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The Orioles are STILL playing .500 since June 9 thanks to winning two of three against the Rockies, which they absolutely needed to do. Mark is feeling both relief and anxiety (as usual) thanks to the wins in combination with more O's injuries, including to their best August hitter Ramón Urías. Also in this episode, breaking down the postseason picture, trying to make sense of the rotation after Dean Kremer's injury and Zach Eflin's great return, and a little look ahead to the White Sox series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles have continued on their basic "playing .500 since early June" path by mixing in frustrating losses with fun wins that they just can't manage to string together. Mark is not feeling great about what the flaws they've shown in July and August means for October, particularly the struggle of Corbin Burnes. He tries to make himself (and you) feel better by listing off the flaws of the other AL postseason contenders. Everybody's got problems. The eventual World Series winner will overcome enough of them in October. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No one was more surprised than Mark to see the Orioles ship Austin Hays off to the Phillies for a couple of MLB players who maybe don't even improve the roster all that much. In this episode, Mark offers thoughts on the Hays deal plus the one that brings Zach Eflin here from the Rays. The key is that they need to be good for the O's. That's really it. Mark also surveys the remaining possible trade landscape with one wary eye and one interested eye on SF's Blake Snell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The easiest way to have the talent pipeline that Mike Elias always talked about building was always going to be to nail the team's picks when it was drafting in the top five spots. Mark looks back through the 2019-2022 Orioles draft classes to see how things are going for them, finding that the first rounders have been working out even when the O's surprised people, and their second round hit rate is looking good too. What will that amount to going forward? None of us can say for sure, but things feel promising for now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every bad Orioles team since 2019 was made worse by Mike Elias trading away veteran players for prospects. The 2022 team that turned out to be decent also had veterans swapped for prospects. Mark looks back on the results from these tanking-oriented trades to see how much of a difference this group is making on the better Orioles of 2023 and how much the deals could still impact the O's of the near future. He's done better than Dan Duquette, to no one's surprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been five years since the Orioles traded everybody that wasn't nailed down and netted a bunch of prospects who former GM Dan Duquette wanted us all to believe would contribute to the next good Orioles team. Mark looks back on the point where the rebuild kicked off to think about whether it could have gone differently if players were traded sooner, what other deals the O's might have made, and what's left from those July 2018 deals. Spoiler: It's not much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One out away from closing out a game against the Phillies, the Orioles and Yennier Cano couldn't finish the job and they ended up with a walkoff loss to fall back to a 1.5 game division lead. Mark takes note of some concerning trends in Cano's performance lately and hopes that the O's can figure out what to do about it. Also down bad lately is Jorge Mateo, and quietly so is Austin Hays. The trade deadline is six days away and we're going to find out what prospects they use to improve the stuff that can be improved. The unheralded prospect is Deivy Cruz, and the revisited prospect is Jud Fabian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another huge Orioles series has come and gone and the O's passed the test, overcoming some bad things happening to win three out of their four games against the Rays and give themselves a two game lead in the AL East. Things are going so well that Mark honestly doesn't know how to handle it. The O's are on a 100 win pace and we've never seen anything quite like it. Also in this episode, looking at the next opponent, the Phillies. The unheralded prospect is Kyle Brnovich, and the revisited prospect is Cade Povich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles beat the Rays and now they're in first place! This was beyond Mark's wildest imagination when this podcast began earlier this season so please forgive some jubilant shouting about the O's current place in the standings and the recent victory that put them there. Pausing the exuberance a little bit, Mark also looks at the trade acquisition, Shintaro Fujinami, hoping that Fujinami can work out like the last Japanese Oriole, Koji Uehara. The unheralded prospect is Yaqui Rivera, and revisited is Dylan Beavers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not the end of the world when the Orioles lose consecutive games, it's just really annoying when the games are as bad as the two losses to the Dodgers have been. Mark vents about everything going wrong, especially the things that reinforce the O's apparent needs to be addressed by trade. A question they have to figure out is: How hard should the Orioles go in on this season? The trade thoughts make Mark nervous, but that's