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Birth Date	10-7-1987
Height	6' 3"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	37 years, 6 months, 3 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 0.22016
: 3.02017
: -0.32018
: 0.52019
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2011	TBA	9	9	52.7	3	2	49	21	37	3	96	8.4	3.6	0.5	6.3	0%	.284	1.33	3.64	3.42	107	4.41	102.5	0.4
2012	TBA	23	23	136.3	11	9	130	40	106	11	93	8.6	2.6	0.7	7.0	0%	.295	1.25	3.61	4.03	97	4.04	92.7	1.8
2013	TBA	22	22	143.3	11	3	120	45	134	13	95	7.5	2.8	0.8	8.4	0%	.279	1.15	3.38	2.76	90	3.74	89.6	2.1
2014	TBA	27	27	166.3	10	9	142	47	149	11	95	7.7	2.5	0.6	8.1	0%	.282	1.14	3.25	2.87	93	2.85	70.0	4.1
2016	TBA	5	5	22.0	1	2	32	7	16	5	103	13.1	2.9	2.0	6.5	52%	.355	1.77	5.55	8.59	101	4.56	101.0	0.2
2017	TBA	29	29	179.3	12	10	175	44	128	22	97	8.8	2.2	1.1	6.4	49%	.282	1.22	4.14	3.66	96	4.07	86.7	3.0
2018	BAL	28	28	152.3	5	15	172	43	102	24	104	10.2	2.5	1.4	6.0	51%	.303	1.41	4.83	4.90	102	5.50	122.9	-0.3
2019	BAL	3	3	12.3	0	2	21	2	8	9	107	15.3	1.5	6.6	5.8	48%	.293	1.86	11.92	10.95	121	8.27	169.7	-0.3
Career		146	146	864.7	53	52	841	249	680	98	97	8.8	2.6	1.0	7.1	54%	.290	1.26	4.00	3.85	97	4.12	93.8	10.9

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2006	PRI	Rk	APL	6	1	8.2	0	0	9	3	8	3	97	9.9	3.3	3.3	8.8	0%	.250	1.46	7.44	5.49	115	4.67	98.1
2007	HUD	A-	NYP	16	16	81.3	5	6	78	31	62	4	95	8.6	3.4	0.4	6.9	0%	.303	1.34	3.84	3.54	103	5.06	103.8
2008	CGA	A	SAL	25	25	139.7	9	7	113	35	97	16	102	7.3	2.3	1.0	6.2	0%	.245	1.06	4.75	3.29	112	4.12	84.3
2009	PCH	A+	FSL	24	23	124.7	8	5	116	31	107	6	98	8.4	2.2	0.4	7.7	0%	.304	1.18	3.06	3.03	88	4.12	86.7
2010	MNT	AA	SOU	23	22	119.7	7	5	120	35	128	7	97	9.0	2.6	0.5	9.6	0%	.342	1.29	2.97	2.71	0	0.00	0.0
2010	PES	Wnt	AFL	7	7	25.0	1	3	31	14	30	2		11.2	5.0	0.7	10.8	0%	.414	1.80	4.93	6.12	0	0.00	0.0
2011	TBA	MLB	AL	9	9	52.7	3	2	49	21	37	3	96	8.4	3.6	0.5	6.3	0%	.284	1.33	3.64	3.42	107	4.41	102.5
2011	DUR	AAA	INT	12	12	67.3	5	1	61	16	70	4	98	8.2	2.1	0.5	9.4	0%	.331	1.14	2.73	1.87	75	3.88	79.2
2012	TBA	MLB	AL	23	23	136.3	11	9	130	40	106	11	93	8.6	2.6	0.7	7.0	0%	.295	1.25	3.61	4.03	97	4.04	92.7
2012	DUR	AAA	INT	8	8	41.3	1	4	44	18	44	1	103	9.6	3.9	0.2	9.6	0%	.355	1.50	2.79	4.14	83	5.50	114.6
2013	TBA	MLB	AL	22	22	143.3	11	3	120	45	134	13	95	7.5	2.8	0.8	8.4	0%	.279	1.15	3.38	2.76	90	3.74	89.6
2013	PCH	A+	FSL	3	3	8.3	0	1	8	4	8	0	103	8.6	4.3	0.0	8.6	0%	.348	1.44	3.12	4.32	89	4.13	89.8
2014	TBA	MLB	AL	27	27	166.3	10	9	142	47	149	11	95	7.7	2.5	0.6	8.1	0%	.282	1.14	3.25	2.87	93	2.85	70.0
2014	PCH	A+	FSL	1	1	5.0	1	0	3	0	9	0	98	5.4	0.0	0.0	16.2	0%	.375	0.60	-0.22	0.00	41	2.72	57.7
2016	TBA	MLB	AL	5	5	22.0	1	2	32	7	16	5	103	13.1	2.9	2.0	6.5	52%	.355	1.77	5.55	8.59	101	4.56	101.0
2016	PCH	A+	FSL	4	4	6.7	0	2	7	3	5	0	101	9.5	4.1	0.0	6.8	36%	.318	1.50	3.10	6.75	100	4.23	93.3
2016	DUR	AAA	INT	4	4	15.0	0	1	24	5	10	3	106	14.4	3.0	1.8	6.0	44%	.389	1.93	5.63	6.60	118	7.14	157.7
2017	TBA	MLB	AL	29	29	179.3	12	10	175	44	128	22	97	8.8	2.2	1.1	6.4	49%	.282	1.22	4.14	3.66	96	4.07	86.7
2018	BAL	MLB	AL	28	28	152.3	5	15	172	43	102	24	104	10.2	2.5	1.4	6.0	51%	.303	1.41	4.83	4.90	102	5.50	122.9
2019	BAL	MLB	AL	3	3	12.3	0	2	21	2	8	9	107	15.3	1.5	6.6	5.8	48%	.293	1.86	11.92	10.95	121	8.27	169.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2011	841	0.4661	0.4293	0.8089	0.5536	0.3207	0.9263	0.6319	0.1911
2012	2164	0.4778	0.4325	0.8024	0.5445	0.3301	0.9112	0.6381	0.1976
2013	2198	0.4622	0.4436	0.7764	0.5610	0.3426	0.8895	0.6173	0.2236
2014	2555	0.4309	0.4528	0.7416	0.5976	0.3432	0.8921	0.5431	0.2584
2016	386	0.5052	0.4585	0.8249	0.6256	0.2880	0.8689	0.7273	0.1751
2017	2855	0.4827	0.4375	0.8295	0.5914	0.2938	0.9006	0.6959	0.1705
2018	2432	0.4827	0.4523	0.8227	0.6201	0.2957	0.8901	0.6909	0.1773
2019	228	0.4518	0.4693	0.7570	0.6117	0.3520	0.9048	0.5455	0.2430
Career	13659	0.4680	0.4438	0.7964	0.5843	0.3194	0.8978	0.6391	0.2036

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-04-13	2014-05-22	15-DL	39	35	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2013-07-23	2013-07-23	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Fingers	Blister	Index Finger	-	-
2013-06-15	2013-08-15	60-DL	61	51	-	Head	Concussion	Batted Ball	-	-
2012-07-22	2012-07-27	DTD	5	4	Right	Lower Leg	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2011-08-07	2011-10-04	15-DL	58	50	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	2011-08-18	-
2010-04-08	2010-05-05	Minors	27	0		Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2009-08-05	2009-08-15	Minors	10	0			Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	TBA	$502,200
2014	TBA	$516,900
2015	TBA	$4,000,000
2016	TBA	$4,000,000
2017	TBA	$4,200,000
2018	BAL	$14,000,000
2019	BAL	$14,000,000
2020	BAL	$12,371,905
2021	BAL	$15,000,000
2022	SFN	$9,000,000
2023	SFN	$9,000,000
2024	SFN	$10,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$96,591,005
13 yr	Total	$96,591,005

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 61 d	Beverly Hills Sports Council	2 years/$20M (2022-23), 2024 option

