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#632 : All Star Break 2026

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July 17, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

How are you feeling about the Baltimore Oriole? Is this a buy or sell year? How do you explain the first half? What about Mike Elias? All this and moreSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/section-336-baltimore-orioles-talk3275/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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How are you feeling about the Baltimore Oriole? Is this a buy or sell year? How do you explain the first half? What about Mike Elias? All this and more

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[SPEAKER_03]: Three, six, we on this, so true, man You know what's up?

[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome to Birdland Yeah, yeah, welcome to Birdland You know what's up?

[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Birdland Birdland Now, here come the boys from section three, three, six

[SPEAKER_00]: Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls Baltimore sports teams all ages welcome to section 336 next generation Baltimore sports suck.

[SPEAKER_00]: I am you're in doing something host Matt's Roca as always.

[SPEAKER_01]: I'm joined by the butt number Josh Roca Hey, I'm dealing with two dogs here that will not stop barking for some reason

[SPEAKER_00]: I want to come on the pot.

[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, it's fun.

[SPEAKER_01]: They want to.

[SPEAKER_01]: Or they are as frustrated with the Orioles as we are.

[SPEAKER_01]: I, it's all strawberry.

[SPEAKER_01]: If you want to jump, do you want to jump right into the Orioles?

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_00]: I'm ready to talk about the red hot Orioles.

[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, here's the problem.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_00]: The Orioles are red hot.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, they were also looked great.

[SPEAKER_01]: The Orioles won four in a row for the first time Yeah, feel safe turn the corner.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it feels like they've turned the corner.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and then we had the what three days off four days off for the off-star break I guess is it four days Monday to four most teams.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think Yeah, but yeah, Orioles come back tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_01]: So for the Orioles it's a four-day break

[SPEAKER_00]: Hey, but it's really a brick because you know lack of representation in all of the all surface divvities It was a real, yeah, we had that, but I have to disturb the brick.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he's having a good year.

[SPEAKER_00]: He's having a very good year

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, a lot to be excited about here in Berlin, but even a win streak, Josh finds a way to take a good win streak.

[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to somehow make it a negative.

[SPEAKER_00]: Congrats.

[SPEAKER_00]: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

[SPEAKER_01]: that I'm all in now and believe again and one thing that really concerns me and it's not the break what is the break but not that kind of break is he the blazed out of the underbreak yeah I think that's a big blow I think it is too and people want to blow it off well it's just blaze I it seems like at times the past couple weeks he was the only guy getting hits once in a while

[SPEAKER_00]: Well, it's not just that.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's what he brings to this team in terms of, yes, like, capital, over 300.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, but it's the defense too.

[SPEAKER_00]: He can play short, third, outfield.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yep.

[SPEAKER_00]: And he's been super consistent.

[SPEAKER_00]: And I, you know, I feel bad for him because he's having a career year.

[SPEAKER_00]: And I feel bad for oral fans and myself, because I think it's a huge blow.

[SPEAKER_00]: And it's gonna be more play in time for Kobe Mario.

[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, last days off, who are?

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_01]: when they when they put them on the aisle.

[SPEAKER_01]: Is it do they print their stuff up?

[SPEAKER_00]: No, I think you got to bring someone who can.

[SPEAKER_00]: Because right now there's no one who could really back up at short.

[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I guess you could swing jacks out.

[SPEAKER_00]: I guess Jeremiah Jackson maybe.

[SPEAKER_01]: Jeremiah Jackson's your extra infielder.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think they want another infielder in there.

[SPEAKER_01]: Um, I, and then my, my frustration, my negativity as you put it is my fear of being, of being abused again, my fear of I'm all back in.

[SPEAKER_01]: And are we gonna, are we real?

[SPEAKER_01]: Because I keep thinking this team is turning the corner.

[SPEAKER_01]: Or am I, are we gonna lose five in a row again?

[SPEAKER_01]: And be right, and we love to hover on this.

[SPEAKER_01]: Just below 500, just out of the wild card, where we don't know, are we buyers, are we sellers, what does all this mean?

[SPEAKER_03]: Three, six, we on this, so true, man You know what's up? [SPEAKER_03]: Welcome to Birdland Yeah, yeah, welcome to Birdland You know what's up? [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Birdland Birdland Now, here come the boys from section three, three, six [SPEAKER_00]: Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls Baltimore sports teams all ages welcome to section 336 next generation Baltimore sports suck. [SPEAKER_00]: I am you're in doing something host Matt's Roca as always. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm joined by the butt number Josh Roca Hey, I'm dealing with two dogs here that will not stop barking for some reason [SPEAKER_00]: I want to come on the pot. [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, it's fun. [SPEAKER_01]: They want to. [SPEAKER_01]: Or they are as frustrated with the Orioles as we are. [SPEAKER_01]: I, it's all strawberry. [SPEAKER_01]: If you want to jump, do you want to jump right into the Orioles? [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm ready to talk about the red hot Orioles. [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, here's the problem. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: The Orioles are red hot. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, they were also looked great. [SPEAKER_01]: The Orioles won four in a row for the first time Yeah, feel safe turn the corner. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it feels like they've turned the corner. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and then we had the what three days off four days off for the off-star break I guess is it four days Monday to four most teams. [SPEAKER_01]: I think Yeah, but yeah, Orioles come back tomorrow. [SPEAKER_01]: So for the Orioles it's a four-day break [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, but it's really a brick because you know lack of representation in all of the all surface divvities It was a real, yeah, we had that, but I have to disturb the brick. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he's having a good year. [SPEAKER_00]: He's having a very good year [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, a lot to be excited about here in Berlin, but even a win streak, Josh finds a way to take a good win streak. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to somehow make it a negative. [SPEAKER_00]: Congrats. [SPEAKER_00]: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, [SPEAKER_01]: that I'm all in now and believe again and one thing that really concerns me and it's not the break what is the break but not that kind of break is he the blazed out of the underbreak yeah I think that's a big blow I think it is too and people want to blow it off well it's just blaze I it seems like at times the past couple weeks he was the only guy getting hits once in a while [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it's not just that. [SPEAKER_00]: It's what he brings to this team in terms of, yes, like, capital, over 300. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, but it's the defense too. [SPEAKER_00]: He can play short, third, outfield. [SPEAKER_00]: Yep. [SPEAKER_00]: And he's been super consistent. [SPEAKER_00]: And I, you know, I feel bad for him because he's having a career year. [SPEAKER_00]: And I feel bad for oral fans and myself, because I think it's a huge blow. [SPEAKER_00]: And it's gonna be more play in time for Kobe Mario. [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, last days off, who are? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_01]: when they when they put them on the aisle. [SPEAKER_01]: Is it do they print their stuff up? [SPEAKER_00]: No, I think you got to bring someone who can. [SPEAKER_00]: Because right now there's no one who could really back up at short. [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I guess you could swing jacks out. [SPEAKER_00]: I guess Jeremiah Jackson maybe. [SPEAKER_01]: Jeremiah Jackson's your extra infielder. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think they want another infielder in there. [SPEAKER_01]: Um, I, and then my, my frustration, my negativity as you put it is my fear of being, of being abused again, my fear of I'm all back in. [SPEAKER_01]: And are we gonna, are we real? [SPEAKER_01]: Because I keep thinking this team is turning the corner. [SPEAKER_01]: Or am I, are we gonna lose five in a row again? [SPEAKER_01]: And be right, and we love to hover on this. [SPEAKER_01]: Just below 500, just out of the wild card, where we don't know, are we buyers, are we sellers, what does all this mean? [SPEAKER_01]: We don't know about this. [SPEAKER_00]: Do you know, I know you don't know about it. [SPEAKER_00]: It felt like Dean Cramer coming back, he pitched super well in the mind as long as we have. [SPEAKER_00]: He's actually well in the majors. [SPEAKER_00]: He replaced trade gifts and who really has struggled, who has good stuff, but has struggled. [SPEAKER_00]: And so I think to me that's like now I've had five starting pictures who I feel good about. [SPEAKER_00]: Why I feel can keep us in the game and when and when every game. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so feel good about that. [SPEAKER_00]: Josh, do you know according to fan graphs? [SPEAKER_00]: What are our playoff odds are? [SPEAKER_01]: It's not high, can't be high because you also have to take the, the fact that the Orioles always get put down in numbers, fan graphs never believes in the Orioles. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they're haters, but even the fan graphs haters put it at 22%. [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. [SPEAKER_00]: Now, before the four game win streak and this shows you how much it shifts. [SPEAKER_00]: Before the four game win streak, it was 13%. [SPEAKER_01]: And that makes sense. [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, that's kind of how I feel. [SPEAKER_01]: It's like this team has all the talent. [SPEAKER_01]: They haven't been able to put it together. [SPEAKER_01]: They've finally put it together for four games. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I got good news for you, Josh. [SPEAKER_00]: Because this team has been yo-yo and you a bit and toying with your emotions. [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm sorry for that. [SPEAKER_00]: But the good news is we're gonna know real quick because you got a bunch of teams. [SPEAKER_00]: who have very similar records, a very similar record to the Orders, who all are in like that. [SPEAKER_00]: We're a few games outside the Watt, a two or three games outside the Watt card, and we don't know for buyers or sellers, if we're sellers, [SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of pieces that can be moved. [SPEAKER_00]: Actually, I think what I'm going to talk about this borrows, but I think the borrows have very few pieces to move there. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think the borrows can be sellers. [SPEAKER_00]: But other things like Boston and the astros and the tigers have a lot of really big pieces they can move. [SPEAKER_00]: And we all, astros, red socks, tigers, [SPEAKER_00]: All have about the same record and coming out the all-star break before the trade deadline We play the Astros the Red Sox We have a series of the braves and then we play the Tigers and I think putting those three teams the Astros the Red Sox and Tigers [SPEAKER_00]: I think maybe, and yeah, the orals between those, but those four teams, I think they'll be one or two buyers in that group and one or two sellers and we'll know who the buyers and sellers are when we get after the Tiger series. [SPEAKER_00]: So I think we're going to find out pretty quick if this team for real are not if we're going to be buyers or sellers. [SPEAKER_01]: I think so. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think two orals can be sellers. [SPEAKER_01]: Who do we sell? [SPEAKER_01]: I don't, we don't have a lot to actually be sellers. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's, it's really two guys. [SPEAKER_00]: And then there's a couple of fringe bullpenters. [SPEAKER_00]: If you want to talk about Kittredra Kano, but only two legit guys. [SPEAKER_00]: And they have the word. [SPEAKER_00]: And they have the word. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe a catcher. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, no, it's a good one. [SPEAKER_00]: And Trevor Rodgers. [SPEAKER_01]: And Trevor Rodgers. [SPEAKER_00]: Because they're both expired. [SPEAKER_01]: And I lost your audience, okay. [SPEAKER_00]: You got it back now. [SPEAKER_01]: Yes. [SPEAKER_00]: I agree with you that like the tigers have scuba to trade. [SPEAKER_00]: The Astros have pain yet to trade. [SPEAKER_00]: The Red Sox have Wilson Contrace and a couple of the guys that you could trade. [SPEAKER_00]: Among the, like, we have the, and I don't think we're going to even raid Gunner or Adley, we're just trying to be set for next year. [SPEAKER_00]: If trades are made, the list is going to be very short. [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to give very few pieces about even being buyers. [SPEAKER_01]: So this is very short of what you can sell it as you bring stuff. [SPEAKER_00]: Well, Josh, what is, if you were going to be buyers, all right. [SPEAKER_00]: What do you think this team, because the interesting thing is, I think [SPEAKER_00]: The biggest need is starting pitching. [SPEAKER_00]: The biggest need is relief pitching. [SPEAKER_00]: The biggest need is outfield. [SPEAKER_00]: The biggest need is third base. [SPEAKER_00]: You can make a lot of arguments. [SPEAKER_00]: That's a position. [SPEAKER_00]: You could. [SPEAKER_00]: Where if you throw us can make one big acquisition, what position do you think we should look at? [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's bullpen. [SPEAKER_01]: I think the bullpen has been banged out. [SPEAKER_01]: The bullpen has been injured. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't have full trust in the bullpen. [SPEAKER_01]: So I think a late-in-and-dominant pitcher, a real close or at the moment, [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it was, um, Kitcher's been taking some, um, Tyler Wells been taking some. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, but do you trust Tyler Wells? [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know a little bit. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't trust Wells. [SPEAKER_01]: Too many long balls for Wells. [SPEAKER_00]: What, what's the, um, Ryan, Hell'sly didn't have surgery, right? [SPEAKER_00]: He's, I know Keegan Aiken, um, is going to have Tommy John, Adam to, to, to the list. [SPEAKER_00]: But Ryan, Hell'sly, he could come back at some point, right? [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's, um, [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he was, he was a non-serv, but of course it could lead a surgery as always stupid elbow injuries do. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he still, five days ago, update with him is still inflammation, went on the 15 day on July 3rd. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so they hope he can come back, but there's no guarantees with that. [SPEAKER_00]: Right. [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. [SPEAKER_00]: See, I would put bullpen. [SPEAKER_00]: I would, you know, what I would go with, if I could make one acquisition. [SPEAKER_00]: I would get a new center filter. [SPEAKER_00]: I would go out field. [SPEAKER_01]: If it's not pitching, I'd go out field. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_01]: I trust the starters. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not worried about that. [SPEAKER_00]: I agree, and most people in mainstream media will say so you need to upgrade the starter position. [SPEAKER_01]: No, that's a lazy. [SPEAKER_01]: If you're saying the oil's need to picture you're being lazy with your numbers. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we don't even believe in Trevor Rogers and Cobb Brownish and Shane Bass and we have always believed and then we still believe in them side and I don't think we've lost we've had a lot of close games that we have that weren't lost because of pitch and They lost because we couldn't score three runs and [SPEAKER_00]: And if you're going to upgrade pitching, yeah, going at school, he would be the best addition, but you're not going to be at a sports school. [SPEAKER_00]: And so the guy you kind of Ford, I'm just going to give me young and creamer, because I think it's going to be pretty much the same as what you can afford in the trademark. [SPEAKER_01]: I agree. [SPEAKER_01]:

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