mostly Dan Duquette's fault. The unheralded prospect of the episode is Ryan Long, and revisited is Heston Kjerstad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Things are going as close to good as possible for the Orioles right now with the team only a game out of first place and the Yankees and Red Sox tied for last. Mark is determined to enjoy this fun state of affairs for as long as it lasts. To see if the O's can keep the streak rolling, this episode looks to the coming Dodgers series, with Grayson Rodriguez returning to Baltimore. In the mailbag, some thoughts about MASN broadcasters. The revisited prospect of the episode is Connor Norby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The All-Star break has come and gone and now it's time for the Orioles to face the rest of their tough schedule. Mark looks at how the team's offense, defense, and pitching have compared to their AL East competition to see where they're measuring up and where they're not. With the trade deadline arriving before the end of the next challenging stretch of game, Mark also goes through some rotation trade candidates to see if he can talk himself into wanting any of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you believe the Orioles are 54-35 at the break? Mark can hardly believe it either, but with regular waves of prospects hitting the team, maybe it's no wonder. New ones are still developing too, with recent promotions for Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo, and oh yeah, the Orioles also made their first ten rounds of draft picks on Sunday and Monday. Mark rolls through the draft class so far, starting with first rounder Vanderbilt OF Enrique Bradley Jr. on through all of the other college outfielders and pitchers. Plus, in the mailbag, a listener wants a Hunter Harvey reunion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are 61-41 on the season but after the series they just played against the Marlins, it sure doesn't feel like this is a 97-win team. In this episode, Mark recaps the exasperating late innings of the one game the O's did win, runs through all of the guys who are seriously slumping in July, and then looks ahead to the trade deadline. Now just four days away, the Orioles seem to need a starter and bullpen help. Mark talks about who's come off the market lately before digging in to some hypothetical trades proposed by local media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calling up a top prospect and then beating the Yankees twice is pretty good. Mark hopes the Orioles don't need that kind of jolt much more often though, because they're running out of guys to promote just now. What a two-game turnaround it's been! After running through the lovely totals from Thursday night, Mark's wondering what comes next. The last two games, however fun, are only two games. In the mini-draft preview, Colin Houck and Hurston Waldrep. The revisited prospect is Coby Mayo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Note: This episode was recorded prior to news about Colton Cowser being promoted to the Orioles. Once on a 100+ win pace, the Orioles have gone 7-11 over their last 18 games and Mark feels like they're stuck in the downward spiral right now. Or maybe that's just the several annoying losses and a lack of offense since the last episode. Mark looks at what's gone wrong lately and what might go better without external additions, though he hopes those are made too. Top prospect revisited: Joey Ortiz. There's also a mini-draft preview of a couple of players - Arjun Nimmala and Bryce Eldridge - who've shown up in mock drafts as possible Orioles picks at #17. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's nothing that gets Mark's indignation fired up more than an imagined or real slight against the Orioles by MLB, which has absolutely occurred as the new All-Star "Phase Two" voting rules hosed Adley Rutschman out of a starting spot in the game. Mark's also still annoyed about the O's losing the series to the Reds, and crossing his fingers that they can do better against the Twins. In the mailbag, thoughts on Mike Elias seeming to prefer not to draft pitchers with high picks and how this has turned out early on. The unheralded prospect is Zach Showalter, and the revisited prospect is Jordan Westburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles gave up just five hits on Tuesday, so they really should have won... except they only got three hits and they lost. Yes, Mark is grumpy about it, especially with the rain delay keeping him up late. The good news is the O's had another winning month. Now they just need to hammer a poor Reds pitcher on Wednesday to take the series. The unheralded prospect of the episode is Alex Pham. Revisited: Colton Cowser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are 47-29 so far this year and things may be about to get even more awesome as the team is calling up prospect Jordan Westburg. Mark reacts to the big breaking news to guess at what it means for the Orioles roster in the near-term. Somebody's losing playing time! Then, the regular stuff: A quick swing through Sunday's results, looking ahead to the Reds series where Westburg will debut, and prospects of the episode: Unheralded Jean Pinto, and revisited DL Hall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are on a 100-win pace with close to half of the season in the books. That's pretty good! Mark is happy about that but also thinks there's going to need