The Orioles looked better for a couple of weeks but now they've dropped two straight series and the schedule doesn't get any easier. There are still some positive signs, so if you want to hope that they can stabilize with a respectable pace from here on, go for it. In the mailbag of this episode, Mark goes into his thoughts on the catching situation and specifically whether Adley is back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the Orioles had managed to play a good series against the Athletics, Mark might have been able to feel good about them for a while longer. They didn't. In this episode, looking again at the wild card math with a mailbag question about where exactly the "sell" tipping point should be, and turning to some talk about how the schedule gets tougher over the next two weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark has now recorded two regularly-scheduled podcast episodes since the last time the Orioles lost a game. Yes, it really happened: They've won six in a row. In this episode, looking at how it's worked out even with the O's not firing on all cylinders, then looking ahead to the Athletics to see if the O's can manage to keep the fun going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles just swept the White Sox and they've won six of eight games, but they've hurt Mark too much this year for him to believe that means they can keep it up. In this episode, some laying out of what's gone wrong with the pitching staff before looking ahead to players coming back from injuries and how that might even (gasp) help the lineup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles finally pulled off a three-game winning streak and then went right back to losing, going back on some familiar 2025 themes. In this episode, Mark highlights a number of specific areas where the offense is failing, before moving on to some prospects who were unheralded before the season but may be making more of a name for themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After watching Friday's game where Seranthony Domínguez, Gregory Soto, and Cionel Pérez combined to turn a game the Orioles led into a laugher blowout loss, Mark has a simple plea for Mike Elias: Find somebody who can stop you from doing stuff that any doofus could look at and recognize is dumb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark left for a weekend and it happened: Brandon Hyde got the boot, a bad pitcher (Kyle Gibson) was dumped, and the Orioles tried to move on. For a few days, they kept losing. Now we'll see if they can fix stuff. Today in the mailbag, some second-guessing of Elias's offseason decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles just got swept AGAIN by the Twins for one more reminder that nothing is going right for them in 2025. They've got a record that puts them more in company with the tanking teams of 2018-2021. Mark had already given up hope and still they keep him feeling bad. In the mailbag this episode, thoughts on Cedric Mullins and Brandon Hyde. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Injured Orioles are making their way back to the team, you can almost believe the starting rotation could stabilize, and now it's going to be up to the hitters to hit better, especially against lefties, like they did in beating the Angels on Sunday. Mark talks through the current state of the team and checks in on the top 10 prospects through about a month of action,. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles are still mixing in all of their different 2025 struggles to make sure not just that they're losing games but losing them in the way that leaves fans feeling the most demoralized possible for the future. After seeing them get swept by the Twins, Mark is ready to give up on this season ending up anywhere good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles still haven't either won three games in a row or two series in a row after largely stinking it up against the Royals over the weekend. Mark looks at some of the lowlights and tries (without much success) to believe in better times to come. A lot that's been going wrong has to start going right, and soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The vibes MAY have turned for the better with the Orioles in winning two out of three games against the Yankees, thanks to Ryan O'Hearn's "shouldn't say that on live TV" battle cry. But it won't matter if they can't sustain it with some better starting pitching and/or hitting against lefties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the exception of Cedric Mullins, pretty much everything about the Orioles sucks right now. It'd be one thing if it was just Mike Elias's starting rotation plan failing, but the pathetic offense from players who are supposed to be key for years to come is not good. Mark is not here to make anyone feel better, only to share in the misery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles only won one game in their series against the Nationals, but after two good starting pitcher outings in a row, Mark can almost sort of squint and see some kind of road for improvement. In the mailbag, some thoughts on the defense, which is decidedly NOT improved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles didn't quite make it back to "30-3" territory as they lost to the Reds on Sunday, but 24-2 is pretty close, and certainly embarrassing for all involved. Mark's despair is that it doesn't even feel like that was a fluke. Until the rotation improves and goes deeper into games, jabronis could be blown up any given night. From the mailbag, thoughts on the recent Jordan Westburg slump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles finally got two at least decent starting pitching outings in a row and, not coincidentally, they finally won two in a row. Mark reacts to the series win against the Guardians (also the first for 2025) before turning to the state of the rotation and Mike Elias's recent comments about it. Plus, a look ahead to the Reds series, where two lefty starters loom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles were four outs away from winning on Sunday and being able to feel good about the weekend's series against the Jays. The bullpen blew it and so the woes continue. In this episode, Mark is mostly lamenting the starting rotation, although the 0-13 with RISP on Sunday sure hurt. Looking ahead to the Guardians, maybe that can start to improve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After another dismal series, the Orioles haven't chased away any feelings that the bad stuff from the second half of last year is lingering. In this episode, Mark takes a look at some of the specific players who have struggled so far and how long those struggles might have to go on before the O's try something different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Orioles outsmarted themselves with some lineup decisions on Sunday and being too clever bit them hard right away. In this episode, Mark does a poor job of explaining the "galaxy brain" meme that he thinks explains the O's at times, then turns ahead to the Diamondbacks series, where the O's are facing two bad (so far) pitchers so they better find a way to win two games and make us all feel better about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Orioles starting pitchers other than Zach Eflin have mostly looked bad and the Orioles offense without Gunnar Henderson has been a see-saw kind of unit. If you're feeling glum about the first week, Mark is right there with you. In this episode, we talk through it, plus dip into the mailbag for some thoughts about first base and a listener's dream signing: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices