We’re only 20 games into the 2019 season, however, the Baltimore Orioles bullpen has already been severely over-worked. Not only are they over-worked, but they aren’t good. Starting pitchers for the Orioles average the fewest innings per start (just over four), giving way to a bullpen which has the second-highest ERA in baseball (6.67). Luckily, Alex Cobb is coming back to help.
As reported by MASNsports.com’s Roch Kubatko, Cobb will be coming off the Injured List on Friday morning and start against the Minnesota Twins Friday night, if the weather allows.
Cobb won’t immediately come in and throw six-seven innings and instantly save the bullpen, but he did average nearly six innings per start last season, more than any other starter in the Orioles’ rotation.