What's that? Alex Cobb is set to begin a minor-league rehab assignment Tuesday? Already?
Maybe his absence over the last month feels like an eternity to you, but after originally saying he just hoped to compete again this year after taking a liner off the head June 15, the Rays right-hander now looks like he's going to meet the most optimistic of timetables. He already threw 59 pitches in a simulated game Thursday and is expected to progress to 75 in his second rehab start July 28. Assuming he does, you'd think he'd have a reasonable chance to return for his first turn through the rotation in August.
The way he was pitching before suffering the concussion, compiling a 3.01 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 13 starts, he figures to be more or less a must-start option in Fantasy down the stretch. I just picked him up for $4 in a fairly deep league -- one where 360 players are rostered -- so check and make sure nobody was crazy enough to drop him in yours.