The Trade Deadline Truth Buy, Sell or Both [zHjth9G1FPm]
Orioles fans yesterday was wild. Ten to nine in extra innings after being down seven to nothing. This a day after giving up a run in all eight innings. It was chaos. It was beautiful. It was everything this team is. And everything this team is not. Craig Albernaz managed a good game. Jackson Holliday looked better. Colton Cowser came through against a tough left handed pitcher. Two out of three in Detroit. But the inconsistency is impossible to ignore. One day they look like a contender. The next day they look like a team that should sell at the deadline. Let us talk about the Dean Kremer Pete Alonso moment. The can you see clip. Dean Kremer was not trying to be a jerk. Athletes talk like that. He wanted to know if Alonso could see the throw so he could adjust. It was not malicious. It was not disrespect. It was communication between teammates. That is all it was. Now the Baltimore Sun wrote something that hit hard. Josh Talentino said the Orioles have not done enough to justify buying at the deadline. He said they are middling. He said they are running out of time. He said they are too inconsistent. He said Detroit showed the extremes of this club. He is right. Fourteen to nothing one day. Ten to nine the next. That is not a contending identity. That is a coin flip. And contenders do not flip coins in August and September. So here is the uncomfortable truth. Sell. Sell Adley Rutschman. His value is at its peak. He is under control. He is an all star. He can help a contender immediately. You will never get a better return than right now. And he is not re signing here. Elias basically said it. You trade him now or you lose him for nothing later. The Manny Machado trade taught us everything. A platinum glove third baseman. Thirty home runs. One hundred runs batted in. And the Orioles got Dean Kremer. That is what happens when you wait too long. You get pennies for a superstar. You cannot let that happen again. Adley can bring back a top of the rotation arm. A monster left hander. A young gun. A real piece. Teams will pay for a catcher who can hit in September. They will pay for a switch hitter. They will pay for someone under control next year. You trade him now or you regret it forever. Taylor Ward is gone. Mismanaged. Wrong spot in the lineup. Wrong role. He will hit thirty home runs again somewhere else. Not here. Trevor Rogers is not signing here. He is getting paid. Big money. Not twenty million. More like thirty five. He is gone too. Colton Cowser is interesting. He is a good center fielder. He is under control. He can hit. He can be moved. Weird things happen at the deadline. But Jackson Holliday is not being traded. Stop reading nonsense. Too much control. Too much value. The Orioles are unpredictable. They can beat the Dodgers. They can lose fourteen to nothing. They can come back from seven down. They can disappear for a week. And that is why the deadline matters. Join us Monday at four p.m. for live trade deadline coverage. Michael Sullivan. Matt Faulkner. Sean Ferguson. Sloan Johnson. All the trades. All the reactions. All the honesty. No sugarcoating. #JoeRossanosOriolesReport #OriolesReport #BirdlandLive #OriolesBaseball #MLB2026 FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material. The material is made available for educational and informational purposes only. The use of this material constitutes fair use under Title seventeen United States Code Section one hundred seven. All rights and credit go directly to the original owners. No copyright infringement is intended.