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 that's got Mark feeling differently than he did before.

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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 far.

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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 with a last note about draft picks signing.

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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 landscape with one wary eye and one interested eye on SF's Blake Snell.

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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 starter and bullpen help. Mark talks about who's come off the market lately before digging in to some hypothetical trades proposed by local media.

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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.

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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 surveys some of the interesting trade options and also some of the underwhelming ones.

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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 the future success of the organization.

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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. At least they're struggling (for now) too.

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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 asks about a potential reunion with a really short-time former Oriole who's having some success in 2024.

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