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Orioles' Yennier Cano threw a pitch that dropped 44 inches

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He's his best self once again.

Orioles' Yennier Cano threw a pitch that dropped 44 inches originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Yennier Cano traveled a bit of a winding journey to find himself again.

Right now, though, the Baltimore Orioles ' closer has rediscovered his best self. That showed in the most impressive possible way on Tuesday when Cano threw a nasty pitch that dropped a whopping 44 inches: Absolutely DISGUSTING splitter from Yennier Cano to Derek Hill 🤮 -10 IVB 44ā€ Drop 10 HB This was about the best his stuff has looked in a long time pic. twitter.

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Cano has now pitched five times this season, a total of 3. 0 innings and one run allowed. He has four strikeouts in that time.