Camdencast: A Baltimore Orioles podcast.

After losing two of three games to the Mets with both losses coming on walkoff home runs, the Orioles continue to be playing at a .500 pace since June 9. This ongoing pattern combined with the week's injury news about Zach Eflin has got Mark feeling a lot less hopeful about the 2024 team and more like in the bargaining phase of grief. In this episode, more thoughts trying to talk ourselves into an...

Watching only the Orioles, it feels like they're barely treading water lately - because they have been, playing .500 baseball for over two months. It's still been good enough to have them in first place, thanks to the Yankees losing on Sunday. Mark was mid-recording when that result went final, so enjoy that live reaction. In this episode: Trying to find what's encouraging about the O's lately, th...

The Orioles lost first place in two different areas this week, dropping a half-game behind the Yankees in the AL East and seeing their farm system fall from the top spot in MLB Pipeline's updated midseason rankings. With the team playing at a .500 pace for over two months now, Mark spends the episode trying to figure out what's not working and what might get better, followed by thoughts on what re...

The Orioles are fresh off another one of those games where it's hard to be able to feel like they can hold on, or do good things once they get into October. Mark reacts to a frustrating Sunday loss before turning to notice that every other great team has been struggling lately too. Will the guys who are here be enough to get it done? Plus, in the mailbag, thoughts on Colton Cowser's Rookie of the...

The Orioles starting rotation suffered another blow on Tuesday with Grayson Rodriguez knocked out due to what the team calls a "mild" lat strain. Mark lets out some of the angst about the rotation in this episode, but not before revisiting a mailbag question about Tony Taters and whether he's deserving of receiving a qualifying offer. Santander has been an exciting player for two months now and th...

There's been a whole lot of Orioles roster turnover in the last week and a half between the trades and the sorta-surprising promotions of Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo. Mark looks at the results from the four-game set against the Guardians for first impressions (or second, in Holliday's case) from each of the new arrivals. There are a couple to make you wince but a few where you can be happy so f...

It's been a wild week in Birdland between all of the Orioles trade deadline activity, Jackson Holliday getting called up again in the aftermath of that, and Jordan Westburg suffering a serious injury in the aftermath of THAT. In this episode, Mark breaks down the trades individually and as a big picture group, tries to figure out what the Orioles should and will do without Westburg, and closes wit...

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...

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 sta...

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. Le...

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 surve...

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 t...

The Orioles just got swept by another up-til-now-mediocre NL Central team, the Cubs. In the process, they matched a feat last done by the 2021 Orioles. Mark is not excited to hear those guys invoked. In this episode, a little celebration of the fixing of All-Star snubs, thoughts on the struggle bus players and what to do about them, and a whole lot of nervousness about the coming Yankees series. A...

Mark went on vacation and in the time he was gone, the Orioles gained three games on the Yankees. It's fun! It's also fun that there are three Orioles All-Stars this year, even if at the same time it's a grievous insult to have ONLY three players named as All-Stars. Seriously, not even a single position player reserve? Rude. Mark salutes guys who had a case to make it. In the mailbag, a listener a...

Mark is away on vacation this week, so this second of two parts about former Orioles who are all across MLB this season is the Orioles chat that you're going to get. From Mike Yastrzemski to Manny Machado to Jonah Heim, everybody gets a little discussion. Let's Remember Some Guys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are the Orioles doing right now? Mark doesn't know, because he's on vacation, so he recorded this podcast ahead of time in which he shows what a sicko he is by talking about every former Oriole (or prospect) who's appeared with an MLB team this season. How sicko? It's thorough enough to discuss Tobias Myers. This is part 1 of 2, covering Angels through Dodgers. Learn more about your ad choices...

The Orioles snapped their five-game skid with a win on Wednesday and Mark is mighty glad for that because it wouldn't have been pretty to think about the team after being swept twice. There are things to worry about with the team, but then again, the Yankees have their problems too. Also in this episode, a look ahead to the Rangers, and a final check-in on some lower-ranked and unranked prospects...

As Orioles fans know from last year, you can have a great team that finishes with a great record and it still has rough patches. Mark laments the swerve from feeling confident after the Yankees series to the dampened hopes after the Astros sweep - though it's not like he's not used to it. Also in this episode, a look ahead to the O's next opponent, the Guardians, and a mailbag question about Antho...

It doesn't get much better than the Orioles blowing out the Yankees by shelling their AL ERA leader (he's not any more), so Mark is basking in the glow of that victory with this observation: The Yankees are shook by the O's. That was obvious in the series in Baltimore and it's continued. New York is ahead in the standings for now, but the O's are in their head and it's fun. May we all deliver such...

After winning two of three from the Braves, the Orioles had another test looming against the Phillies this past weekend. Mark runs through the good stuff from the weekend series with some in person impressions from Sunday, then frets about the probably pending bad news about Kyle Bradish. Guess what's next? Another test against the Yankees, with first place potentially at stake. Learn more about y...

The Orioles started off their nine games against contenders by going 2-1 against the Braves - fun except for everyone who went to the one loss, including Mark. It showed how the O's could probably use some bullpen help, which is the subject of speculation as we start with trade rumor season. Mark discusses a Ken Rosenthal rumor that the O's are checking in for righty-batting outfield help and moni...

The Orioles have spent the last week and a half bouncing between a couple of not-as-good AL East teams in the Rays and Jays, with the tougher stretch of Braves, Phillies, Yankees. Mark is pleased with how things are going so far, especially with positive signs for Kyle Bradish's health with his outing. In the mailbag, a reader wonders what the O's can or should do with an obviously-struggling Cedr...

The Orioles are on pace for a 104-win season and they are two games better than they were at this point a year ago. Mark is trying to keep this perspective in mind, but the last two before this episode were losses and those are never fun. In this episode, talk about the debuts of Connor Norby and Cade Povich, and the fact that the TBA stuff makes everything FEEL incredibly chaotic. Learn more abou...

The Orioles took two out of three in their series against the Rays, which is good, even though the most recent game before this episode was a dumb loss and that's bad. Mark answers a reader comment about when and how much to blame Brandon Hyde for things before moving on to being sad about Friday's John Means news. Means deserved to be a bigger part of fun Orioles teams but his left elbow had anot...

The Orioles have played 33% of their games and they're on pace for 105 wins, Gunnar Henderson is on pace for 10+ WAR and 54 home runs, Jordan Westburg and Adley Rutschman are playing like stars, Corbin Burnes is pitching like an ace... the team has some problems, but a whole lot is going well, too. Mark is excited. In the mailbag, thoughts on sights to see and things to eat at Oriole Park at Camde...