Let it be known that the San Francisco Giants did a masterful thing when they signed Alex Cobb over the offseason. You can blame Farhan Zaidi for not doing more to keep a 107-win team above .500 the following year. You can criticize Scott Harris, because that’s why we have GMs. You can express disgust at the ownership seemingly having mid-market spending caps.
But regardless of how you feel about other moves, there were a few unquestionably good ones. Signing Carlos Rodón was one. Signing Joc Pederson was one.
And signing Alex Cobb sure as heck was one.