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November 7th, 2017
Cotton tours adopted home after Irma & Maria

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI – United States Virgin Islander Jharel L. Cotton and fellow local baseball stars have visited their adopted home, the US Virgin Islands (USVI), in the wake of the devastating storms that besieged the Territory back in September.

December 4th, 2016
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.

September 29th, 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.

September 8th, 2016
VI’s Cotton impresses on Major League debut

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The entire infield ran to the mound to congratulate Jharel L. Cotton on a memorable major league debut Wednesday September 7, 2016, and he showed the last-place Oakland Athletics a glimpse of a promising future when they beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1.

September 6th, 2016
VI’s Jharel L. Cotton making Major League debut on Wednesday

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islander Jharel L. Cotton will make his debut in Major League Baseball on Wednesday September 7, 2016, when he starts for the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Angels at the Oakland Colliseum, California.

August 17th, 2016
VI’s Jharel L. Cotton named Pacific Coast Pitcher of the Week

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI -The A's may have been wondering what type of pitcher they were getting when they acquired Virgin Islander Jharel L. Cotton, but the No. 16 A's prospect was named Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week on Monday August 15, 2016, after he flirted with a perfect game in his second start for Triple-A Nashville the previous week.

August 4th, 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.

July 1st, 2016
VIslander Jharel L. Cotton makes World Roster at MLB Futures game

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Two Dodgers prospects will participate in the 2016 MLB Futures Game, with second baseman Willie Calhoun and pitcher Jharel L. Cotton competing in the annual midsummer showcase of top baseball talent, on July 10, 2016 at Petco Park in San Diego.

March 11th, 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.

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