Camdencast: A Baltimore Orioles podcast.

Mike Elias thought that he assembled a top of the rotation that would get it done - Trevor Rogers, Kyle Bradish, Shane Baz. He wasn't right! The Orioles rotation was worse than hoped, better than feared, and more stable than anyone could have predicted. Mark runs through everyone who made a real start this season to see who measured up and what went wrong.

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The 2026 Orioles can visit no more fresh disappointments upon us. Their season is over, cut short by one game that nobody will miss. About all that can be said is at least they had a better record than last year. Well, that's not true. Mark is happy about Pete Alonso in this episode, before turning to grimmer O's-related topics.

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The Orioles are flopping their way to a disappointing finish and even though Mark thinks the architect of two years of failure should get chucked from his job, it doesn't seem like Rubes is going to do it, so we're stuck with these guys. Are you in the mood to hear a rant about Craig Albernaz? Good, because you're getting one.

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A disappointing, and characteristically stupid, Orioles weekend leaves the team pretty much needing to win all of their remaining games to make the postseason. Obviously, Mark doesn't expect that to happen. This episode starts with a little celebration of the Frederick Keys season, then moves on to O's frustrations, including a mailbag message so worked up that it got sent before it was finished.

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The last week has seen the Orioles finally reach .500 again and then completely collapse. Mark tries in this episode to sift through the wreckage and figure out what can be put back together for next year. His hopes will be higher if Mike Elias is not the guy trying the repair.

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The Orioles walked away from Sacramento with three ugly wins, which count the same in the standings as three pretty wins. Mark tries yet again to make sense of this team and figure out what to expect from them now that they're a game back. Plus, in the mailbag, thinking more about the Adley trade now that it's less of a fresh wound.

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Unbelievably, the Orioles wake up this morning as the sole possessor of the third AL Wild Card spot. Yes, they're below .500, but somehow, they have risen from the ashes. Mark tries to make sense of the current revival and think about how likely it is they can keep this going.

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Sunday's outburst notwithstanding, the Orioles offense has disappeared to start August and if that goes on, their slim chances leave town. In this episode, Mark is mostly still feeling disappointed in Adley Rutschman getting traded. Plus, in the mailbag, thoughts on what Gunnar Henderson might get paid at this point.

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The trade deadline has arrived. The Orioles are 2.5 games out. What is Mike Elias going to do? Mark tries to assess the state of the team and what should happen and then goes out on a limb with some predictions. Feel free to laugh at anything that looks stupid.

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There's a lot of talk about Greek tragedies in culture right now thanks to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which has Mark thinking about the 2026 Orioles as a figure of tragedy. Mike Elias definitely has the kind of hubris that would anger gods, and we can see how that's turning out.

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