Yennier Cano has been optioned to Norfolk

At the beginning of the 2025 season, the idea of the Orioles sending Yennier Cano to the minors at any point was almost beyond the imagination. Here we are in June and that’s exactly what has happened. Ahead of Sunday’s game against the Yankees, the Orioles optioned Cano in order to get a fresh arm into the bullpen in the form of reliever Yaramil Hiraldo.

It is a bummer when guys who were good before are not doing it now. Cano was a key part of the bullpen for the past two successful Orioles seasons. His nearly-unhittable first half of the 2023 season got him an All-Star bid. Cano and Félix Bautista mostly had the eighth and ninth innings locked down that year. 2024 wasn’t quite as good for…