Camdencast: A Baltimore Orioles podcast.

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 possibilities for that before surveying the minor league system's OF depth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, but also it sucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 again, so did the 2014 ALCS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Eflin lined up for games 1 and 2 feels pretty good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 believing the O's can still turn it around before they have another season of first round failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Ramón Urías make it back from their rehab assignments soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 looks ahead to the Giants, where the O's are going to face a couple of tough pitchers. Great! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 who might return and push strugglers out of the picture, which would also help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.fm/adchoices

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 gone right compared to what we thought before the season began. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 variety of very young, interesting prospects having early success in the Dominican Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Orioles turnaround that keeps on not happening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, the point where the panic would kick in, and a look ahead to the coming Mets series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 remains in the farm system and when the O's should count on more help coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices