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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.
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.
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.
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.