided: Red Sox Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays & A Pivotal Series: The Red Sox proved they are a team that could contend for the AL East division after going 5-3 on their recent road trip and coming...
• 5/25 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/25-5/27: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Friday, May 25 @ 7:10 PM Alex Cobb, RHP (1-0, 2.57) vs Jon Lester, LHP (3-3,...
• 5/24 SOX & Dawgs: Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/25-5/27: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Friday, May 25 @ 7:10 PM Alex Cobb, RHP (1-0, 2.57) vs Jon Lester, LHP (3-3,...
• 5/21 Braves Journal: Braves 2, Rays 0: Atlanta Braves vs. Tampa Bay Rays — May 20, 2012 — ESPN. Offense? What offense? Okay, honestly, I can’t complain about...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb earns win Saturday: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb (1-0) allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings in a victory over the Atlanta Braves Saturday,...[+] May 19, with two walks and six strikeouts. He retired the last 10 batters he faced.
• 5/20 FanSided: Is Jeff Niemann Worth It?Here's an interesting little table. ...
• 5/20 Braves Journal: Rays 5, Braves 2: Atlanta Braves vs. Tampa Bay Rays — May 19, 2012 — ESPN. Randall Delgado is having an up-and-down rookie year, like much of...
• 5/19 Baseball Musings: Cobb Strong: Alex Cobb made his 2012 debut for the Rays, holding the Braves to two runs as he worked seven innings. Cobb walked two and struck...
• 5/18 FanSided: Cedrick Bowers: The Matt Moore That Wasn't: The Rays are known for getting middle round steals in the MLB Draft. Take as much as four-fifths of the Rays current rotation:...
• 5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb coming upTampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb is expected to take SP Jeff Niemann's (leg) spot in the starting rotation Saturday, May 19....[+] Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb is expected to take SP Jeff Niemann's (leg) spot in the starting rotation Saturday, May 19.
• 5/16 The Rays Today: The Injuries Keep Adding Up: Posted in UncategorizedThis time its Jeff Niemann, after getting hit with a batted ball off of the Blue Jays first baseman Adam...
• 5/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Bergesen, Wakefield, Youkilis : The injury bug continues to bite notable AL East players.  The Yankees put closer David Robertson on the 15-day DL with a strained...
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Ankle Bone No Longer Connected to the Shin Bone: Jeff Niemann suffered a broken ankle Monday night. He’ll be out at least four weeks: Rays manager Joe Maddon said it was...
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Montero, Pirates, Rays, Lee: Here's a look at the latest edition of Full Count from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.. Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero...

• 4/26 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor League Review: Alex Cobb: On any other team, Alex Cobb would be one of the top pitching prospects to come … [visit site to read more]Minor League...
• 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb sent down: The Tampa Bay Rays have optioned SP Alex Cobb to Triple-A Durham. In a corresponding move, the team has recalled P Brandon Gomes...[+] from Durham.
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb in for Dane De La Rosa: Tampa Bay Rays RP Dane De La Rosa was shelled for five earned runs, four hits and two walks in an inning of work in his debut...[+] Saturday, April 14, against the Boston Red Sox. As a result, he was optioned back to Triple-A Durham, and the team recalled SP Alex Cobb.
• 4/7 FanSided: Where Do the Rays Rank Among the Top Rotations in Baseball?: Everyone all around baseball knows that the Rays have an incredible rotation. But just how good are they? Today we'll attempt...

• 3/16 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Tampa Bay Rays: Surprisingly, the Rays augmented their offense through free agency. Major League Signings Carlos Pena, 1B: one year, $7.25MM. Luke...
• 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Davis, Gregg, Hellickson, McCann: Mets first baseman Ike Davis is being treated for a form of Valley Fever, though the team says Davis' infection is non-contagious...

• 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Davis, Niemann, Pitching: With so many teams now in Florida for Spring Training, let's check on one of the teams that calls the Sunshine State home year-round... Wade...
• 2/17 Rays Colored Glasses: RCG 2012 Season Preview: Alex Cobb: In 2011, Alex Cobb got his big break in the major leagues. And when he got it, … [visit site to read more]RCG 2012 Season...
• 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb throwing bullpens: Tampa Bay Rays P Alex Cobb (rib) has been throwing bullpen sessions with no restrictions after having surgery last year to remove...[+] a blood clot from his rib. 'I'm 100 percent,' Cobb said. 'I feel better than I did last year.'

• 1/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Sean Rodriguez is expendable for the Rays: Nothing major has happened yet this offseason, but we always hear about the Rays being in discussion to make high profile or even...
• 1/14 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Rays | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...

• 12/30 High Heat Stats: Comparing the 2011 Freshman Class by League: Here's a quick numerical look at the 2011 freshman class.Number of players who debuted in 2011 -- NL 125, AL 123.-- Hitters: NL...
• 12/9 MLB Dirt: Locking Up Moore is Huge for Him and the Rays: The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to terms with top prospect Matt Moore on a guaranteed $14M over five years and the entire deal...

• 11/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Not in a rush to deal starters: Tampa Bay Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman said the club is not in a hurry to trade one of their starting pitchers...[+] this winter, with the emergence of SPs Matt Moore and Alex Cobb. Of more importance is their need to address first base, designated hitter, the catcher position and the bullpen.

• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays will work within their budget in an attempt to boost their offense, but they don’t intend to sacrifice run prevention...
• 10/9 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Epstein, Red Sox, Sabathia, Rays: If Theo Epstein winds up taking the Cubs' GM job, then the spotlight again will be directed at Red Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino,...

• 9/23 MLB Dirt: Matt Moore Left Me in Awe: If you missed the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees last night then you missed the first ever start by the top pitching...
• 9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Friedman On Rays' Pitching Depth : Some rival executives and scouts believe the Rays should trade some of their starting pitching depth for offense this winter,...
• 9/21 Mastersball.com: Arizona Fall League Primer: We still have a few weeks left in the 2011 MLB regular season and hopefully your team is still in the hunt. But just a week after...

• 8/28 TampaSportsGuy: Royals Could Be Interested In James Shields: There have have rumors about trades involving James Shields all year, but the Kansas City Royals could actually provide what the...
• 8/17 TampaSportsGuy: Pitching Talent Brewing In The Minors; What Should The Rotation Look Like In 2012?: The Rays currently feature David Price, James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Wade Davis, and Jeremy **** in their rotation which is already...
• 8/15 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Scouts Show Efficiency With **** And Moore: Des Moines, Iowa and Moriarty, New Mexico. Not exactly what could be considered as baseball capitals of the world. **** was drafted...
• 8/12 Yankees Daily: Sabathia gives up five solo HRs as Yankees lose to Rays 5-1: NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Damon, Casey Kotchman and Kelly Shoppach all connected in the third inning for three of Tampa Bay’s...
• 8/11 Call to the Pen: Alex Cobb Headed for Season Ending Surgery: Throughout the process of his mysterious battle with “dead arm”, Rays’ pitcher Alex Cobb said all along he just wanted to...
• 8/10 Baseball Musings: Cobb Under the Knife: Alex Cobb will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the season: Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Alex Cobb will undergo surgery to...
• 8/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Done for the Year: Marc Topkin just announced via Twitter that, “Alex Cobb to undergo season-ending surgery to remove ‘blockage’...
• 8/8 Call to the Pen: Alex Cobb to DL with Dead Arm: After making an early exit from Saturday’s start against the A’s, Alex Cobb has been placed on the disabled list.  As of...
• 8/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Alex Cobb Placed on the Disabled List: The Rays announced today that Alex Cobb is going on the disabled list. Randi detailed some of the news in her recap last night...
• 8/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 113: 7:54PM PDT: 22 pitches, 18 strikes for McCarthy (again unreal percentage in the zone) as he K’s Robinson Chirinos for this...

• 7/30 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Pineda Leads Mariners over Rays 3-2 as Fister and Pauley move on:     Michael Pineda pitched a brilliant game today going 6 1/3 innings and allowing only one hit to go along with a career...
• 7/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Zobrist Gets the Hit as Rays Lose: The Rays offense only managed one hit for hitting coach Derek Shelton’s birthday today against the Mariners in Seattle....
• 7/30 Baseball Musings: Another Run in a No-Hitter: Michael Pineda pitched four innings against the Rays today without allowing a hit. He walked two, and the second resulted in Johnny...
• 7/28 Roto Think Tank: Zach Britton vs. Alex Cobb: Nick wanted to know who would be a better pick-up in an A.L. only league, Zach Britton or Alex Cobb.Zach Britton. 6-7,...
• 7/27 Redbird Dugout: Rasmus dealt to Blue Jays: The back of Colby's new jersey?The news has hit the major media outlets. Colby Rasmus is no longer a St. Louis Cardinal. Neither...
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent: 12:08pm: The Cardinals will send Rasmus, Trever Miller, Brian Tallet, and P.J. Walters to the Blue Jays for Jackson, Rzepczynski,...
• 7/25 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Evan Longoria: Top 1: Evan Longoria called out on strikes against Felipe Paulino Top 3: Longoria singled to left against...
• 7/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: Are Yankees Headed for Pennant Race No Man’s Land?: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). As July draws to a close, gradual separation in the American League...
• 7/25 The Captain's Blog: Are Yankees Headed for Pennant Race No Man’s Land?: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) As July draws to...
• 7/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Cobb Helps Rays Salvage Finale Against Royals: The Rays bounced back from a crushing loss last night by defeating the Royals 5-0 today with the help of Alex Cobb. I really like...
• 7/22 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Should Prepare For 2013: Although I haven’t completely given up on the season, it doesn’t seem likely that the Rays will make the playoffs...
• 7/20 TampaSportsGuy: Rays better not trade Casey Kotchman: I’ve expressed my love of Casey Kotchman as the Rays first baseman many times, and my opinion hasn’t changed. After...
• 7/20 TampaSportsGuy: Reds Interested In James Shields; Why The Rays Should Move Him: According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Cincinnati Reds could be interested in James Shields, which makes sense due to previous...
• 7/19 TampaSportsGuy: Matt Moore Promoted To Triple-A: Before the news were announced that Alex Torres and Alex Cobb will be promoted to the Rays last night it was announced that one...
• 7/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees battle back after early deficit, beat Tampa Bay 5-4 in rare late come-from-behind victory: After his offense took a quick 1-0 lead against Tampa Bay in the top of the 1st, A.J. Burnett promptly gave it all back and then...
• 7/18 TampaSportsGuy: Rays DFA Russell, put Cruz and Lobaton on DL; recall Cobb, Torres, and Chirinos: The Rays have designated Adam Russell for assignment, while placing Juan Cruz & Jose Lobaton on 15 Day DL, and calling up...
• 7/18 Yankees Daily: Yankees rally to take down Rays in Ninth: By FRED GOODALL AP Baseball Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Russell Martin drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in...
• 7/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: Yankees vs. Rays, 7/18/2011 (7:10PM EST on YES): Hurray for no more Canada!  Instead, the Yankees will be switching artificial surfaces as the team heads to the Trop for another...
• 7/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rays III: Uh oh, two more Starters-They’ve-Never-Faced: Apparently four games against one AL East foe wasn’t enough, as the Yankees embark on their second-straight four-gamer tonight...
• 7/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Designate Adam Russell For Assignment: The Rays designated right-handed reliever Adam Russell for assignment, tweets Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times.  In a...
• 7/18 TampaSportsGuy: Rays Should Move One Of Their Pitching Prospects: After the disastrous 16 inning defeat against the Boston Red Sox last night, many fans have written off the Rays and their run...
• 7/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Cleveland plays a split admission double header at Minnesota today. The Twins gained 11 1/2 games on Cleveland since their low...
• 7/14 TampaSportsGuy: Jose Lobaton called up to Rays: Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times reported that catcher Jose Lobaton has been called up to Rays according to several Spanish-language...
• 7/12 The Process Report: Wade Davis To The Disabled List: For the second-consecutive season, Wade Davis will hit the disabled list in the second half of the season. Last year, a shoulder...
• 7/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Five Run Sixth Keys Rays to Victory on Throwback Night: One of the frustrations that the Rays have experienced at home this year is the inability to get an early lead. They have a lot...
• 7/2 Baseball Press: Impact Pitching Prospects in the Second Half: Mike Minor is part of a terrific group of pitching talent in Atlanta (Icon SMI)As we near the halfway point of the baseball...

• 6/30 TampaSportsGuy: Rays continue hanging onto Andy Sonnanstine: Coming into the season nobody really expected much of the Rays bullpen. While some guys such as Kyle Farnsworth have succeeded,...
• 6/21 The Process Report: The International Arms And Other Links: Not sure if anybody else has realized this, but the Rays international efforts have paid off in pitching depth. Prior to 2006,...
• 6/21 Yanks Go Yard: Rays Continue Interleague with Strong Performance from Niemann: June 20, 2011 A: Milwaukee Brewers Attendance: 35,495 Rays (40-33) 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 8 9 0 Brewers (40-34) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4...
• 6/20 Call to the Pen: Should the Rays take a look at Jesus Montero?: If you have read my previous post “Catching Problems May Cause Changes“, it seems obvious that the Rays could have...
• 6/19 B-R Blog: Pop quiz … and a few game notes from Saturday, June 18: Pop quiz: Jon Lester allowed 2 runs in the 1st inning tonight on 2 HRs, but only 1 of the runs was earned. Why? How? Imaginary...
• 6/18 The Process Report: Daily Process: Alex Cobb Demoted to Triple-A: I felt sympathetic towards Edwin Rodriguez after his Friday night ejection, as it appeared he had a valid point, but his lineup...
• 6/18 Yanks Go Yard: Damon Reaches Some Milestones as the Rays Roll: June 18, 2011 V: Florida Marlins Attendance: 20,495 Marlins (32-39) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 5 2 Rays (38-33) 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 X 7 8...
• 6/14 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Lose In Extras: The focus of this game is going to be on the umpires and on one play in particular: the one where Justin Ruggiano appeared safe...
• 6/13 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: June 13, 2011: Jemile Weeks $27. Other bids: $16, $15, $12, $11, $8, $6, $5, $5.I profiled Weeks on Friday. He's been terrific thus far,...
• 6/8 Yanks Go Yard: Cobb Wins His First as Rays Beat Angels 4-1: June 7, 2011 A: Los Angeles Angels Attendance: 38,833 Rays (32-29) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 12 1 Angels (30-33) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0...
• 6/8 Baseball Musings: Low Scoring West: The three west coast game featured few runs as the six team combined to score a total of ten times. Ubaldo Jimenez pitched a great...
• 6/4 The Process Report: End Of The Line For Sonnanstine?: On the surface, it appeared as if starting Andy Sonnanstine in Seattle would be a soft-landing for the Rays’ swingman. Sonnanstine...
• 6/3 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: A.L. Week 10: June 6 - June 12: Rising Up Alex Cobb (2% owned last week, 5% owned this week)Cobb is a good prospect who would get more attention if he were...
• 6/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Rays need to swing the bat; get out of hitting slump: Walking into Tropicana Field on Tuesday night, I was elated with the thought of the game to come. I hadn’t been to a Rays...
• 6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb solid in no-decision: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb allowed just three earned runs, four hits and four walks over 6 1/3 innings in a no-decision Tuesday,...[+] May 31, against the Texas Rangers. He also struck out four batters in the 99-pitch quality start.

