A month ago, could anyone have expected to have so much excitement for Yennier Cano? Surely not even Mike Elias anticipated things like Cano tying the club record for consecutive batters retired to begin a season, which he recently did, or Cano posting a 0.00 ERA through his first seven games. You can’t get any lower than a zero ERA.
Not only is Cano doing great, he’s also got the attitude of a player who sits among the elite relievers of the game. Sometimes this shows as strutting around, sometimes it’s fired up yelling. Cano is fond of a little pose and stare after recording a big strikeout, which with how rapidly he’s becoming a high-leverage reliever for the Orioles, all of his strikeouts are big.