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Cobb Treats Yanks Like His Salad

I'd say Alex Cobb was fantastic again last night, but I have to pay David Stern a nickel to use the word fantastic and money is tight, yo. If it wasn't for the ball off his melon, The Tampa Bay Peach would've been a top 15 starter this year. I'm currently debating if Cobb is going to be in my top 15 for 2014 fantasy baseball. (What I mean by debating is I have three monkeys stand against a wall with signs that read, "Yay," "Nay" and "Let Rudy decide." Ling Ling, put down the sign until I ask the question. Ling Ling! Hard to find a well-trained monkey nowadays. His K-rate wasn't otherworldly like I prefer my beefcake starters. It ended the year at 8.41 K/9. That is ace-ish, but not straight aces rollin' through Compton flashing signs. His walk rate was 2.83. Again, it's solid, I'd like to see better on that. Now his ERA ended up being 2.76, but his xFIP was 3.02. That's not shabby at all. That's right around Jose Fernandez, Chris Sale and Anibal Sanchez. Guys with seasons you would hump if a 'season' wasn't an amorphous thing. For 2014, I think Cobb's gonna be right around 15-20 overall for starters, which does mean Cobb is ready to emerge from the husk. Zadow! Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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