The Orioles, for basically the first time in 2023, are reeling. They’ve lost a season-worst four consecutive games. They’re in danger today of being swept for the first time in more than a calendar year, which would complete a horribly disappointing 3-6 homestand.
The O’s are in dire need of a stopper. A pitcher who can halt this skid in its tracks. So all of Birdland will pin its hopes and dreams on today’s starting pitcher...which is...um...Cole Irvin.
Ah, well. Nevertheless.
It’s not that Irvin is incapable of delivering a quality start. It’s just that he has never done it as an Oriole.