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 Cedric Mullins.

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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.

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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 another fate in mind.

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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 Camden Yards.

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Since the last episode, the Orioles played five games against Sox teams and won them all. Pretty good! Mark discusses what's working out so well this year and also why it almost feels like constantly on the verge of slipping into something less fun. In the mailbag, a longtime listener notes that there's a changing of the guard coming for the outfield and wonders how soon the Orioles will make a permanent roster move to show that's happened.

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If you're already tired about hearing about how the Orioles sweepless streak coming to an end, don't worry, so is Mark. No bemoaning (well, not too much) in this episode - just a last salute to a cool and fun curiosity that is another way to show how great the O's have been. What really matters is what comes next: Can the slumping hitters break out of it? From the mailbag, Mark tackles what the rotation and bullpen might have to do to make it feel like the Orioles don't need to make

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The slumping Orioles offense came through enough for two wins in three games against a great Mariners staff. It's hard to complain too much about that - though, if like Mark, you had to wait out the Saturday rain delay to watch Saturday's loss, you might have that stuck in your craw a bit. In this episode, Mark goes over the good from the series along with some concerns about how often a number of relievers have had to be used so far. Plus, thoughts on the next opponent, the Cardinals.

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The Orioles have fallen out of first place thanks to the Yankees beating up on the Twins, but Mark is still happy that the O's pulled off the walkoff win to salvage a game against Toronto. Other than Adley and Westburg, not much going on for the offense so far in May. Mark wonders who the O's can afford to wait for and what kind of moves they could make if they move on from someone. Plus, a look ahead at the strong pitching and not-so-strong hitting of this weekend's opponent, the Mariners.

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The Orioles played a stinker in failing to sweep the Diamondbacks on Sunday, but another series with two wins out of three is hard to complain about - especially for Mark, who was busy over the weekend and watching less than usual. In this episode, Mark revisits Craig Kimbrel in light of his new usage, considers the case of some struggling outfielders, and looks ahead to the next opponent, the Blue Jays.

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The Orioles managed to not lose to the Natoinals on Wednesday even as Craig Kimbrel blew another save and failed to complete the ninth inning. After the game, manager Brandon Hyde said the O's are sticking with Kimbrel and they need to get him right. Mark has seen about enough of Kimbrel and is not excited to hear this. Maybe it will work out. Also in this episode, a look ahead to the Diamondbacks series, where the O's have favorable pitching matchups but need to actually have the offense capitalize.

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