Camdencast: A Baltimore Orioles podcast.

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 the coming changes to the Camden Yards fences and what really worries Mark about the whole fence thing.

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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 Sasaki situation in case the O's make a longshot bid to sign the Japanese star, and some further thoughts from the mailbag on what could be a coming free agent bonanza for the O's.

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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 agents who are suggested as possible fits for the team.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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