Camdencast: A Baltimore Orioles podcast.

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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/...

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 curr...

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 t...

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 Kjer...

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, though...

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, an...

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 st...

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...

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...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. The 2023 season is now 10% of the way through and thanks to a thrilling comeback win on Sunday, the Orioles are on a 91-win pace. Can they keep it up? If their pitching is able to improve, there's no reason they can't. One way it could improve is for inning 2-5 Grayson Rodriguez to be closer to what...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. Adley Rutschman! After the Orioles star catcher hit the walkoff home run on Thursday, Mark is singing his praises and hoping that the Orioles front office and ownership are willing to do what's necessary to keep him here for a long time. With the Orioles at 7-6 through 13 games, Mark runs through the...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. For however long it lasts, we've entered the hydration celebration era of the Orioles. They turn on the faucets for a single, do a sprinkler for a double, and for a home run - well, there's the homer hose. Love it? Hate it? Somewhere in between? Mark hopes it's here to stay, one way or another. He's...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. We've survived the Grayson Rodriguez debut, which could have gone better and could have gone worse. He's here for at least a couple of weeks, it seems, although Mark is wondering what's going to happen when Kyle Bradish comes back. It's a later problem. For now, the Orioles turn their focus to the Ya...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. This episode was recorded full of excitement over what was reported to be Grayson Rodriguez's coming MLB debut TODAY, only for the Orioles and beat writers to still hem and haw a bit heading into Wednesday over who'd start the game. Mark is mighty excited - and also slightly nervous - about the idea...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. The Orioles had an absolute mess in their outfield in the season opening series, revealing a problem with the team that few of us were even prepared to expect. If that problem doesn't improve, or if the starting pitching stays as shaky as it was in Boston, the time to go into panic mode in Birdland c...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. After an Opening Day victory, the Orioles are undefeated in 2023. There were fun things like Adley Rutschman's outstanding performance, and not-so-fun ones like the outfield defense. Mark runs through the best and the worst and starts a tally for the season about who's the most (and least) clutch. Oh...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. Opening Day, like a famous song from a musical, is now only a day away. Mark's goal is to get rid of the negative thoughts by talking about things that could go poorly for the 2023 Orioles. Before that, there are some thoughts about other teams, including low-budget teams, having given contract exten...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. With the 2023 season now just three days away, Mark is feeling nervous about the fact that historically, teams that improve so rapidly from one year to the next, as the 2022 Orioles did, do not end up winning as many games the following year. This fate befell the 2012 Orioles heading into 2013 in lar...

Welcome to Good Morning, Birdland, a Baltimore Orioles podcast hosted by Camden Chat's Mark Brown. With the 2023 season now just six days away, everybody is looking forward to finding out if the team can repeat last year's success or even do better. Mark runs through what appears to be the current Orioles starting rotation - though there's always the possibility of a Grayson Rodriguez-related surp...