Sometimes players need to do what is best for the team, and that's exactly what one of the Baltimore Orioles starting pitchers is doing after his change in roles.
After they acquired Corbin Burnes, the expectation was the former Cy Young winner would be paired with Kyle Bradish and Grayson Rodriguez at the top of their rotation, while John Means took one of the backend spot after his recovery from Tommy John surgery. Then, there would be a competition to see who would take that fifth spot.Bradish and Means started out on the injured list, so expected bullpen arms were then bumped into the rotation.
All signs pointed to that being veteran Cole Irvin, despite the fact he posted a 4-1 record and 2.90 ERA over seven starts in what has easily been the best performance of his career so far. "We need another bullpen guy. Unfortunately, we lost Big Mike and we need Grayson back and he's healthy. Just a numbers thing, you know? I'm going to do my job the way I was doing it at the beginning of the year, the way I did it last year. Like, whatever the team needs of me I'm going to do.
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