I wish it’d gone better. I mean, the Orioles’ whole 2024 season, but for the purposes of this player review I’m referring to the Cole Irvin experiment in Baltimore, which has already come to an end. By all accounts, Irvin is a great teammate with a great sense of humor. He’s an animal lover, one of the authors of the Original Homer Hose (now the Hydration Station), he does good interviews, and he’s been a great clubhouse guy. He just hasn’t pitched that well.
Cole Irvin came over to Baltimore in January ’23, when Mike Elias picked him up in a trade with the Oakland Athletics to provide innings-eating capability.