The Banner Baseball Show

What now? Orioles swept out of the playoffs again

There aren’t many positives to take away from how the Orioles’ season ended. Baltimore has lost 10 consecutive playoff games after being swept by the Royals in the Wild Card Series.
Paul Mancano and Danielle Allentuck recap a frustrating conclusion to the season and look ahead to an important offseason.

Orioles vs. Royals: Who has the edge in Wild Card Series?

The Orioles are set to host the Royals in the Wild Card Series, pitting them against a team they got the better of in the regular season. But this is not the same Kansas City ballclub Baltimore faced in April.
From Camden Yards, Paul Mancano and Danielle Allentuck preview the best-of-three series, diving into each potential pitching matchup.

The Orioles are in! Are they built for October?

The Orioles punched their ticket to the postseason on Tuesday night with an impressive win over the Yankees. They may not look like the dominant regular season team they were in 2023, but is this year’s squad built better for the playoffs than last year’s?
Live from Yankee Stadium, Paul Mancano and Danielle Allentuck relive a jubilant night in the O’s clubhouse. Then they look ahead to the final five games of the regular season and the wild card series that awaits.

Did Anthony Santander just save the Orioles' season??

Orioles beat writer Danielle Allentuck joins host Paul Mancano to discuss Anthony Santander's dramatic walk-off home run on Thursday (2:03), Craig Kimbrel's designation for assignment (9:32), playoff scenarios (13:54) and injury updates on Jordan Westburg, Grayson Rodriguez and more (15:41).

Here's how the Orioles can overtake the Yankees and win the AL East

Baltimore is just a half game back of the Yankees in the American League East with 16 games play, and they stand to improve with the impending returns of several key players.
Host Paul Mancano is joined by columnist Kyle Goon to discuss Albert Suárez's clutch start (1:20) and Cedric Mullins’ second-half turnaround (4:57), then set the stage for the final 2 1/2 weeks of the regular season (8:25) before providing updates on Jordan Westburg, Grayson Rodriguez and all the injured O's (14:56).

Panic meters for Corbin Burnes, Adley Rutschman and more injuries

It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times.
The Orioles are just a half game back of the Yankees for first place in the AL East, but since the start of July, they’ve been playing subpar baseball. Is this a team in freefall? Or a sleeping giant just waiting to get their stars back?
Andy Kostka joins Paul Mancano to discuss the O's poor second half (2:21), then break out the panic meter to dissect Corbin Burnes' August struggles (9:46), compiling injuries (20:25) and Adley Rutschman's declining production (26:27).

Have the Orioles become too homer happy?

The Orioles are second in Major League Baseball in home runs, behind only the Yankees. But have they become too reliant on the long ball?
Host Paul Mancano is joined by Jon Meoli to discuss Baltimore’s offensive inconsistencies, injury-plagued rotation and tough situation with Félix Bautista.

Lamenting the bullpen and catching up on the farm system with Bob Phelan

The Orioles no longer have the best farm system in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline, but there are some intriguing new names for fans to monitor in their top-30 list.
Bob Phelan of the On The Verge Podcast joins Paul Mancano to talk about the Orioles' bullpen issues (0:55) and break down the team's top prospects (6:11), including Coby Mayo (10:20), Enrique Bradfield Jr. (12:22), Vance Honeycutt (14:17), Brandon Young (16:00), Patrick Reilly (18:40) and more.

Sure, the Orioles are scuffling. But so is everyone else.

Since jumping out to 53-31 record through the first three months of the season, the Orioles have played sub-.500 baseball. But as the O’s have scuffled, so have the other members of baseball’s top tier: the Yankees, Guardians, Phillies and Dodgers have all shown worrisome deficiencies in the second half.
Danielle Allentuck joins Paul Mancano to contextualize the Orioles’ recent struggles (1:17), discuss Grayson Rodriguez’s injury (7:37) and dissect Coby Mayo’s rough introduction to the big leagues (20:09).

Grayson Rodriguez's injury, Jackson Holliday's resurgence and Eloy Jiménez's revenge tour

Jackson Holliday’s first stint in the big leagues could’ve gone better, but the real Holliday – an athletic, sweet-swinging infielder with sky-high potential – was always there. Now, the 20-year-old is showing what he’s capable of.
Paul Mancano is joined by Kyle Goon to discuss Anthony Santander’s impressive season (2:00), Grayson Rodriguez’s injury (4:44), Holliday’s resurgence (21:45) and Eloy Jiménez’s hot start with the O’s (27:23) and more.