Player Review: Alex Cobb

2023 stats: 28 G, 151.1 IP, 3.87 ERA, 4.01 FIP, 20.3% K%, 5.7% BB%, 1.322 WHIP, 2.6 WAR (B.R.)

Noteworthy: Home-Away ERA splits: 1.95 (74 IP) - 5.70 (77.1 IP); Night-Day Game ERA splits: 2.88 (97 IP) - 5.63 (54.1 IP); Pre - Post All-Star ERA splits: 2.91 (89.2 IP) - 5.25 (61.2 IP)

On a July afternoon in Cincinnati, Alex Cobb couldn’t pitch through the 5th inning.

His sinker was sailing on him and wasn’t missing bats. His feel for his splitter came and went, forcing himself to dig deep into his bag of tricks for a peripheral slider and curve and was ultimately punished for it.