to be improvement on the roster in order to stay close to that kind of pace. That could come from prospect call-ups, or a trade for a starter or even a reliever. Until that happens, we're all playing the waiting game. It's never easy. The unheralded prospect of the episode is Maikol Hernández, and the revisited one is Jackson Holliday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it bad when the Orioles take a 7-0 lead and both Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista are needed to close out a win? Mark sure thinks so, even if Bautista getting his 20th save on his birthday was nice. There's discussion of all the good and the frustration from the 8-6 win, excitement over being two back of the Rays in the loss column, and looking ahead to when some injured players get healthy. The episode's unheralded prospect is Wandisson Charles, and the revisited one is Grayson Rodriguez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sunday's Orioles game against the Cubs had a variety of dumb things happen that could have led to them getting swept - but they overcame that and won anyway. Mark surveys what's gone right for the O's to win yesterday and over the several weeks since Cedric Mullins got hurt, and wonders when Mike Elias will decide to add either or both of Colton Cowser and Jordan Westburg. The unheralded prospect of the episode is Creed Willems, and the revisited preseason prospect is Gunnar Henderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off a series win over the Blue Jays, the Orioles have won five straight AL East series and they're rolling 18 games above .500. Mark runs down some of the highlights from Thursday's win over the Jays, with a focus on how each of Thursday's contributors could make a case to be part of the 2023 AL All-Star roster. The coming Cubs series has favorable matchups for the O's as well, so they need to win more this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles have won five straight games, Gunnar Henderson has homered in three straight, the Ryan O'Hearn and Aaron Hicks scrap heap pickup trains keep on rolling, and the O's are 18 games over .500 for the first time since July 25, 2016. Mark is happy about all of these things, less happy with Cionel Pérez and Austin Voth, and confused why third catcher Mark Kolozsvary was added (but wishes good luck to Team Mark). The prospect of the episode is Juan Nunez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles came out of the All-Star break looking like four days of rest is exactly what they needed, with two good offensive performances (and one not so good) in their first series. In this episode, Mark digs in on where things seem to stand for the trade deadline, tackles the "clutch" of the 2024 Orioles with the stat Win Probability Added, and looks ahead to the next opponent, the Marlins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's nothing quite like Gunnar Henderson hitting the longest Eutaw Street home run in Camden Yards history in an Orioles blowout of the Royals to bring out happy podcasting Mark. On his mind in this episode is how many O's are surprising contributors and how this is like the 2012-16 O's teams that made the playoffs. Also, looking ahead a bit to the Blue Jays, a mailbag question about Orioles switch-hitters, and the prospect of the episode is Carter Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles were four outs away from being swept by the Brewers, and then Gunnar Henderson cracked an outside pitch the opposite way for a go-ahead home run. Redemption! Mark heaves a sigh of relief as the Orioles staved off the sweep even with their recent problems. He revisits several starting pitchers mentioned in an earlier episode who he hoped the O's would sign to see how they've done and if they would have been good signings so far. The prospects of the episode are Leandro Arias and Braylin Tavera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In April and May, it seemed that Yennier Cano could do no wrong. The league is perhaps starting to catch up to him. Mark looks at some of what's been his challenge lately, along with the other negative trending Orioles who contributed to the Tuesday loss to the Brewers. Are the O's waiting for the Super Two deadline to pass - possibly this week - to get Colton Cowser or Jordan Westburg up here? If so, we'll find out very soon. The prospect of the episode is Noah Denoyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nothing like a series win on the road to get some good vibes going in Birdland again. The Orioles might even be MLB's best road team so far this season. Who would have seen that coming? Mark thinks that they're going to keep this up, some contributions from unlikely players, including recent additions Aaron Hicks and Josh Lester, may be needed. Also, he looks ahead to the Brewers series, especially frequently mentioned potential trade target Corbin Burnes. The two prospects of the episode are John Rhodes and César Prieto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to believe that the Orioles are as good as their record yet? Mark sure isn't, because although there's plenty that's gone right to excite everyone about the 2023 team, there are some potential pitfalls too, many of which we're stuck dwelling on for two full days after Wednesday's ugly Guardians loss. Here's hoping they can avoid the problems over the next four months. The prospect of the episode is Justin Armbruester, a springboard to talk about Mike Elias's apparent deliberate choice to not use high draft picks on pitchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles have mostly been fortunate about injuries since the 2023 season began, until now. Cedric Mullins suffered a groin strain and seems almost certain to hit the IL. Mark considers the possibilities of how the team will try to replace Mullins on the roster and in regular lineups. It might get weird. Hopefully it doesn't get too bad. In the mailbag, a reader reminds Mark of a chaos god he forgot. The prospect of the episode is Frederick Bencosme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are fresh off a 5-1 AL East road trip, and aside from the fact that they're winning so many games, another big takeaway of the 2023 Orioles season is they just can't play a normal, boring game. Things get chaotic a lot, so Mark indulges his dorky side to consider which ancient mythological - or nerd-created fictional - gods of chaos might best represent the 2023 O's. He also looks ahead to what will hopefully be a fun weekend at Camden Yards. The prospect of the episode is Chayce McDermott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We were two outs away from having Happy Mark in today's episode, but instead, the Orioles lost to the Yankees, 6-5, in 10 innings, so instead Mark is running through all the reasons why it was unfortunate that the O's couldn't close that game out while hoping that starting pitchers can do better for the rest of this Yankees series. For a mood-improving palate cleanser, there's some deserved singing of the praises of Jackson Holliday. The prospect of the episode is Drew Rom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Orioles sweeps of AL East opponents have been hard to come by, even once the team improved last year - the last one was at the start of the 2021 season. At least until yesterday, when the Orioles swept the Blue Jays. Mark is much happier after the O's pulled off another one of "those" wins in grabbing the sweep on Sunday. Also in this episode: Looking ahead to the Yankees series, a listener email about the homer hose, and prospect of the episode Hudson Haskin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles had plenty of opportunities to win their series finale against the Angels, and instead they only seized the equal plenty of opportunities to lose. Mark is annoyed by the whole thing and spends the episode venting about all the players who made it go wrong, then takes a breath and considers those players in the context of their season performance and whether we should stay annoyed that they're around or accept that it was just one day of bad luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles have had the All-Star break to rest up and Mark really hopes that is the cure for what was ailing the offense. In this episode, looking back at the strengths and the weaknesses over the first half of the season, before turning to what the O's need to get by the trade deadline. For Mark, that's a #2 (or maybe 3) starting pitcher and a setup man who can fill in the 9th inning. Mark surveys some of the interesting trade options and also some of the underwhelming ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryans McKenna, Mountcastle, and O'Hearn all contributed as the Orioles stopped a losing streak on Tuesday, so Mark offers thanks to them before looking ahead. Tonight's matchup, the question of what to do with Grayson Rodriguez, and relievers struggling in rehab outings are on Mark's mind too, as well as some very early hope for who could be an All-Star. The prospect of the episode is Max Wagner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you want to get sprayed by a hose every time the Orioles get an extra-base hit? Mark sure wouldn't, but he's delighted to see that there are people who do, and that the O's played well enough over the Bird Bath Splash Zone's inaugural weekend to make some exciting early experiences there. Mark also looks ahead to the coming Angels series with a quick survey of the non-Ohtani/Trout players on that team. The prospect of the episode is Seth Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After largely taming the high-powered Rays offense for three games, the Orioles are sitting with a 24-13 record with nearly a quarter of the season played. Mark looks ahead to the coming weekend series against the Pirates before discussing who's done the best for the team so far this season and what hasn't been working out up to this point. It's added up to fun so far that we should all enjoy for as long as it lasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles snapped a little losing streak on Tuesday night, so we can all be happy for a real prize instead of consolation prizes. Mark digs in to some things that GM Mike Elias said about the team before that game, including about prospects Jordan Westburg and Colton Cowser and the possibility of signing young players to extensions. The prospect of the episode is Samuel Basallo, with lots to say about how great it is that the Orioles are now signing these international players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For anyone who wants some Orioles silver lining, they played a close series against one of MLB's top teams in Atlanta this weekend and clearly belonged. They still lost two out of three. Mark dips into the mailbag to talk about bullpen management, as Yennier Cano's unavailability was part of Saturday's loss. Prospect of the episode: Jud Fabian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles came out of a stretch against mostly bad teams by going 17-5. Their next 22 games are against better teams. Mark runs through some of the wackiness that closed out the Royals series and hopes this team can resemble the close calls of the 2012 Orioles rather than other, disappointing O's teams. It's the pitching staff that's got to get figured out if things will stay as good as the current 21-10 record. Prospect of the episode: Cade Povich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are now 20-9, which puts them in the company of O's teams from: 1969, 1970, 1997, and 2005. Wait, how'd that last one get on here? Shoot. Mark is full of glee even through his cold that the O's stomped on the Royals because he's going to forever hold a grudge for the 2014 ALCS. We're not even if the Orioles knock these guys around this week, but it'd help. One thing that's worked for the O's: Seeing pitchers a second time. The prospect of the episode is outfielder Dylan Beavers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are off to such a hot start they're in the same company as the 1969 and 1970 Orioles - two pretty good teams before Mark's time. It's going to be May that helps determine if the O's can keep on the way to such lofty destinations. Mark runs through some of what's gone right that needs to keep going right, and what's gone wrong that can hopefully improve. Prospect of the day: Heston Kjerstad, who's had quite a journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We got a surprise Orioles prospect debut with Joey Ortiz on Thursday. It was fun to see him and fun that the Orioles didn't give him the Kyle Stowers treatment (yet). Mark is mighty glad the Orioles won Ortiz's debut because a whole lot of dumb stuff happened in that game and the Orioles are going to need to play better than this against teams who are better than the Tigers. In the mailbag, thoughts on John Means's Tommy John recovery. Prospect of the episode: Connor Norby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles had to lose a game eventually and their time came on Tuesday thanks to Kyle Bradish adding another bad start against the Red Sox to his career ledger. They need to win this series today so they stop this business of losing series to AL East teams. Mark takes a look at another low-payroll team doing a contract extension, answers a reader email about Adley Rutschman's framing ability, and chats about the composite #8 Orioles prospect, Coby Mayo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First off: Thank goodness for that walkoff Orioles win before the All-Star break because Mark knows he's not the only one who would have been miserable. Let's not think about those guys for a few days and turn to draft picks, who we can all dream on because they've done nothing to disappoint us yet. Mark breaks down the O's picks from rounds 1-10, with thoughts on the importance of this draft to the future success of the organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're younger than 55 years old, this is the best 21-game start by the Orioles in your lifetime. The most recent O's win, giving them six in a row, was what Mark thinks of as one of "those" games where it feels like there's no way the Orioles could win and then they somehow do. They will need more. Also in this episode, thoughts on Grayson Rodriguez, looking ahead to the Red Sox series that starts today, and one big problem area for the Orioles, the defense. Prospect of the day for this episode: Joey Ortiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are on pace for 99 wins after their first 18 games. It probably won't last because their schedule isn't as "easy" as April, so Mark hopes that they can beat up on the Tigers, who have scored the fewest runs of any MLB team so far. Seven of the next ten O's games are against Detroit. Today, two listeners wrote in so Mark tackles the team's walk rate and how sustainable that is, as well as more about possible contract extensions. The prospect of the day is the composite #6, Jordan Westburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. After beating the Nationals, the Orioles are on a 95-win pace. It probably won't last but Mark's ready to enjoy it while he can, especially Dean Kremer's first good start of the season and Yennier Canó's unexpected swag-filled entrance into the 2023 Orioles bullpen. Is it too soon to go nuts over the 29-year-old reliever? Almost certainly, but even committed pessimists like Mark want to believe sometimes and Canó would be a fun success story. Not to mention that the O's bullpen could use another sure thing. Prospect of the episode: The composite #5 in the system, Colton Cowser. The Orioles went underslot in picking him, passing on full-price talent like Jordan Lawlar. Will it pay off? Many outlets still believe in Cowser but his increase in strikeouts last year have had some sour on him. You can subscribe to Good Morning, Birdland through the Camdencast label on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, I Heart Radio, Amazon, and more. Got something to say about the Orioles? E-mail Mark at the pod's address: camdencastpod@gmail.com - every episode with a new e-mail will have at least one read and answered on air. Check out Mark's tweet-length thoughts on the Orioles at @CamdenChat, and also follow the podcast feed, @Camdencast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices