The Orioles enter September on pace to win 101 games but with the Rays breathing down their necks, it feels like they're going to need to stay exactly on that pace to hold them off. Mark is not feeling "just happy to be here" with the O's so while enjoying this success he's hoping for the division win and wild card round bye. In the mailbag, thoughts on trying to retain Shintaro Fujinami and experiment with him as a starter. Mark also looks ahead to the Arizona Diamondbacks series this weekend, finding a team with a similar offense to the Orioles but a worse pitching staff we can hope is good for the O's offense.

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