Report: Orioles working on trading Alex Cobb to Angels

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Report: Orioles working on trading right-hander Alex Cobb to Angels

By Erin Walsh | Last updated 2/1/21

The Baltimore Orioles reportedly are parting ways with a pitcher who has spent his last three seasons with the franchise.

According to The Athletic's Dan Connolly and Ken Rosenthal, the Orioles are trading Alex Cobb to the Los Angeles Angels. Details on the return are not yet known.

The Angels and Orioles are indeed in talks about a trade that would send Alex Cobb out west, but according to a source, there’s “a lot left that needs to happen” before a deal gets done. @Ken_Rosenthal & @danconnolly2016 were on it.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) February 1, 2021

Cobb has a 10-team no-trade clause, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. It's unclear if the Angels are on it. Even if they are, the right-hander could approve a deal to the franchise.

Am told the #Angels and #Orioles are working on a Cobb trade. Issues to work thru, though, and finalize. Cobb due $15M in 2021 last yr of pact and Balt will probably have to eat portion. Also Cobb has 10-team no-trade clause. Not publicly known if the LAA are on it.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) February 1, 2021

If the trade happens, Cobb will reunite with former Orioles teammate Dylan Bundy. He'll also reunite with Joe Maddon, who managed him from 2011-14 with the Tampa Bay Rays.

During the pandemic-shortened campaign, Cobb went 2-5 with a 4.30 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 38 strikeouts in 51.1 innings. In nine seasons between the Orioles and Rays, he has a 3.88 ERA.

A move to L.A. would put Cobb in a rotation including Bundy, Jose Quintana, Andrew Heaney and Shohei Ohtani.

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