WEBVTT - STREAKING! O's win 7 straight and ink Kyle Bradish to an extension 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:11.800 Those fans. Quite a weekend in Houston. The second half 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:14.720 is off to a rousing start for the Orioles and 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:17.759 welcome to our first post All Star Break edition of 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:21.480 Birdland Territory Steve, Tim and Brad. Before the break, we 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:23.800 talked about how critical this road trip was going to 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:25.319 be for the Oriols. They could do a lot of 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:29.240 good against other wild card contenders, and boy did they 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:33.000 when this series began. Here's a stat off throughout the start. 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:38.440 Houston going into this series since May twenty first was 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.920 twenty seven and twenty one, the best record in the 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:45.639 American League for about the last two months. And then 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:50.159 the Orioles went into their park and swept, allowing two, 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.040 two and two and having a picture on the set. 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.560 He must like that six runs for the weekend, Brad. 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.560 They'd been throwing so well. The tm ERA during their 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:04.040 seven game winning streak is one eighty. 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:05.520 Yeah. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.600 I mean they've turned to absolute corner when it comes 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:10.720 to the pitching side. I feel like the pitching waves 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:12.840 of the early part of the season have been gone 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:15.880 out for a while, and I think emphatically gone these 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.840 last seven games, especially when you give up two runs 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.240 each game in Houston, which is a really tough place 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.680 to pitch. It's short the right field, it's short the 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.520 left field. They always seem to hit well there, and 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.240 to go there and give up two runs a game 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.280 is just unbelievable. It takes all the pressure off the offense, 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:33.800 and the offense was able to come through with just 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.800 enough to to run Homer by word on Friday, today 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.360 some runs to tack on, and then the amazing win 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:40.000 on Saturday. 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:41.080 Just great defense. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.560 It's kind of all kind of coming together here this 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.240 last over the seven game winning streak, and it's exciting baseball. 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.080 If you're a true baseball fan, this is about exciting 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.639 as it gets. It's good pitching, good defense, and timely hitting. 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.000 And to me, like you said, being a former pitcher, 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:57.640 I love seeing it. The bullpen's been on a huge role. 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:00.960 Not to mention the starting five have just been phenomenal 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:02.880 now for I feel over two and a half months 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:04.840 and they just kind of showed it all this weekend 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.240 and it's a great time to really get rolling into 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.240 a really really big series coming up in Boston. 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:13.320 When we were doing the show last Sunday and we 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:14.919 were all happy, excited. 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:16.880 Look, it was their first four game winning streak. 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:18.800 But Brad, I think you might have brought it up 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.880 or me, all right, it's the Royals. Let's see what 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.520 this looks like on the other side. And Steve, you 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:28.160 gave the numbers man and to do that going into Houston, 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.960 and you were trailing this team by half a game 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.720 heading into it. But what has me most excited about 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.320 this series, guys, it's not even so much today, where 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:42.440 today they felt pretty in control throughout Hunter Brown just 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.480 did not have any type of command at all, hitting 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:50.519 multiple batters, issuing five walks or so. But Friday and 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.960 Saturday is what has me most excited about this club. 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:55.480 Especially Saturday. 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.440 That's a game they don't win even a couple of 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:03.040 weeks ago, and both of those games they were out hit. Friday, 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:06.160 Dean Kramer has a short outing, he's kind of walking 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:10.160 the tightrope. Orioles pitchers ended up walking nine guys. The 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:14.079 offense just isn't doing anything. Then Boom badly with the 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.040 ground roll double, then Taylor Ward the go ahead homer, 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.480 and then Saturday is similar thing that the offense had 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.560 two hits and struck out twelve times through the first 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.000 nine innings, and then you had a basis loaded situation 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.200 against you with nobody out in the eleventh thing, and 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.520 somehow got out of it. You know, Tyler O'Neill with 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.120 a fantastic throw to get the runner at home and 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:41.840 Samuel Pasilo with a fantastic tag. Unreal stretch and unreal 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:43.680 series sweep by the Ohs. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.600 I'll remember the Cam Sanders weekend. Yeah, and he didn't 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.560 even make it through the weekend getting sent back for 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.520 Sam Huff. I sure hope we see him again. I 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:57.320 know MLB numbers are poor overall, but you can see 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.320 what the Orioles like about this guy ninety six with 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:04.360 a whiteout slider. That was maybe the craziest move of 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.400 the year. A pitcher with a high walk rate in 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:11.400 with the bases loaded and he doesn't walk. He's three 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.880 and four hitters. Now you're not walk theme he got 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:15.320 them out. 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:19.040 Yeah, it's those are That's the kind of storylines that 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.000 really just kind of boost you as a team overall. 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.520 I just know being part of bullpins like that. Like 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:25.880 right now, they're on a roll. I think if my 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.880 numbers are right about twenty two innings, one ear and run, 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:30.479 I think they'd have a stretch of right now, and 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.200 it's they're just on a complete roll and it's everybody 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.360 getting their hands in. It's not the same guys every 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.200 single outing. You saw today. Grant wolfemer out there in 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.719 the ninth inning, so it's it's passing the baton to 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.040 each other and guys just really stepping up when they 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.279 need to and getting out of that with no runs 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:47.400 and keeping the game where it was. Might be the 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.280 inning of the weekend. Really, when you look at the 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:49.880 series as a. 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:55.560 Whole, this way guys three wins in this sweep. You 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:59.520 had three saves by all different guys, and Andrew Kiddridch 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.520 didn't even record one of those saves. And you know, 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:07.279 you have the phenomenal inning on Friday by camp Smith 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.680 where it's bases loaded, one out and then he ended. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.320 Up getting the saves the very next day. 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.359 And unfortunately they're in a roster crunch right now with 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.600 injuries which we'll get into, but you know, such as 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.279 life in the bullpen, man, it's crazy. That was not 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:26.160 a poor performance to motion by any means. 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:30.839 Yeah, So during the seven straight wins, which, by the way, 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.400 at the Orioles, we put up the stat their longest 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:38.320 win streak since September of twenty twenty three, the division champs, 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.000 who one hundred and one games spent a minute, and 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:42.960 the Oils are now ten and three in July, and 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.520 suddenly they're winning on the road for the first time 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.360 all year. They have back to back road series wins 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.760 Cincinnati and Houston. They are five and one in those 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.479 two series, eight and three. They're last eleven on the road, 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:59.359 twelve and nine in the last twenty one that seven 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.760 road series in which they won for and lost three. 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.320 So now they're starting to do that. And look at 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:08.680 all the contributions we mentioned, Cam Sanders, Tyler O'Neill, wards, 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:13.279 go ahead, Homer Leodi Taveres today a huge two run single. 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:16.880 Even Gunner struggling got an RBI hit today. But oh, 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.080 by the way, Brandon Young, who always seems to do it, 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.520 did it again today and they switched him for bradish 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:27.839 who gets pushed back after the contract agreement. And Brandon 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.880 Young has made sixteen starts in the Orioles are thirteen 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:31.880 and three. 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:35.479 Yeah, it's crazy, and I think the last I think 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.640 that stretch probably started against the game against Houston back 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:40.279 in I think it was April at the beginning of 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.080 May against the Astros. So you look at that stretch 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.840 he's had now, it's been phenomenal. I mean, we talked 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.320 about it right before the break, but he's definitely one 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.320 of the standout performers for this team overall. And I 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.600 just love the fact that it's not one guy doing it. 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.800 It's We've mentioned how many names just in today's episode 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:58.800 of guys stepping up and doing it, and I think 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:00.800 that's what's really going to make this team kind of 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.000 come to the top. We're still waiting for Gunner to 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.239 get going, We're still waiting for Adli to be healthy. 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.400 All the time he was out of there today. Hopefully 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.240 his injury is not too bad. But Syle gets hurt 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:13.040 a little bit too. But it's just guys contributing throughout 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:17.640 the lineup. Jeremiah Jackson back doing that sacrifice but for 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.640 a run yesterday, Like, it's just it's guys doing all 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.000 the little things which we hadn't seen to this point 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:24.960 in the year. And guys are getting going at the 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.440 perfect time, and it's it's what you love to see. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.120 And I think if you're an Orioles fan, you kind 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:30.880 of look at this team. Maybe it's not gonna be 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.440 the stars that lifted. It's gonna be more of a 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.360 story of this overall team and what they were able 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.560 to do this year despite the injuries, which I think 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:39.560 is going to be in a huge storyline for this 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:41.320 team for the year. But when you look at this 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.120 team that you're having contributions up and down the lineup, 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.720 up and down the roster, bullpen, starting pitchers, it's just 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:49.400 a fun team to watch at this point and it's 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.320 been It's been great seeing everybody kind of have their 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:53.560 hand in all these wins. 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.440 I still think it goes back to where we started, though, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.440 and we've asked this question at various points, like what 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:02.920 is this team's identity? Yeah, guys, it's one of the 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.360 best starting rotations since May twenty second. 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:06.800 You can go back to that point. 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.840 It was the sixth best starter era heading into this series. 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:11.840 It only got better. 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:15.720 Trevor Rodgers really picking up where he left off, Brandon 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:19.440 Young really picking up where he left off, and you know, 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.400 he got Kyle bradd as, Shane bose Is in a 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.400 nice role. Dean Kramer was a little bit of a 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.520 so so start for him on Friday, but you know 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.800 what you're getting at a dean this starting rotation, and 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.679 it was not the offense being the story of this 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:35.320 series sweep. 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:36.640 It was the pitching. 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.960 The bullpen was spectacular, but it started with the starting rotation. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.080 Yeah, a lot happened in three days. In addition to 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:47.680 three wins, the Oriols signed their first round draft pick, 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:52.079 Eric Booth, junior, the Mississippi high school outfielder, on Saturday, 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:56.440 seven point three ish million. He's doing okay coming out 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.040 of high school and they got both junior. So he 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.920 goes to Sarasota Orientation and oh yes, Kyle Bradish five years, 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:07.160 ninety million, that extension announced in game. It's crazy. I 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:09.559 thought it's the first inning and here's news about cay Brett. 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.360 What the first inning of the game. What a strange time, 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.079 But it was good news, so we'll take it. Later 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.400 in the show. We're going to get into the catching situation. 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.760 Craig Albert has said after Sunday's five two win at Houston, 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:25.480 Adlie Rutchman is dealing with left wrist discomfort. 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See terms at sportsbook dot FanDuel dot com. 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.400 Gambling problem caller tex one eight hundred gambler. 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.800 Well, we can't say the new Oriel ownership group led 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:22.839 by David Rubinstein, is not spending money on the team. 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.480 Maybe it's not going to look like the Mets, the Yankees, 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.640 the Dodgers. I doubt it ever will, but it's getting 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.680 bigger and better. The latest development over the weekend, Cole 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:36.160 bradishould extended five years ninety million that will take him 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:40.559 from through twenty thirty one. Suddenly the Oriols are locking 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.679 up some talent. Bradish will make ten million in twenty 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:48.600 twenty seven. Per Ryan Ripkin reported this and twenty twenty eight, thirteen, 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.320 twenty twenty nine to seventeen, then twenty two twenty eight. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.480 It's a pretty as good as he is and knocking 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.600 on wood for health here's that's important word in any player. 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.080 I think the Oriol's got a bargain here, and maybe 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.720 Bradish said, with my injury history, I have a chance 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.400 now to set up my family and myself for life. 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:09.600 I'm going to take it. And at the end of 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.880 twenty thirty one, if he's healthy and throwing like we 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:15.800 believe he can, he might get another whopper deal. Who knows, 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:19.480 But for now the Orioles are locked up with Kyle 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:21.240 Brad is what exciting news. 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.160 It is exciting, and I think it goes to show 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:26.760 that the organization is ready to make this team a 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:29.040 winner and to put the money into the players they 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.120 have now. And I think it just goes to show 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.520 what they've seen from him so far this year. They're 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.160 confident what he's going to have. And I think on 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.480 his end, like you said, Steve, with his injury history, 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.440 it's a perfect opportunity to take a deal and he's 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.920 set for life. Is it's an unbelievable amount of money. 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.240 And I think it just I think it's a great 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.120 deal on both sides, is basically what I'm trying to say. 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.160 And I think it's a great job by the ownership, 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.240 the lockdown the guy that they like, and I think 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.920 he's just really comfortable in Baltimore, and there's a lot 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.200 to be said for that. As a player, when you 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:01.440 get somewhere you're comfortable, the team shows they're you know, 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.360 their confidence in you, and you just kind of want 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:05.880 to stay there. And I think he knows this team 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:07.160 can be a winner and he's gonna be a big 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:10.440 part of that. And given this monetary value that they 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.200 gave to him, he's gonna be a big part of 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.480 this for the future and moving forward. So it's it's 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.840 exciting for the for the Orioles fans, and they should 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.040 be excited because I can't remember the last time they've 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.559 locked down a picture of their own on the team 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.120 now for this amount of money in this amount of time, 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.200 So it's it's definitely exciting news to hear that the 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.160 ownership is all in for this group of guys. 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.440 I think it's awesome. I think it's awesome on so 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.120 many levels. And Steve, I'm with you one hundred percent. 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.360 I'm watching the game yesterday and I'm shocked when you 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.760 get the alert, and then I'm shocked again when I 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.560 saw the price tag, because you know how good of 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:47.200 a pitcher Kyle Bradish can be and has he ran 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.680 into some bumps this year in his first full season 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.680 off Tommy John. Absolutely, but he has a sub three 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.640 ERA over his last twelve starts, and his season long 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.320 numbers are still strong as well. But you know what 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.360 he is when he's at his and that's twenty twenty 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:05.000 three when he finished fourth in the cy Young Award voting. 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:08.319 He had a two eight three ERA that season, which 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:11.000 was the lowest bin Oriole starter over a full season 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.520 like that since Mike Mussina back in nineteen ninety two. 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:18.080 So pretty good company with the Hall of Famer. And 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.680 I think it's also a great message to send to 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:24.280 your fan base and a great message to send to 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.120 the clubhouse because that was kind of a knock on 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.840 Mike Elias in the front office for a while. Oh 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.840 my gosh, is this going to be a feeder system? 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:35.840 When are we going to see a multi year deal 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.360 or well, you have to give Michaelias a lot of 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.240 credit for the extensions that he's gotten done over the 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.520 past year, and it starts with Samuel Bissio. 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.720 We're coming up on a close to a year. 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:47.360 It was the end of August when he signed that 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.760 eight year deal that's going to end up being a 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:53.160 steal Shane Boz the contract they gave him prior to 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:54.200 opening day. 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:56.840 Or prior to his first start in an Order uniform. 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.240 At that point, it was the highest contract they've given 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.360 out to a starting pitcher in team history, and they 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.520 just one upped it with Kyle Bradish. So I think 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.880 it's a great message to send to the fan base. 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.880 I think it's a great message to send inside the clubhouse, 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.400 and you've heard some of the guy's comments about it 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:14.800 over the past day. 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:20.200 Go back a calendar year as we're approaching August twenty 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:24.040 twenty six. In August twenty twenty five, that's when Bessio 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.800 signed the deal, eight year, sixty seven million, which can 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.000 go further than that. He's locked up through twenty thirty 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:34.080 three with a team option for thirty four. Then go 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.200 to December five years on hundred and fifty five for Pete, 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.760 then go to March. Boz before his first Orial game 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.960 five year, sixty eight million, and then go to this 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:46.720 deal and oh, by the way, within all that, they 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:49.920 added Hellsley, they traded for Boz, they added Ward, they 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:51.720 did some things to try to make this team better. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:55.840 So it's funny how a week or two has changed 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:59.640 the outlook in Birdland and it's been a meteoric rise. 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.560 And we're all keeping our fingers crossed because you guys 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:07.120 deserve a great baseball team, deserve the excitement that maybe, guys, 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.320 we're about to have. This was game one hundred. This 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.440 is why baseball is a marathon and you can never 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.000 write it off. And up until now we were saying 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.360 the Oriols are in it because of the league is bad. 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.880 But maybe now they're going to be in it because 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.680 the Orioles are good. Wouldn't that be refreshing? 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:25.720 Yeah, And I think it's I think it's perfect time. 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.040 I think this deal kind of just coincides with the 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.760 team on this uprise and they're they're right there back 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.120 in the wildcard mix. As much as you can say 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.440 whatever you want about the records, the American League is 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.600 what it is right now. But I think locking Kyle 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.720 bradishelt for this amount of time shows that Michael Oas 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.320 is trying to get a winner and whether, like we've 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.200 talked about, they might still make a few deals at 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.040 the deadline or whatever, but you know, at going into 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.080 the end of this season, into next year and forward, 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.360 this team is trying to win and the ownership is 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.880 doing everything they have to and Michael Yas will continue 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:58.480 to do everything they have to to put a winning 0:16:58.520 --> 0:16:59.280 team on the field. 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:01.240 And the part of it too. I think with Kyle 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:02.400 bradsh the deal, sorry to him, I. 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.760 Think it's I think it has to do with they 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:07.320 are going to make sure that he's healthy, and I 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:10.040 think this deal really is going to give him the 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.240 security of, hey, we're not going to try to blow 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:13.800 you out. We just signed you to a five to 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:15.760 six year deal, so we're going to take our time 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.200 with you on your innings this year, your innings next year. 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:20.240 And I think that's kind of a good sign. 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:24.800 It makes a healthy organization look, it makes I'm trying 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.200 to it makes them look great when they you know, 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:28.920 they're trying to protect their guys, and I think with 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.280 doing this deal, they're going to try to protect Kyle 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:32.879 Bradish and they're not going to try to blow him 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:34.960 out this year next year to get the most value 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:36.439 out of them. They're going to try to get the 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.320 most value out of him for the length of this contract. 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:40.399 So I think it's a really good sign for the 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:41.879 rest of the season to moving forward. 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:45.080 And I think something that's abundantly clear, and we've been 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:48.680 stressing this even throughout when we've done trade deadline previews 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:50.960 on this show. This was never going to be another 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.959 teardown if things weren't going this well, you know, if 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.879 they lost seven straight games heading up into this point 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:57.600 vice versa. 0:17:58.080 --> 0:17:58.920 They're committing. 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:02.679 Look, now you have cast certainty on Shame Base and 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.560 Kyle Bradish and really your whole rotations under contract at 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:09.480 least through the next couple of years. Dean Kramer's still 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.639 under club control, Brandon Young has plenty of club control 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:17.000 as well. They're in a nice spot right now, and 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:22.639 I think it's really encouraging that when David Rubinstein was 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:26.159 introduced as the next owner of the Orioles on opening 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:30.760 day twenty twenty four, they phrased it as the next chapter. 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:35.000 And this has been a serious departure, especially you know, 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.439 towards the end when it was the rebuild and they 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:42.120 really weren't spending any money. This organization the past offseason 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:45.000 spent I believe the second or third most amount of 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:48.520 money in the entire offseason. So it tells you this 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:52.359 is the next chapter. This is completely different than the 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:53.159 prior regime. 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.840 Now they're locking up some of their own end. They've 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:01.280 signed the big fish in free agency, Alonzo, so they're 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:04.439 doing things we didn't think the Orioles would do or 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.240 maybe even could do. And Tim, based on what you 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:10.040 just said, why this was never going to be a teardown. 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:12.960 Let's graphically show you control through twenty This is not 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:16.280 every player, this is some key guys. Team control through 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:20.040 twenty seven. You got Adlie Bautista, Toddler Wells, Dean Kramer 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:22.440 through twenty eight, you got Gunner and you got you 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:26.560 near Cano through twenty nine, Jordan Westberg and Colton Towser 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:31.320 through twenty thirty, Pete Alonzo, Shane Boz Blaize, Alexander Jackson, 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:35.280 holiday Rico Garcia through thirty one is bradish Young and 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:38.199 Beaver's and oh, by the way, Visaio is through twenty 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:42.480