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VI's Cotton Impresses in A’s defeat to Yankees
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Except for the very beginning and the end of his outing on Saturday 27th May, 2017, Virgin Islander Jharel Cotton was sensational, with a masterful in-between, despite losing to the Yankees.
Cotton’s ‘cutter’ doing damage in MLB
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local Boy, Jharel L. Cotton, will be back in the Virgin Islands over Christmas, attending among other things, as a Special Guest of the 1st Annual Rising Stars Baseball Camp, being held in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on December 20, 2016.
Cotton enters record books as Oakland beat Texas
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands’ Jharel L. Cotton pitched himself into the record books and led the Oakland Athletics to a big season finale win, 7-1, over Texas on Sunday September 25, 2016.
Cotton traded to Athletics on deadline day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islander and former Menchville High pitcher Jharel L. Cotton, a highly touted prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system, was traded from the Dodgers to the Oakland Athletics at the Major League Baseball trade deadline on Monday August 1, 2016.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Jharel L. Cotton
By Reuben J. A. Stoby
Life has thrown him a few curveballs but young Virgin Islander Jharel L. Cotton refuses to be struck out as he is determined to fulfill his childhood dream, which is to play Major League Baseball.
VI’s Jharel Cotton on the rise!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islander Jharel Cotton may not have made the Los Angeles Dodgers’ roster for September, but he has continued to impress and elevation to the Majors is not far away.
VI’s Jharel Cotton gets Triple-A promotion to Oklahoma City
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Jharel Cotton, on Tuesday August 25, 2015, a few days after his promotion to Triple-A, made his Oklahoma City debut, pitching two scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits and a walk, but also striking out six.