The Bird Brains Baseball Show

Better baseball in future?  The brains talk about situational hitting and the lack of baseball IQ right now in Baltimore. Changes continue in the warehouse and will Craig Albernaz be the guy to get the team back to basics? 

Hope is the theme this week albeit a longshot for the O's post season chances.  Pete Alonso's return to NY is celebrated and some talk about his leadership and the team's future. 

The boys discuss an article from CBS Sports.com https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/polarizing-hitting-approach-took-over-mlb-driveline-baseball-kristian-campbell/ involving the use of DRIVELINE's Baseball data driven performance hitting techniques and how the Orioles are being affected by the infection.  

Bird Turds, Bird of Prey, .500 baseball for a minute and the end of a 10 game errorless streak.  Just another week of Orioles baseball. Dave and Jeff are still grumpy but the playoff quest continues. 

Derek joins Jeff and Dave and talks about how Craig Albernaz needed to support his team like Earl Weaver.  Alonso is king and Blaze Alexander is almost back all that and more on this episode. 

Dave and Jeff discuss, "Out of the playoffs, no we're In, No..." the up and down week that represents an entire Orioles season.  And "Where are our young pitcher's, why not in the pen?" 

Dave is back and discusses his take on the trade deadline moves.  Unearned Run % stat is identified and discussed as a problem area inside all levels of the Orioles system.

Derek sits in for Dave on a post trade deadline session trying to make sense of the loss of Adley Rutchman and why it may or may not make sense.

The southern information desk takes over the show this week.  Derek runs down the likely names we think will be involved with the Orioles at the trade deadline. 

A Houston Sweep and 7 game win streak keeps the O's season alive.  Derek joins the boys this week and praises Pete Alonso as the leader the team needs. 

The All Star break comes in the midst of the O's first 4 game winning streak and the boys talk about buying/selling at the trade deadline.  Also a quick look at the Orioles top 5 draft selections from this year's class.

A despondent pair of Brain Cells try to figure out if the Orioles will be big sellers at the trade deadline or whether Mike Elias will try to stay the course. 

A lost week that may make for a lost season. The O's are entering the July 4th weekend 8 games under .500 and no signs of a turn around.  The Bird Brains talk about how it's been since the Mike Elias "Lift Off".

In need of some therapy the Bird Brains were into handing out well earned Bird Turd awards.  A series win against the Dodgers albeit with a blown sweep was uplifting but was neutralized by a horrific series loss to the lowly Angels. 

It's all about pitching..well mostly.  Jeff and Dave talk about pitching by the league leaders and how the Orioles compare.  Also, how will the O's approach the draft and are fundamentals being addressed in the minors? 

The Brains talk about the Birds and discuss the inconsistencies this team shows.  Speculation runs rampant about a potential trade of Adley Rutchman and the boys chime on that one. 

Derek pinch hits for Dave this week and settles his position on the impact of analytics on baseball. The O's had a good week and talk about the significance of May 13th on the team.

 Good starting pitching and some timely hits have given Birdland some hope.  Dave and Jeff talk about the importance of the starting pitching and continuing to play clean baseball as June begins.  

Lamenting a 1-5 week with the Birds, today the boys discuss why analytics based coaching/decision making doesn't necessarily result in "Good Baseball".  Inspiration was taken from Ben McDonald's post game comments.