Details

2 years/$20M (2022-23), plus 2024 club option. 22:$9M, 23:$9M, 24:$10M club option, $2M buyout. Cobb to donate $45,000 annually to club charity in 2022-2023 and, if club exercises the option, $50,000 in 2024. San Francisco exercised 2024 option 11/5/23.
4 years/$57M (2018-21). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 3/21/18. 18:$14M, 19:$14M, 20:$14M, 21:$15M. Annual performance bonus: $500,000 for 180 innings pitched. $20M deferred ($6.5M of 2018 salary, $4.5M of 2019-21 salaries), to be paid $2M on 11/30/22 and $1.8M annually each 11/30, 2023-32). If Cobb does not pitch at least 130 innings in 2020, an additional $5.5M of 2021 salary is deferred, payable $1.75M annually each 11/30, 2033-35. No-trade protection (may block deals to all clubs in 2018 and 10 clubs annually in 2019-21). Acquired by LA Angels in trade from Baltimore 2/3/21. Orioles to pay $10M of Cobb's 2021 salary, with Angels responsible for $5M.
1 year/$4.2M (2017). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$4M (2016). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/14/16 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$4M (2015). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$516,900 (2014). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/2/14.
1 year/$502,200 (2013). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/2/13.
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/3/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Tampa Bay 11/19/10.
Drafted by Tampa Bay 2006 (Vero Beach HS, Fla.). $400,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	L	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	13.1	28	28	148.9	144	44	98	20	.270	1.26	4.03	4.07	-13.1	-1.4
80^o	13.1	27	27	142.7	145	44	93	20	.281	1.33	4.37	4.42	-17.8	-1.9
70^o	13.2	26	26	138.4	147	45	91	20	.289	1.38	4.61	4.68	-21.1	-2.3
60^o	13.2	25	25	134.7	148	45	88	20	.295	1.43	4.83	4.9	-23.7	-2.6
50^o	13.3	24	24	131.3	148	45	86	20	.302	1.47	5.03	5.11	-26.0	-2.8
40^o	13.3	24	24	128.0	149	45	84	20	.308	1.52	5.23	5.33	-28.3	-3.1
30^o	13.3	23	23	124.5	150	46	81	20	.315	1.57	5.45	5.56	-30.6	-3.3
20^o	13.3	22	22	120.4	150	46	79	20	.323	1.63	5.71	5.83	-33.0	-3.6
10^o	13.3	21	21	114.9	151	46	75	21	.334	1.71	6.08	6.21	-36.1	-3.9
Weighted Mean	13.2	24	24	131.3	148	45	86	20	.301	1.47	5.01	5.1	-25.9	-2.8

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2018-05-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Obviously Alex Cobb can't be this bad, right? His peripherals look good, but do you expect a return to his 'good' days? (Ryan from Montreal)	I'm assuming it's mostly due to a lack of a proper spring training regimen. He's still Alex Cobb. (Nicolas Stellini)
2017-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who leads the next wave of Yankee prospects to make it to the big leagues, Gleyber or one of the young pitchers? (Joao from Baltimore)	I'm assuming this means who gets there first? As of right now I would say that Chance Adams may find himself in New York before Gleyber Torres, but only because they may want to keep Gleyber down for Super Two purposes. The Yankees may be losing both CC Sabathia and Masahiro Tanaka this winter (although I wouldn't be shocked if they both come back). They may go out and get someone like Alex Cobb, but Adams will have a role to play. You'll also see Justus Sheffield at some point, but he's a little bit further off. Adams could probably break camp with the big team and be okay, but I doubt that happens. (Nicolas Stellini)
2017-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	what do you see as the big next steps for the Yankees? (a.j. from las vegas)	So they obviously will need to do something with the rotation, as I said earlier. There's also the matter of Clint Frazier likely needing regular ABs and a very full outfield, and that Gleyber Torres will need somewhere to play rather soon. I wouldn't be shocked if Brett Gardner and Starlin Castro are playing elsewhere next year, and if someone like Alex Cobb is wearing pinstripes. There's also Shohei Otani. (Nicolas Stellini)
2017-08-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	It appears likely that the Cubs are going to let Arrieta walk this offseason, and having brought in Quintana, they should have the money to sign an SP or two in FA. Do you think they go that route? If so, what does it look like? (nschaef from NYC)	Already answered some form of this, but to take a position: I think the odds that they re-sign Arrieta rise with each good start he has. Alex Cobb is definitely an intriguing target, but I'd think he needs to get back on the mound and finish strong for them to feel he's a sure enough bet for them. (Matthew Trueblood)
2017-01-18 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Can we expect anything from Alex Cobb this year? (RDBL2014 from Concord, CA)	I expect him to return to 75-ish percent of his pre-surgery form. A below 4.00 ERA and around 150 strikeouts if he can stick it out for 180-190 innings. (Bret Sayre)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Alex Cobb threw 21,735 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph) and Splitter (89mph), also mixing in a Curve (83mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph).