For two magical months early in the 2023 season, Yennier Cano could not be touched. His ERA began with a 0. He barely walked anybody. Cano rode these and other superlatives into being an All-Star that season, along with his closer teammate Félix Bautista. It was a formidable back end of the bullpen. Now two years later, what can we expect to see as the “real” Cano coming up in this season?
This is an important question for the 2025 Orioles. They need Cano to be something like a rock near the back end of the bullpen. That’s especially going to be true early in the season, when manager Brandon Hyde has already said he’ll be trying to avoid using Bautista heavily.