The optimists that look at the 2016 Tampa Bay Rays often point to the depth of starting pitching and how that will only get better in the second half of the season with the return of Alex Cobb. However, Cobb’s interview with Martin Fennelly of the Tampa Tribune suggests Rays fans should temper that excitement.
Most reports have been pegging Cobb to return to the Rays after the All-Star game in mid-July. That now sounds overly optimistic and it may actually be 2017 before he truly returns to form.
“You don’t want to put a date on it,” Cobb told Fennelly.