In many ways, Mickey Jannis is antithetical to the major league pitcher archetype. He measures only 5 feet 9 inches tall. He’s 33 years old, yet he’s never thrown a pitch in a major league game. And to top it all off, the vast majority of the time he throws a knuckleball that hovers around the mid-70s on average.
Having said that, bear in mind that the O’s spring training pitching staff also includes a 34-year-old former Cy Young winner who had a 5.82 ERA the last two years he played (2018-2019), a 36-year-old lefty who put up an 8.