• 5/31 The Process Report: Daily Process: Joyce & Longoria Go Yard; Cobb, Peralta, Farnsworth Pitch In: On James Shields Day, Alex Cobb showed a Shields-like process in just his second major league start. The final line (6.1 IP,...
• 5/31 Yanks Go Yard: Rays go to Six in Rotation: Thanks to the rained out game in Detroit on May 25th the Rays have decided to give Andy Sonnanstine one more shot at the rotation....
• 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Andy Sonnanstine to have another start: Tampa Bay Rays RP Andy Sonnanstine will start again Friday, June 3, against the Seattle Mariners. It's also possible that SP Alex...[+] Cobb could receive another start.
• 5/31 The Process Report: James Shields Day: The Contract: The Rays signed several extensions during the 2008 calendar year. The one that gets the most ink belongs to Evan Longoria; however,...
• 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb to start Tuesday: The Tampa Bay Rays recalled SP Alex Cobb from Triple-A Durham to start Tuesday, May 31, against the Texas Rangers in place of...[+] SP Andy Sonnanstine, who was used in relief Monday, May 30. Cobb made one start earlier this season May 1, allowing four runs over 4 1/3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In that start, Cobb was found to be tipping his pitches with a glove waggle, but that has since been fixed.
• 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Andy Sonnanstine back to bullpen: The Tampa Bay Rays are returning P Andy Sonnanstine to the bullpen and inserting SP Alex Cobb for a spot start Tuesday, May 31,...[+] and it is not known whether Cobb will stick in the rotation.
• 5/29 The Process Report: Report: Alex Cobb Returns: Update: Roger Mooney is reporting Cobb was scratched from his Sunday start with Durham and appears likely to start for the Rays...
• 5/27 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Win Behind Price, Bat Buzzes Over Price: There are nights where all David Price needs is his fastball, a run or two, and some space. Tonight was one of those nights. Price...
• 5/27 The Process Report: Report: Alex Cobb Returns: The last time Alex Cobb was in the majors, he failed to last five innings then had an impromptu video session with Jim Hickey...
• 5/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb recalledThe Tampa Bay Rays recalled SP Alex Cobb from Triple-A Durham Friday, May 27....[+] The Tampa Bay Rays recalled SP Alex Cobb from Triple-A Durham Friday, May 27.
• 5/25 Yanks Go Yard: Rays Minor League Report: Tough Week for Bulls and Hot Rods: The four Rays’ minor league teams combined to win seven of eight games the first two days of the week. It was pretty much...
• 5/8 The Process Report: Filling Jeff Niemann’s Rotation Slot: Because Jeff Niemann will miss at least three weeks with back tightness, the Rays have to make a decision about who fills out...
• 5/6 The Process Report: Game-Changer: Brandon Guyer Debuts, Homers: Any big league debut is special, and the Rays have witnessed three over the past week—with Alex Cobb and Brandon Gomes each...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Jeff Niemann likely headed for DL: Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said the team is leaning toward placing SP Jeff Niemann (back) on the disabled list after he...[+] left his start early Wednesday, May 4, with a back injury. Niemann underwent an MRI exam Thursday, May 5. The team would likely insert RP Andy Sonnanstine into the rotation if Niemann landed on the DL. They could also recall P Alex Cobb or Alex Torres.
• 5/5 Bus League Baseball: Welcome to the Show: Major League Debuts From April 28-May 4: Things I took away from this week’s edition of Welcome to the Show? 1) I should’ve named my son Alex. 2) Being called...
• 5/2 MLB Fantasy Recon: Waiver Wire Fliers - Justin Smoak, Brett Wallace, Wilson Betemit: Smoak's on FireTim McLeod over at RotoRob runs through some Monday morning waiver wire considerations, including Justin Smoak. ...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb sent downThe Tampa Bay Rays optioned SP Alex Cobb to the minors Monday, May 2....[+] The Tampa Bay Rays optioned SP Alex Cobb to the minors Monday, May 2.
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Alex Cobb shaky in first start of season: Tampa Bay Rays SP Alex Cobb allowed four earned runs, four hits and four walks over 4 1/3 innings in a no-decision Sunday, May...[+] 1, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Cobb was guilty of tipping his pitches in the outing. 'It was obvious from the way they were swinging and not swinging they were on to something,' pitching coach Jim Hickey. 'I don't think they knew change or curveball, but I think they knew hard or soft, and it becomes a heck of a lot easier.' Cobb was optioned back to Triple-A Durham after the game.