Cole Irvin 2023

[Bahama O's Fan]

31 minutes ago, interloper said:

I think this is more about the two off days, not needing a 5th starter, Bradish coming back, and getting an extra reliever for awhile than it is about actually "demoting" Irvin. It's convenient to do right now.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Aglets]

Caught this little blurb about Irvin in Roch's entry this morning.  If he can do this for 1-2 more starts is that enough to call him back up?

Left-hander Cole Irvin made his first start for Triple-A Norfolk since the Orioles optioned him, and he allowed two runs and seven hits with one walk and two strikeouts over seven innings against Rochester. He also hit a batter.

Irvin threw 99 pitches, 67 for strikes.

[interloper]

2 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Caught this little blurb about Irvin in Roch's entry this morning.  If he can do this for 1-2 more starts is that enough to call him back up?

Left-hander Cole Irvin made his first start for Triple-A Norfolk since the Orioles optioned him, and he allowed two runs and seven hits with one walk and two strikeouts over seven innings against Rochester. He also hit a batter.

Irvin threw 99 pitches, 67 for strikes.

Sure, but it's going to depend on the needs of the rotation. Kremer put a pretty big dent in one way Irvin gets back here because Kremer was the guy struggling most. We don't really know what Bradish looks like this year, but we'll get an idea tonight. 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Caught this little blurb about Irvin in Roch's entry this morning.  If he can do this for 1-2 more starts is that enough to call him back up?

Left-hander Cole Irvin made his first start for Triple-A Norfolk since the Orioles optioned him, and he allowed two runs and seven hits with one walk and two strikeouts over seven innings against Rochester. He also hit a batter.

Irvin threw 99 pitches, 67 for strikes.

I don't see anything in that stat line that screams we need this guy up.  Only two strikeouts over seven isn't encouraging.

[Aglets]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't see anything in that stat line that screams we need this guy up.  Only two strikeouts over seven isn't encouraging.

Well he is striking out 9.2 guys per 9 innings for us so far at the MLB level.    I'll take the AAA line by comparison, heh.  

The really encouraging thing is the walks.   His walk rate was crazy elevated with us compared to his track record.  Only walking one in 7 is hopefully a good sign.

[sportsfan8703]

Well starting Friday we play a stretch where we play 18 games in 19 days.  He could be in line to start one of the games at Detroit, and that would help keep our rotation fresh.  

[webbrick2010]

At this point I don't think he makes it back except to fill in for an injury.

He is depth, nothing more

[interloper]

1 hour ago, webbrick2010 said:

At this point I don't think he makes it back except to fill in for an injury.

He is depth, nothing more

I'd take that bet all day. 

[NCRaven]

2 hours ago, webbrick2010 said:

At this point I don't think he makes it back except to fill in for an injury.

He is depth, nothing more

Thank goodness, you're back.  The universe has returned to equilibrium.

[Spy Fox]

Similar to Grayson at the end of ST, Irvin has earned himself the ranking of SP #6. 

Most teams' SP6 still get ~20 of the 162 starts in a year if I had to guess. And if they get less than that, that's usually a great sign for the team. 

[Matt Bennett]

10 hits and 5 runs allowed in 5 IP for Cole Irvin against AAA Rochester. 

[Billy F-Face3]

1 hour ago, Matt Bennett said:

10 hits and 5 runs allowed in 5 IP for Cole Irvin against AAA Rochester. 

Ouch.

[Pickles]

No Bueno.

[bpilktree]

3 hours ago, Matt Bennett said:

10 hits and 5 runs allowed in 5 IP for Cole Irvin against AAA Rochester. 

He was cruising early on but not giving him an excuse but he gave up 3 runs in the 5th on a 3 run homer.  That made the score 17-3 not sure how locked in you are when your pitching with a 17 run lead.  He might have been trying different things at that point to see how it worked in a blowout.  

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

He was cruising early on but not giving him an excuse but he gave up 3 runs in the 5th on a 3 run homer.  That made the score 17-3 not sure how locked in you are when your pitching with a 17 run lead.  He might have been trying different things at that point to see how it worked in a blowout.  

I get it but....if I had just spent the entirety of the last two seasons in the majors and I got sent down....I think I'd be doing my best to stay locked in. I'd also be worried about all the 0's the staff is putting up in my absence.