Camdencast: A Baltimore Orioles podcast.
Camdencast
The Baltimore Orioles have not won the World Series since 1983. If this fact makes you feel things, Camdencast is the place for you. This is the home of Good Morning Birdland, with a new podcast every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. Camden Chat's Mark Brown runs through the latest news, chats about the ongoing Orioles quest to go from a #1 farm system to being a playoff-caliber team, and shares listener emails.
Episodes
Good Morning, Birdland S4E40: Season Review: Relievers
This year, Orioles relievers finished 11th in MLB in ERA, which really ought to have been good enough - except, the rest of the team wasn't. Mark runs through everyone from one-gamers to games pitched leader Rico Garcia and looks ahead to next year's bullpen in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E39: Season Review: Starting Pitchers
Mike Elias thought that he assembled a top of the rotation that would get it done - Trevor Rogers, Kyle Bradish, Shane Baz. He wasn't right! The Orioles rotation was worse than hoped, better than feared, and more stable than anyone could have predicted. Mark runs through everyone who made a real start this season to see who measured up and what went wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E38: It's Finally Over
The 2026 Orioles can visit no more fresh disappointments upon us. Their season is over, cut short by one game that nobody will miss. About all that can be said is at least they had a better record than last year. Well, that's not true. Mark is happy about Pete Alonso in this episode, before turning to grimmer O's-related topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E37: Stuck With These Guys
The Orioles are flopping their way to a disappointing finish and even though Mark thinks the architect of two years of failure should get chucked from his job, it doesn't seem like Rubes is going to do it, so we're stuck with these guys. Are you in the mood to hear a rant about Craig Albernaz? Good, because you're getting one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E36: Run The Table
A disappointing, and characteristically stupid, Orioles weekend leaves the team pretty much needing to win all of their remaining games to make the postseason. Obviously, Mark doesn't expect that to happen. This episode starts with a little celebration of the Frederick Keys season, then moves on to O's frustrations, including a mailbag message so worked up that it got sent before it was finished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E35: Kaput
The last week has seen the Orioles finally reach .500 again and then completely collapse. Mark tries in this episode to sift through the wreckage and figure out what can be put back together for next year. His hopes will be higher if Mike Elias is not the guy trying the repair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E34: One Game Back
The Orioles walked away from Sacramento with three ugly wins, which count the same in the standings as three pretty wins. Mark tries yet again to make sense of this team and figure out what to expect from them now that they're a game back. Plus, in the mailbag, thinking more about the Adley trade now that it's less of a fresh wound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E33: The Phoenix
Unbelievably, the Orioles wake up this morning as the sole possessor of the third AL Wild Card spot. Yes, they're below .500, but somehow, they have risen from the ashes. Mark tries to make sense of the current revival and think about how likely it is they can keep this going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E32: The Elephant
Sunday's outburst notwithstanding, the Orioles offense has disappeared to start August and if that goes on, their slim chances leave town. In this episode, Mark is mostly still feeling disappointed in Adley Rutschman getting traded. Plus, in the mailbag, thoughts on what Gunnar Henderson might get paid at this point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E31: Deadline Day
The trade deadline has arrived. The Orioles are 2.5 games out. What is Mike Elias going to do? Mark tries to assess the state of the team and what should happen and then goes out on a limb with some predictions. Feel free to laugh at anything that looks stupid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E30: Orioles Tragic
There's a lot of talk about Greek tragedies in culture right now thanks to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which has Mark thinking about the 2026 Orioles as a figure of tragedy. Mike Elias definitely has the kind of hubris that would anger gods, and we can see how that's turning out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E29: Seven In A Row
One of the storylines of the season has been the Orioles refusing to go on a long winning streak. They've finally done it, winning seven in a row (and counting?) Plus, they signed Kyle Bradish to a contract extension! Mark has a lot to talk about this week, but does he feel any differently about the team? He's almost there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E28: Rollercoaster
The All-Star break has arrived and it interrupts the Orioles in the middle of a season-best four-game winning streak. In this episode, Mark spends time being sad about Blaze Alexander and mad at the Royals, then moves on to assess each O's player on whether they're meeting expectations or not in the 2026 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E27: It's Been Two Years
After another disappointing Orioles week, Mark is reflecting on the fact that it's now been almost exactly two years since the O's fell into a rut. Most of the roster that's here now was not part of a winning Orioles team. Elias's new guys have failed to launch and it doesn't feel good. In the mailbag, thoughts on who on the O's farm might actually have trade value if it came to buying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E26: The Halfway Point
The halfway point of the 2026 Orioles regular season is just about upon us, prompting Mark to look back on what's been going well and what hasn't been going so well with the team so far. Also, in the mailbag, thoughts on which prospects are worth some excitement right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E25: The Elusive Winning Streak
The Orioles got our hopes up with yet another three-game winning streak but they just can't keep their foot on the gas. Mark dives from this general frustration to some specific gripes with recent behavior by manager Craig Albernaz. Plus, in the mailbag, some thoughts on batting average and the team's lack of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E24: Still Treading Water
A 3-3 road trip by the Orioles would have felt pretty good this time last week. It doesn't feel quite as good after they won two of the first three, and the two losses in Toronto were bad ones in different ways. In the mailbag this time, some extended thoughts on Adley Rutschman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E23: The May Rollercoaster
The Orioles gave us a few great wins in May and also an unfortunate number of horrible losses, finishing below .500 for the month overall. Mark isn't excited but he talks in this episode about how that's better than last year, and that's not nothing. In the mailbag, some interest in Creed Willems and other high minors prospects for the O's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E22: Adapt Or Die
The Orioles getting swept by the Rays has triggered a lot of angst and soul-searching in Birdland, except some reporting indicates there's very little of that in the front office right now. Ben McDonald's unloading on "analytics" after the Rays series landed loudly in this environment. Mark tries to figure out what to make of all this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E21: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
Just when the Orioles do something like beating the Yankees twice to make you think they're turning the corner, they get worked over by a bad Nationals pitching staff twice to make you think they're sinking again. Mark tries to talk through the latest "barely treading water" O's week, and also he's sad about Jordan Westburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E20: My Hottest Take Yet
The Orioles continue to exist in an uncomfortable middle ground between where we want them to be and complete disaster, and it keeps feeling as if they're more likely to head towards disaster than turn it around. Mark tries again to figure out what to do about this. Plus, in the mailbag, someone wants to know who makes Orioles lineups, prompting Mark's hottest take yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E19: Elias's Bad Bets
The Orioles continue to inspire uncomfortably familiar feelings like we experienced about them last year. Mark isn't ready to throw in the towel on them just yet, but he is getting awfully nervous that this is heading the same direction, so this episode is a long rant about bad Mike Elias bets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E18: Treading Water
The Orioles somehow managed to be more embarrassing this weekend than the Red Sox, and the Red Sox freaking fired their manager mid-series. Mark tries to talk himself into believing why treading water for now could be okay, as long as they actually tread water and avoid further problems in May like last year's team had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E17: Outsmarting Themselves
No great baseball acumen was required for the Orioles to consider that maybe putting Weston Wilson in left field or Blaze Alexander in center or Johnathan Rodríguez as the cleanup hitter were all bad ideas to employ. They did it anyway. In this episode, Mark is mostly mad that they're trying to be so smart that they're ending up being stupid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E16: First Place...?
The Orioles are in first place! How the heck did that even happen amidst all of the injury chaos? Somehow, it did. Mark runs through the latest of the pile of injuries before turning to the mailbag for some thoughts on City Connect jerseys. The episode winds up with notes about how things are actually going better than expected for the offense and the pitching too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E15: Familiar
Nine games into the 2026 season, the Orioles have an even worse record than last year's team did and it feels like a whole lot of familiar things are going wrong. How many of them can we hope will fix it, and if they don't, how much blame does Mike Elias deserve for all of this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E14: Different
The Orioles unveiled a new slogan for 2026: Fly different. (Never mind that it should be fly differentLY.) Mark recaps the first few days of the season - games and Baz extension - while trying to believe that this year will be different. Too early to say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E13: Opening Day Optimism
On Opening Day, even Mark can summon up some optimism about the Orioles. How long it lasts depends on them. In this episode, he tries with varying degrees of success to find something to be excited about with every player who's on a roster that looks quite different from last year's Opening Day roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E12: Dean's Norfolk Interlude
When the Orioles signed Chris Bassitt, the idea that Dean Kremer might be sent to the minors was both obvious and unbelievable. Now that it's done, Mark still can't believe they did it. Also in this episode, dipping into the mailbag for a Blaze vs. Jackson question and thoughts on the defense generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E11: QO Candidates
Opening Day is now just nine days away and the Orioles haven't answered many of their lingering questions other than who's starting on Opening Day. Mark thinks about the state of the infield before dipping into the mailbag to try to assess potential O's free agents who could be worth getting the qualifying offer from the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E10: Recurring Questions
With about two and a half weeks to go until Opening Day, the Orioles could still go a number of different ways with their roster. Mark looks at the open questions to be settled before March 26, all of which is assuming no trade or injury comes along to change the picture before then. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E9: Further Spring Storylines
We've made it to March, where there will be real Orioles baseball later this month. Yay! In the meantime, Mark is continuing to ponder the case of Heston Kjerstad and lately even wondering about this "three homers" business from Vance Honeycutt. Plus, in the mailbag, a question about some front office movement and what it might mean for future Orioles drafts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E8: Spring Narratives
If there's spring training news, it's usually not good, as we learned last week with the surprise (to us) injury to Jordan Westburg's elbow. Mark talks through the possibilities for Westburg's recovery timeline and his likely replacement. Also in this episode, thoughts on big early spring narratives, particularly Pete Alonso's leadership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E7: Early Spring Surprises
There were no surprise starting pitching injuries as the Orioles reported to camp. Even without that, we got a surprise pitching signing of Chris Bassitt. For position players, Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg are each dealing with something. Mark contemplates the impact of each of these on the roster in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E6: Empty-handed
With Framber Valdez signing last week, it's official: The Orioles came up empty-handed in the high end of the starting pitching free agent market. Mark wonders whether there will be regret about this in the years to come. Plus, thoughts on the out-of-nowhere trade of Kade Strowd plus prospects for utility infielder Blaze Alexander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E5: Cold Stove
It's cold in Maryland and the hot stove has gone cold too while seemingly everyone waits to see where Framber Valdez ends up. Since Mark is on Framber Valdez or bust for the Orioles rotation, he's getting impatient about it. Also, chatter on top 100 prospects and what the O's need to see from the farm this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E4: Snow Day
Everybody in Birdland, hope you're staying warm and safe! In this week's episode, Mark looks at a couple of the recent starting pitching trades and how they mostly just further confirm that the Orioles will either end up getting Framber Valdez or nobody else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E3: Framber or Bust
With the way the free agent market has shaken out, the Orioles are down to Framber Valdez or bust when it comes to possible high-end additions. Mark is on team "sign someone who was good last year" and not on team "sign someone who is older than Mark" (Justin Verlander). Plus, a look at the rest of the AL East and what they've done this offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E2: International Efforts
Mark is still wondering about the big question of the offseason: Will the Orioles make a big addition at the top of the rotation? For now, there's other business, like this week's start of the international amateur signing period. This episode goes over reports of a shift in strategy for the Orioles and looks at what has gone right with the O's overseas efforts so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S4E1: New Year, New Rotation
Between Christmas and New Years, the Orioles brought back one of their disappointing 2025 starting pitchers, Zach Eflin. Even so, a lot has turned over since last Opening Day and there's enough for someone to maybe feel optimistic about the group, even Mark, though he'll regret writing this later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E74: Shane Baz?
Even if you were imagining the Orioles trading for a pitcher, it probably wasn't Shane Baz. Mike Elias surrendered four prospects, including two of his recent high draft picks, to bring in the one-time top pitching prospect who's never been both healthy and good in MLB. Mark tries to get his head around this surprise and what it means for the rotation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E73: Polar Bear
The Orioles signed a big-time free agent! Mark is still in disbelief about landing Pete Alonso, and still impressed about Alonso's introductory press conference. This episode is all Polar Bear, all the time, breaking down why he was an essential addition, what it probably means for the roster, and what it hopefully shows about Elias's commitment to adding to the rotation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E72: Winter Meetings Preview
The baseball world is gathered for the winter meetings over the next few days. Mark cautions everyone not to flip out over thin rumors before moving on into a preview of the state of affairs heading into the meetings. Plus, in the mailbag, some questions about the back of the starting rotation and whether the Orioles can address it with familiar faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E71: Got The Closer
The Orioles capped a busy November with Mike Elias signing (pending a physical) Ryan Helsley to be the team's closer next year. The 2022-24 version of Helsley was exciting. Mark, being who he is, doesn't feel the unbridled optimism, but it could work out. He goes on to assess the rest of the bullpen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E70: Goodbye, Grayson
Big baseball deals don't usually happen in November, but Mike Elias showed that sometimes they can when he dropped in the surprise trade of Grayson Rodriguez for Angels outfielder Taylor Ward. Days later, Mark is still full of contradictory thoughts about the trade, which he tries to hammer into something like sense in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E69: Less Exciting Starters
If it was entirely up to Mark, the Orioles would get a big-ticket free agent (or trade) pitcher this offseason and a back-end guy as well. In this episode, he goes through some of the likely candidates for the #4 or #5 addition they also need to make. Also, in the mailbag, a question about the season ticket changes gets Mark ranting again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E68: The Free Agent Aces
The Orioles shuffled a lot on the roster fringes, on the coaching staff, and in the front office since last time. Mark runs down all of the changes before looking to the essential goals of this coming offseason, particularly the need to get a top starting pitcher. In short, it's scary to have to count on this year's free agent crop to produce an ace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E67: The Manager Arrives
New Orioles manager Craig Albernaz is getting introduced today and Mark is feeling good about the vibes, though of course what ends up happening is what really matters. Can he and his new staff correct what went wrong this year? In the mailbag, a listener has his eyes on Twins starter Pablo López. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E66: Orioles Infield Review
NOTE FROM MARK: This episode was recorded prior to the breaking news of the Orioles choosing their next manager. We'll talk about it next time. Sorry! The Orioles did not have any Gold Glove or Silver Slugger finalists in the 2025 season. That's not all because of the infield, but the group certainly didn't help, with Gunnar Henderson's power outage, Adley Rutschman's multiple injuries, Jackson Holliday's baserunning problems, and more. Mark runs through the grim details as he wraps the position review series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good Morning, Birdland S3E65: 2025 Orioles Outfield Review
The Orioles still don't have a new manager. Podcast Spouse asked when is it time to panic if there's no hire, so Mark starts off with thoughts on that before moving into the rundown of what happened in the Orioles outfield in 2025. There was a lot of disappointment but towards the end, some excitement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices