High up on the list of potential Orioles fan agonies is going up against a pitcher who used to be an Oriole, was bad here, and then goes on to dominate the O’s. Saturday night offers us that kind of agony as Alex Cobb, 5.10 ERA as an Oriole, is set to pitch for the Giants against the Orioles on this one.
Times have gone better for Cobb since leaving Baltimore. In the three seasons since, he’s got a 3.60 ERA. The 2023 campaign is Cobb’s best yet in terms of his park- and league-adjusted ERA+ - he has a 141 ERA+, meaning he’s 41% better than the average pitcher.