Alex Cobb is inching closer to his return to the Rays, 13 months after having Tommy John surgery, and according to the pitcher, a huge boost has been an under-the-radar pickup the Rays made last November, Chase Whitley.
Whitley was picked up off waivers from the Yankees in November. At the time, it looked like just another buy-low move by the Rays as Whitley was recovering from Tommy John surgery himself. Well it turns out there was another benefit, and it was either stumbled upon on accident or it was pretty ingenious plan hatched by the Rays.
Cobb was recently a guest on the “This Week in Rays Baseball” podcast with Neil Solondz and the pair discussed his recovery from Tommy John surgery and who has helped Cobb the most in the recovery.