WEBVTT - The O's missed another chance to have a four-game win streak 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:01.560 Leading over all miam I. 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:11.360 Birdland. Welcome in latest edition of Birdland Territory, which we 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.200 start on a down note. The Orioles today in Cincinnati 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:19.279 had their seventh try for a four game winning streak 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.120 and they ro zero and seven. Spoiler alert, they just 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:27.240 cannot get a four game winning streak. Frustrating loss today 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:30.920 three to two to the Reds. Kyle Bradish pitched a 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.080 gym but the offense wasn't getting it done and Nick 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.920 Lodolo had his way with the Oriols left handed for 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.800 the Red So guys, frustration on top of frustration for 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:45.519 Birdland right now, the players, everybody, because the team was 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:49.000 having a great weekend and couldn't seal the deal. When 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:52.479 it gets to seven, it's almost a metal block you 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:54.279 got to get. You got to get a four game 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:57.000 streak in there somewhere, and we're ninety games in and 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:58.880 they just can't do it right now. 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:01.960 Yeah, it's and I think it's kind of shows where 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:04.200 the record's at at this point. It's when you can't 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:05.840 win four games in a row, it's really hard to 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.360 kind of get over that hump and get back. 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:09.319 Closer to five hundred. 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.320 So it's as good as the weekend was because they 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.880 won it. It's as frustrating as it was because they 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.840 can't close the deal and get that sweet to move 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:18.919 to four straight games. 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:19.440 And it was. 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.000 Frustrating day today just not being able to get the 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.440 time run in and other opportunities missed earlier in the 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.840 game and stuff like that. So it's kind of where 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.360 they are at right now, and it's definitely frustrating. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.480 We know that baseball is a very superstitious sport. I 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:38.480 don't know if the team needs to do something different 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.040 heading into this next chance that they get going for 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.720 four straight, but something they need to do, something to 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.120 change up the vibe, guys, because it certainly seemed like 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:50.360 this was one of their best chances of the seven. 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:53.240 For sure. You're going against the Reds team that really 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.800 struggled coming in and guys, I know, especially of late, 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.160 the defense has really really struggled. The defense was really 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.760 good in this series. You had Kyle Bradish on the 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.840 mound today. He was perfect through the first four innings 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.280 and he ended up making a mistake issuing a lead 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.480 off walk, and then the very next batter, you know, 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.560 he lost the perfect game, lost to no hitter in 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:18.160 the span of two plate appearances. But it's it's frustrating, man. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.640 You know, they really needed to build some momentum heading 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:24.880 into the All Star Break, and you lost the first 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:28.720 two series in that homestand and yes, she won this 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.040 series over the weekend, but man, it would have been 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.080 great to just win that fourth straight. 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:37.280 Yes, it would have for sure, and the Oils fall 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.160 to forty two and forty nine. Now, I'm sure as 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.680 they're not going to have a five hundred record at 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.480 the All Star break. I think we already knew that, 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.920 although the math now doesn't work for him. If they 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:47.960 went six to zero on this homestand they'd still be 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.440 under So guys, for me, here's a common denominator in 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:54.960 this zero and seven. The Oriols had scored fourteen runs 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.880 in those seven games and today got just two. So 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.040 they just aren't getting offense. And that is common denominator 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.640 through these seven cracks at it that didn't get it 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:06.960 done today, and today I was a little frustrated with 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:11.040 the approaches. And it'll be interesting to hear Alburn as 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.600 his post game wasn't on MASS and so we didn't 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.760 get to watch the postgame interview as we normally do. 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.680 A Peacock game today. There was a lot of chasing, 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:20.760 That's what I saw. 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.920 How about you, guys, Yeah, definitely a lot of chasing 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.800 and just kind of not using the full field trying 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:29.320 to pull. And I think when you play in a 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.760 smaller stadium like Cincinnati, you kind of get homer happy. 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.520 I've noticed that with teams I've played on before, where 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.680 the ball pens to fly at that stadium. The guys 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:40.640 know that if you get one up in the air, 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.880 it's got a chance to go out. So sometimes approaches 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:46.320 can be funky there for a three game series, and 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.360 that's kind of just what I saw. It just kind 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.280 of guys get a little bit too aggressive, trying to 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:53.800 kind of hit the long ball instead of just staying 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.200 in themselves. And if you get more bats like Blaise 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.640 Alexander had, I mean, they'd have a lot more runs. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.440 SEMs to really do a great job of just hitting 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.440 the pitches where they're thrown, not trying to do too 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.840 much with it, and he keeps the innings going in 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:07.640 rallies going. 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.440 Yeah, Blaze, it has just been fantastic for them guys. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.560 I mean, still leading the majors in batting average since 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.000 made first, but his runners in scoring position numbers have 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.880 been really really good. But Steve, there were a couple 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:23.080 of instances in the game today where a walk was 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.480 issued or back to back walks were issuing. I think 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:28.120 Leoti Taveras had one of these at bats in particular, 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:32.359 where you're going and you're hacking after you know, you 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.559 just saw these prior to play appearances where the pitcher 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.360 like he didn't have command at that stage of the game, 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:41.760 and you're going up there hack and trying to, you know, 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.520 hit an eight run home run, if you will. And 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.520 those are the type of things that are definitely very frustrating, 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.599 and it seems like you can tell early on in 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.520 games how it could go for this offense. And right 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:58.000 after Bradish ended up giving up that two run homer, 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.760 with how the offense was looking at that point, it 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.240 felt like much more than just a two run lead. 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.479 He had did some frustrating at bats today, you know. Jackson, 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:13.159 Jeremiah Jackson chased one low to strike out with the 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:16.880 bases loaded to end the sixth. In his defense, the 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.120 guy's been great with the bases loaded this year. Fourth 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.080 for eighties, hit two Grand slams. He is a free swinger. 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:23.960 We know that, and he get run into one. We 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.680 know that, and he didn't in this case today, So 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.560 I guess you take the good with the bad when 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.120 you have an aggressive hitter who kind of lets you 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:32.920 fly up there. 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:34.960 Yeah, definitely. 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.600 I think it's just kind of I mean, we seeing 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.239 jeremih Jackson play here, we know that he's not really 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:40.960 a walk guy. 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:42.320 He's not gonna work the count guy. 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.960 He's kind of go there, get his pitch and try 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.839 to hit a long way. And sometimes when your utility 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.200 infielder like he is and just coming back from triple 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:52.760 A too, I believe here recently. 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:55.000 So it's, you know. 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.600 Just's he is who he is, and he's kind of 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.040 player he is, and he just kind of hope he 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.400 runs into one. Everyone while it's almost like backup catchers 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.039 back when I was playing, you kind of hope they 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:04.600 run into one, hit a few homers here and there, 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.640 and play good defense. And that's kind of what he does. 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.480 And I think he's done a really good job this year. 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.120 But yeah, he's a free swinger and sometimes just gets 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:12.560 a little bit too aggressive out of his own. 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.200 Yeah, guys, the numbers don't lie. He's got four walks 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.440 all season oning you know, he's not exactly going up 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:23.520 there with a Taylor Ward type approach, particularly from from 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.119 a few weeks ago, especially when Ward was really looking 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.480 to walk. But yeah, and with Jeremiah Jackson, it's also 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.279 a tough situation too, where you know, ever since Jackson 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.760 holiday came back, especially at that point, you saw the 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.880 playtime really diminished for him and just kind of playing 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.560 a lot more sporadic, ended up getting sent down and 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:45.440 then called back up. But yeah, I mean, you just 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:50.479 gotta read the situation better, you know, in that particular moment. 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.120 So the Oriels are forty two and forty nine, this 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:58.000 one hurts just six and fourteen in one run games 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.520 and their three game winning stream ends. They're now seven 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.159 and seven of the last fourteen, eighteen and twenty six 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:06.520 on the road. A lot to get to this edition 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:10.000 of Birdland Territory. Adley Rutchman's an all Star. We're certainly 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.960 going to note that Kyle Bradish was great today. We're 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.360 certainly going to note that. 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Our buddy, Jacob Calvin Meyer 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.599 and The Baltimore Sun wrote recently about the trade deadline, 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:53.160 essentially saying, should a team trade for a rental that's 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.960 got this poor of a record and give up a 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.520 future piece for hope? You know, two months of a 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.960 player hope can put them over the top. So there's 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.920 a couple sides of this. The oriels are forty two 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.880 and forty nine. They don't look like a contender, Ali 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:13.280 Birdland says. Captain Obvious tells us that the standings tell 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.160 us they are a contender due to the math. So 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.520 what do you wait here? I mean, if you're only 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.440 if we're two weeks to go, they're within a game 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:25.400 or two of the final Wild card even under five hundred. 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:28.600 That's where a Renald might put you over the top 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.440 if you only need to gain a couple of games 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.440 at the same time. If you make that trade and 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:35.960 give up a future piece for two months of a player, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.440 and you finish with seventy six wins, again, it will 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:44.640 in retrospect look foolish. So I get Jacob's thought process 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:45.640 of that article. 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.760 Yeah, definitely. I think I kind of tend to lean 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.760 towards what Jacob's saying with this. I've seen it play out. 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:55.640 When I was in Baltimore, we traded for Ferrara Partero. 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.240 We traded away Kyle eighties. He was the starter who 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.559 ended up pitching for a long time. Andrew Military is 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.160 a little different. I think we got what was a 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.640 worthy piece with Andrew Miller. He got us to the 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.600 al the CS that year for Eduarro Rigaz. So it's 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:14.000 to me, it's if you're willing to for rental to 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:15.720 kind of give up a piece that's going to help 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.440 you maybe down the line. It's just it's tough, and 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.199 it's I think it's more so do you think this 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.840 team can win the World Series? If you think they 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:25.719 can win the World Series, with a piece. I think 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.960 it's a different conversation to have. But I just don't 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:29.880 know if that's the case. I hate to say, I 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.560 don't know they think that's the case right now. So it's, yeah, 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:33.920 you want to give yourself a chance to get in 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:35.640 the playoffs, and anything can happen when you get there. 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.280 But I just think giving up, you know, something for 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.000 the future for something right now just kind of doesn't 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:42.040 really seem to make sense. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:47.839 It's it's a very difficult situation. And Michael Oas when 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:49.600 he met with the media a week or so ago, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.200 you know, he said that he had intentions of buying, 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:55.920 but he's also going to do what's best for the 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:59.800 future of this organization. And I just don't know if 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:03.240 they would be prudent for them to really buy and 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.520 push their chips to the center of the table considering 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.200 where they're at right now. And I know they're still 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.720 in it, certainly, just four games out of the wildcard picture, 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:16.199 but I just question, is this team a player too 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.720 a way? I just don't know if that's the case. 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:20.920 And I think if this team does go on a 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.880 run like Gunnar Henderson's got to do it, you know, 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.839 like they're big players have to do it. And their 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.880 starting rotation has been really good over the past month, 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:34.760 and that's awesome, but this offense has to be playing 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.840 up to their expectations. I mean that the bullpens certainly 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.880 needs some help right now. You know, Hellsley, that sounds 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.440 like a very honest situation, and Greg Alburn has admitted, 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.520 you know how concerned he was when that happened. But Steve, 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:52.360 I just don't know, especially considering this farm system isn't 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.520 as strong as it was a couple of years ago 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:59.320 as well. I don't know if I would buy a rental. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:06.520 It's they're really between a rock and hearten. Yes, because 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.560 they're not a team to tear it down and start over. 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.800 That's not happening here. But they don't seem to be 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:17.120 a piece or two away from being an elite team either. 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.400 They're in that middle of the road. That's kind of frustrating. 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:25.360 They've got Alonzo signed for five, bas signed for five, 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.920 but Scio signed for eight. Some of their future is 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:33.160 already set, so to me, somehow they have to make 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:37.000 deals to build around what they have and make it 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.440 better while they wait for some of these pitching prospects, 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:46.120 Jerwa and Gibson and Nesta Herman and Luis de Leon. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.240 Will some of these guys come along and one or 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:52.280 two be a difference maker. It's daunting because right now 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:55.040 they're on out of position player prospects setting the world 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.240 on fire, and the O's farm. There's just no one 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.240 coming right now. I mean, curse, that's it better. But 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.840 he's not tearing it up a triple A. He's swinging it. Okay, 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.200 it's not gonna save the season here. So I just 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:11.560 think it's such an challenging time even to make decisions 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:12.280 on what to do. 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:14.920 Yeah, and I. 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.600 Agree with what Tim said before with if this team 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.559 is going to turn around, it's not gonna be from 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:21.480 somebody off the roster. It's got to be guys stepping 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.080 up on the roster. To me, that's just there's too 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:28.080 much talent there. We've talked about this, I mean at nauseuma, 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.560 just how the talent is there. They should be winny 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.880 more games than they are. And if this team is 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:35.360 going to turn around, it's not gonna be going to 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.679 get somebody. It's gonna be them turning it around themselves 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:41.040 on the roster. Like you said, Gunner getting hot till 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.520 the Ward hitting some homers, Pete still doing what he does, 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:46.520 Adley continue to do what he does, and then it's 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:48.640 just kind of everybody do it together. To me, that 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:52.720 just seems more of a plausible scenario than going out 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:54.480 and getting somebody and having them kind of come in 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:55.400 and save the season. 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:58.880 And I think Brad made a great point, and I 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:00.960 was going to bring up the Andrew Miller trade, where 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.520 you look, you make that trade with the Red Sox 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.720 and at Wardo Rodriguez had a really good career. But 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.200 I still would have done that trade, even knowing the 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.800 outcome one hundred out of one hundred times, because that 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.280 was a team that was going for that was a 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.199 really really good team. You're adding on to what was 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.040 already a big time strength in that bullpen right now. 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:25.080 I just think, guys, the reality is when we're having 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.560 these episodes and having these conversations and we're asking, you know, 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:32.160 at times, what is the identity of this team? Well, 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:35.520 we're ninety one games into the season. You know, if 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:39.920 we're still having those questions and the question of whether 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.520 to bai is there, I think you kind of already 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:46.640 know the answer, you know, and look, maybe they are 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.880 able to go on a huge run in these next 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:52.480 seventy some games, but it's going to have to be 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:56.000 because their stars are playing like stars. 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.560 Maybe, And this might frustrate people the most. It's a 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:05.840 stand pat decision in the end, ultimately, because why mortgage 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:10.520 the future? But yet there's really one or two pieces away. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.840 They don't seem to be and we keep saying the 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:17.960 talent's there, so prove it. You've got seventy games to 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:21.560 prove it, guys and all. Everybody's doubting you right now 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.760 because we've watched ninety one games of this. So it 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.560 is a crazy time in Birdland to figure out which 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.360 way they're going to go, how this is going to 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:34.120 play out. It's not dull, never as dull. It might 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:38.920 be frustrating. They're dull, not dull, but frustrating. That's definitely 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:47.440 what it is, all right, Birdland Territory Continuing here time 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:51.320 now for our Daily Dinger is presented by Fan dol 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.080 And I can think of a good player to nominate 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.760 here to hit one out this week in this homestand 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.720 coming up, and he is the Oils All Star catcher, 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.920 Adlie Rutchman. He's just having a heck of a bounce 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.120 back year. And we know the math on Reutchman the 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:09.800 ops was seven O nine and twenty four and it 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:12.360 was six seventy three last year. You know, it was 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.840 really a tough year. So now he's one hundred points 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.080 over that. He's gone to the All Star Game for 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.880 the third time in four games. He's really swinging it 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.160 from the left, from the right. The defensive metrics are 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.600 great too. Got to praise this guy for the year 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.400 he's having and give him a little bit of a 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:31.640 hack tip here for third All Star in four games, 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.680 four years, third All Star appearance in four years. 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.720 Yeah, I mean, he's done a little bit of everything 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.960 this year for this team. He's been great behind the plate. 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.560 You can tell he really works with the pitchers and 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.240 wants them to do well when they're out there, and 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:46.120 I think that goes a long way. 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:46.640 Auburn has had. 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.600 I mean, his statement yesterday has kind of said it 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.080 all about just what he brings to the team and 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:55.280 what he means this organization. In the pitching, like I said, 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:57.720 pitching staff, hitting side of things, he just really does 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.360 a great job. But when you look at that list 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.840 of number one overall picks who make three out of 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.200 four All Star Games, that list is unbelievably impressive. So 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:07.200 for him to go down as one of the guys 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:11.159 on that, congrats to him, and it's just it's a 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.520 great bounce back season for him, and I'm really happy 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.480 to see him doing as well as he is this year. 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:19.480 He was really under the microscope heading into this year. 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:23.280 This felt like such a pivotal season for quite frankly 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.520 guys his career because we know that he's under control 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.760 through twenty twenty seven, but he needed to turn this 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.920 thing back in the right direction because when he got 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.320 brought up, that was the turnaround. That was when the 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:39.159 rebuild was done. The Orioles started winning, and the Orioles 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:42.560 for the most part, have really gone as he is gone. 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:44.639 You know, twenty three, it was an All Star they 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.919 won one hundred games, twenty four In the first half. 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.520 He was fantastic and the Orioles were great in the 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.840 first half, and then had a year and a half 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.040 Lowell and the team really struggled for that year and 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:57.760 a half. So I think the question was was that 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.560 old Adley Rutchman still in him? And he has really 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:06.879 answered that question. With a big yes with several exclamation points, 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:12.000 because he's been fantastic defensively. He's been really really good offensively. Guys, 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:16.000 he's got forty five RBIs in sixty games, like he's 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:19.400 second on the team in RBI's and he's had two 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:23.720 il stints, so he's really been a run producer this year. 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.760 So the Ools have just one All Star. The Braves, Dodgers, 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:32.440 and Phillies have five each to leave MLB. The Al 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:35.200 East comes in next four each for the Yankees, Blue 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.959 Jays and Tampa and the Ools for the second year 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:40.240 in a row, have just won Ryan O'Hearn last year. 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:44.080 Could be more, it could be replacements. Maybe Pete Lonzok 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.440 is go get laid attention here. Laddie. I don't think 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:48.760 he's going to go, so there might be an opening there. 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:52.760 But there are people who said, if you have one 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:55.159 catcher locked up for eight years and the other is 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:59.679 a free agent at the end of next year, that's 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.560 where the rumors come up of trade at Rutchman. Now, 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:04.840 michae Elias did not come out and say we will 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.119 never trade this guy, but he did come out and 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:09.640 say I hope he's an Oriel forever, and we wish 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.080 we had a longer commitment with him than we currently have. 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.440 That was probably the strongest wording I think Elias could 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:19.920 have said to the fact that it doesn't seem very 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.479 likely at all that this guy's going to be involved 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:23.320 in trade talks. 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.280 Yeah, and I just really find a hard to believe 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:30.080 that they're gonna find somebody to trade him to this year. 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:32.600 Whether I think the off season would be more of 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:34.800 a if you had the opportunity to do it, The 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.280 off season seems to make more sense just because you 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:41.040 have more time to think about and kind of teams are, 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:43.200 you know, building their rosters there. It's a lot of 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:45.280 times if they also break are at the trade deadline, 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:46.679 I just feel like you don't get the full value 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:50.880 that you would with somebody. But yeah, I just think 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:53.000 at this point it's hard to see this roster without 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.920 Ali Rushman on it. I don't know, it's just it 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:59.760 would just be weird not seeing him in an Oil's uniform. 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.520