Camdencast: A Baltimore Orioles podcast.

We're all used to complaining about the Orioles not spending much money at all. This offseason, they've added $63 million to their 2025 payroll. In this episode, Mark reacts to the simple fact: That's a lot of money! It's just not been spent on any pitchers who look like the ace the O's lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles made a starting pitching move as they inked veteran Japanese righty Tomoyuki Sugano on Monday night. Mark just hopes that's not THE starting pitching move, because there still seems to be a need for the top of the O's rotation not just for 2025 but for the next few years of the current team's competitive window as well. In the mailbag, more thoughts on the starting rotation and what it...

In signing outfielder Tyler O'Neill and catcher Gary Sánchez to replace Anthony Santander and James McCann, have the Orioles even improved on their 2024 roster? Mark isn't so sure, though we all know his inherent pessimism about O's signings. Also in this episode, taking a look at what's left on the starting pitching market, with the hopes that the O's will try to make an upgrade there as well. Le...

Are the Orioles a playoff team in 2025 based on their organization right now with no external additions? Mark is not convinced that the answer is yes, so the need for some signings and/or trades is imperative. The problem with this for O's fans is that we either wait around for big signings that don't happen, or the big signings turn out badly. Maybe this is the offseason where Mike Elias changes...

Did you have former Oriole Robinson Chirinos joining the coaching staff on your offseason bingo card? Come on, no you didn't. Chirinos and recent Triple-A Norfolk manager Buck Britton are in and some people want that to mean something. Mark adds his thoughts on the bullpen in the wake of Jacob Webb getting cut loose at the non-tender deadline. In the mailbag, a listener hopes for Buck Showalter to...

As of Tuesday night, it's official: Corbin Burnes and Anthony Santander declined the qualifying offers and are free agents. Mark is counting on cashing in the draft picks when they sign elsewhere, even after getting burned when Colton Cowser didn't actually win ROY and give the Orioles a bonus pick. Also in this episode: A little Hall of Fame ballot talk, the Rule 5 draft deadline, and thoughts on...

Around the midway point of the season, the Orioles had strong contenders for Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP awards. Now we're in November and the top 3 finishers were announced and all the O's have is Colton Cowser as a possible ROY winner. That's the big one, since it awards the Orioles a draft pick if he wins, so Mark hopes it comes through. Also in this episode, breaking down the Roki Sa...

MLB's offseason isn't even a week old and the Orioles have already made at least one surprise move in deciding not to bring back reliever Danny Coulombe on a modest contract for 2025. Mark runs down the team's routine roster maintenance over the first post-World Series days before turning to the broader question of what the O's need to do to have a successful offseason, with some focus on free age...

On February 1 when the Orioles acquired Corbin Burnes, we could all imagine an exciting rotation for the season. The injuries to Kyle Bradish and John Means pierced those dreams but things worked out okay after all. Mark looks at the good and the bad from the 2024 starting pitchers in the last of his season review episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The bullpen was one of the big strengths of the Orioles in the 2023 season. For 2024, a big question was, could they continue that with Félix Bautista out for the year? In this episode, Mark runs through the various ways that this question was answered with a resounding "No," from Craig Kimbrel on down to the midseason trash heap addition of Burch Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

The season didn't play out in the Orioles infield quite like fans might have hoped, particularly with Adley Rutschman's second half struggle and Jackson Holliday's flop of a debut. Mark looks at each infield position to see who delivered, who didn't, who should/will be back next year and how to feel about all of that. It's not all Adley angst, I promise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

This review of the 2024 Orioles outfield is the first of Mark's four part look at the season. Starting with the outfield, we all assumed that Hays/Mullins/Santander would be the OF, and things didn't turn out that way thanks to Colton Cowser's semi-breakout. With Tony Taters about to become a free agent, things are likely to look different yet again next year, and Mark considers some of the possib...

Another season, another Orioles postseason appearance, another swift exit. Mark's dream of the Orioles winning the World Series in his lifetime must wait another year. In this raw episode, talking about what went wrong in the short two-game sweep, what needs to go right in the future, and some very early thoughts on what's going to have to change to make it better. This is more fun than 47-115, bu...

For a second consecutive postseason, the Orioles have gotten off to a bad start that could end up leading them to a swift exit. Mark breaks down the powerless game 1 Orioles, and on the subject of powerless, goes into an existential rant about baseball fandom and how there's nothing that any of us can do to make our favorite baseball team win, but we all care anyway. Learn more about your ad choic...

The Orioles wrapped up their regular season with a 91-71 record, giving consecutive 90+ win seasons for the first time in Mark's life - and yours too if you're 41 or younger. Their reward for this, after other MLB results on Sunday, is a wild card date against the Kansas City Royals. Did you just shudder? Mark did. In this episode, a breakdown of KC that looks favorable for the Orioles... but then...

The Orioles clinching a postseason berth in Yankee Stadium was sweet, as was their fighting off the Yankees clinching the AL East until the final game of the just-finished series. Mark reacts after an especially feel-bad loss that wrapped up the series, hoping that less-reliable relievers struggling isn't going to impact much. On the bright side, the injured hitters getting back and Burnes and Efl...

If things had gone better for the Orioles, they could have clinched a wild card spot this past weekend. Instead, they've only let the surging Tigers into a messy picture and the O's just keep sputtering and not sealing up their spot. Mark reacts to the latest ways the Orioles found to lose over the weekend, looks around at the other struggling teams, and tries to talk himself (and you) into believ...

After Seranthony Domínguez blew the save on Thursday afternoon, the Orioles could have easily continued careening towards disaster. Thankfully, Anthony Santander saved us all from that dread with a walkoff home run, leaving the O's still in a pretty good postseason positions if they can only win a few more games. A big if! Mark discusses the reprieve that could soon expand if Jordan Westburg and R...

Time is running out on the 2024 season and the Orioles have still not managed to solve their big problems on offense. Mark laments after the weekend's series loss in Detroit that the O's winning the AL East is a dead dream now, and holding on to the home wild card position is in danger if they can't get this thing figured out too. After breaking down the assorted postseason position stakes, Mark l...

Remember feeling good about the 2024 Orioles? It's been a while, and their last series against the Red Sox didn't make the good feelings return. Mark again pleads for things to get better over the final 15 games the team has left to play, lest they slip into a worse postseason spot. There are many culprits and the O's just need some of these guys to do better. Mark also updates on injured players...

The Orioles have scored four runs in their last four games. They're lucky to have won one of them. Mark vents his frustration with the hitters, especially Adley Rutschman, before pleading to keep things in perspective and not let the disappointment turn into bitterness as this injury-plagued O's team continues an underwhelming multi-month stretch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

The Orioles are fresh off a disappointing loss to the White Sox, but they still won two out of three and that was good enough to get them into first place in the AL East. Mark surveys what's coming up for the O's fellow postseason contenders and what has to happen for the O's to make each of the different postseason spots. Also, some more thoughts on expectations - what's gone wrong and what's gon...

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 D...

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...

If you knew after the Orioles trailed 5-2 heading into the eighth inning on Friday that they'd split the four-game set with the Astros, you' be thrilled. Except getting only two hits after Friday and Saturday's dramatic wins isn't too thrilling after all. Mark grapples with the continuing .500 mediocrity before turning to cheerier topics, like Samuel Basallo getting promoted to Triple-A and a vari...