Yep. When you figure that the Orioles used their 5,6, and 7th best pitchers and still won 2 of 3 it's pretty evident. Also, they are more of a complete team - most of the Orioles came up together and have great chemistry. Also, seems to be mentally tougher. They most likely will win the season series and tiebreakers now that they have won 5 of 7.

Orioles best players are every bit as good as the Yankees best players - Burns, Henderson, Rutschman - O's not just better in June but for the last year and a half.

Gil was the first time our SP's have had a disaster where they dont even reach 3IP. SP has been really really good.

there is a huge difference between a team that wins because they hit tons of homers against weak pitching...and trying to beat a TEAM..that hits runs fields and pitches,,,

It’s all about chemistry and boy the Orioles have that

Benefits of tanking. It works, just ask the Astros.

With 14 teams making the playoffs nowadays, the entire 162 game schedule is now the rough equivalent of Spring Training. Look at Baltimore and Atlanta going down meekly last year.

If the Orioles had a heathy Means, Bradish and Bautista, this division would be over.

Starters have been good but don't go deep enough. That's on Boone.

Yankees are not a World Series team right now. They've obviously got the resources to (potentially) bridge the gap but they won't be a championship team without addressing some gaping holes. And no, signing flotsam like Tim Hill isn't going to help.

The Yankees need batters at 1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base, and at cather. Those positions are holding the Yankees back.

I get it that you are from New York and a Yankee homer. But Corbin Burnes is EVERY bit as good as Gerrit Cole AND 4 Years younger. A simple Google search will show you that Cole has NEVER had a season as good as Burnes is having this year. They both have won Cy Young awards. If you want to argue that Soto and Judge are better hitters than anyone on the O's that's fine. But the problem with the Yankees is that beyond them their offense is thin. They only have 3 other good/decentish hitters (Volpe, Stanton, Verdugo). Look at what the O's have and that is not to mention THREE top 20 prospects sitting at AAA. The Orioles lineup currently is 7 deep (because Mullins hasn't hit until the Yankees series) not 5 deep like the Yankees.

Mike: You may have two of the biggest stars but the O's have a complete team with numerous allstar caliper players, limited holes too fill, and they have the depth unlike the Yankees who have as many holes as a slice of swiss cheese. O's are a better team! O's will get stronger at Trade deadline.

You don't think you need a right fielder that can actually judge a line drive?

I used to love watching this week in baseball. Johnny was the host and explained everything. I no longer love baseball anymore.

Put the Rice in at 1st and leave him alone, enough of the damm musical chairs with the kids, same with Wells, Trevino has been exposed finally, surprised it didn't happen earlier, now im thinking about do the same with Cabrera at 3rd, make a youth movement, can't hurt .

I sincerely appreciate your honesty and candor. Been an orioles fan all my life, but I grew up in Yankee country North Jersey, and hearing this admission from you has been much more than a breath of fresh air. The Orioles did the same thing to Zack wheeler a few days ago and despite doing it to two aces in a game 3 situation rubber match, everyone in mainstream media claims the pitchers didn’t have their stuff and it was their fault. As if to say the White Sox would have had the same success on this day. Or that the 10 runs driven in against the relief pitchers of NY didn’t happen. Absolutely no one wants to talk about how we got to Holmes in a big way both days. Even in the 4-2 game, how many at-him balls did we hit? How many hard hit balls total? They were all signs of what was to come, the homer was just the loudest sign, but it would seem no one heard it. I think Cole having incredible location and some generous calls helped a lot, but I think even he was in trouble in the 5th. Baseball Gods wouldn’t have given him that run if it wasn’t supposed to be that way. I think he got away with one. I also think that those few innings played a key role in the following day’s explosion. This team is like an avalanche every series. They start out a little slow, sometimes unlucky but even when they’re slow they will hit 1 or 2 long balls just a question of solo or weaver. Then second game we score 5-7 at least usually, usually a comeback win or some sort whether it’s them just scoring in the top of the first or us losing a lead late, or somewhere between. Point is it’s a close game and we excel in close games, never out of a game, if you’re up by 4 in the 4th and think the lead is safe you’re going to lose by a wide margin. So I’d bet 4+ is the season average roughly, and then the third game is domination. Whether it’s an early 3 run inning and an ace pitching a shut out or 17 runs, the point is, as a fan it’s all fun and games. You’re never nervous about what’s gonna happen. They answer all questions early and often. If the pitching staff can just hold together and they sign Burnes to a long deal, and lock down each major piece one at a time since the payroll has room(3rd lowest around $94 million compared to Yankees third highest $305 million?)and this team can win a lot. Like a lot a lot for a long time. So that “right now” part of the title is probably going to work its way out of these kinds of publications in the future.

Do you think Torres will turn it around this year?

The Orioles have plenty of good contact hitting left handed pitchers and good contact right handed hitters 1996 Yankees like. The Yankees are 1996 Juan Gonzalez lineup like.

I don’t trust Holmes but tell me the guy they can get who will replace him? Emanuel clase is not getting traded here. I’ve watched tanner Scott and mason miller give up more walk offs than Clay has in recent weeks. I just don’t see an answer we can get

Mike..no comments or thoughts on the passing of Willie Mays?

Fight today so you can live tomorrow. Its more important to defend Judge than win at this point in the season. Gil was disappointing. That is the key worry, but you have Cole and time to get him right.

Mike is right for now the O's are better than the NY team but that can change at a moment's notice the NY team can just go out and give a boatload of money for the guy they want from some small market team who can't say no cause they still want to be viable in the league so they gotta sell no need to try all that hard building a team when money is no object and then act like they're competing in good faith ,WHAT A GD JOKE!!

And we beat the Yankees without our best pitchers in the game. What does that say about the yankees??

Perhaps not. Baseball is going to Baseball. Look how the Orioles have been waxed by the Astros recently. Repeatedly. Also the Cardinals swept them a couple of weeks ago. It’s a long season.

Let Henderson use Judge's PED cycle and he will be the best player in the sport for the next decade. 23 year old switch hitting 3B that can mash, field and run ... he's even walking more and striking out less this season. Stud.

Rodon and Gil have turned to pumpkins.

Yankees are beating up on sub 500 teams last 2 series against the Sox and orioles there 2-4 end of story

I don't agree, and of couse he is saying this before playing the A's , but Yankees are done, a bad debacle is incoming.

You should be worried about gleyber mike

If Judge was out by the HBP for 2 months plus.....the season would have been over.... Judge hitting over .300 is best hitter in the game...everything I just said is known by everyone in this galaxy. ~thank god I was here. BTW~ Verdugo needs to mature ~ he is a child~ act like you have been there before and don't incite WW3. Alex is a 6 year veteran for god's sake. I worry about Torres defense and mental prep...his confidence is so variable. Throwing errors, fielding errors, base running blunders... he should be peaking in his career at his age... but he is so weak minded.

hes right about Wild Card

But O's have the MOSTteam home runs in the MLB!?

Cleveland will be a tough out in the playoffs.

Stopped listening at 'Dont worry about Torrres".. Worst 2B in league for years..

Tampa is not going to make a run this year, Mike and neither is Houston.

Problem is the yankees will never tank the orloea sont care to suck for years the orioles have stocked up on top pick after top pick.. and yea i know henderson was a second rd pick

Mason. Miller. Make it happen before the Dodgers do, because they're gonna....

Mike doesn't worry about Torres at all???? I don't either, because he'll be gone from NYC after this year.

Mike, Seton Hall might have won a game. Definitely not two games! WAKE UP!!

Baltimore folded badly in last year's playoffs. I'm not ready to coronate them...

Orioles swept the Rays in Tampa 4 straight. Beat the best team in the NL the Phillies 2 out of 3. And now beat the best team in the American League the Yankees 2 out of 3. Yet the Yankees and O's will play a best of 5 ALDS if everything remains the same. What a joke...

I think judge getting hit scared the team. Rizzo going down didn't help either. They'll be fine. Just regroup

Mike what do you mean your not worried about torrez....????......yougottabekiddinme.....

The Orioles guys are still at peak testosterone age. 5 men as of June 22 with 800 ops or higher

This reminds me of 2022 with the Yankees cruising along with the best record in baseball go to Boston for three games, lose two (I believe the last two on both occasions), and play .500 the rest of the season. The Orioles are better than the Yankees. Period.

Yankees will never win a World Series with softie players manager Aaron Boone. As usual Stanton is hurt again and the Yankees will lose again in the playoffs. BTW Orioles payroll is 1/10 of the Yankees.

When the Mets sweep them it’s gonna get even uglier.

DJ has no leg power and so cannot count on him to hit anymore. Bench player.

Go Grimace

Orioles don't have playoff experience the Yankees will beat them come playoff time that's all that matters to me

What’s gonna change Mike?

Yankees aren't as good as Baltimore, and they're not as good as the Dodgers.... They're not winning a World Series this year....imo

Yankees are soft Mike. They can’t close October!

Sorry Mike, the Orioles are better PERIOD! Stop with RIGHT NOW crap, the Orioles are only gonna get better because they can literally go out and get anyone they want because they got prospects that everyone wants and plenty of money

The same dooms day commentators on this page will jump on the band wagon come October if the Yanks prevail.

Jason Giambi would beat these Orioles

NYY have two players that are better than O's best - so what! NYY best can easily be shut down by average pitching - not good - but average! they showed that against the roid sox. Gil didn't exactly shut down the roid sox and we all know Cole can't pitch against them (never could)! I think the good teams are starting to figure him out. And i'd be worried about the roid sox because if they are in any sort of playoff against NYY - the Yanks are done! The only hope NYY have of advancing anywhere is they don't face the roid sox. They have no pitching - freakin none - none that can be trusted in the playoffs. Trashman and Boone gotta go...as soon as possibro! You know why? Cause Trashman gonna do shieeet again this year. Same shit as last year!

Orioles are vastly superior to Yankees. YANKS wildcard out first round

Its june u oriole fans want to crown the championship rn.. its basebal u won a hundred games last year howd u guys do in the playoffs u couodnt win a game its a long season do it in october wen it counta ans then u guys get all the credit..

The only area the Yanks might be better is starting pitching? But as a whole the O's are better. They are younger and faster. Im sick of Gleyber and slow ass Stanton. DJ and Rizzo are showing age. Cashman cannot build a winner without the late Gene Michael and Bob Watson. For the love of god Fire Cashman and fix that hideous bullpen.

Yankees bully bad teams. When time comes to play a legit team like BAL or LA, they fold

Wrong. They aren’t a better team than the Yankees. Orioles have to be the most overrated team I’ve ever seen. Not ONE guy hitting .300. Give me a break

I got news for you Little Mikey Francesa, the Orioles are the Yankees daddy, past history of Yankees dominance is over, Get used to it