First pitch at Camden Yards is 6:35 PM ET, and it's a full-circle start for Rodriguez, who was traded from Baltimore to the Angels for Taylor Ward. Nine months later, Rodriguez owns a 7.98 ERA in Anaheim and Ward is already gone again, flipped to Seattle at this year's deadline. Cade Povich gets the ball for Baltimore, patching together a rotation that lost multiple arms in the last 72 hours.
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Angels(43-69)
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1
Orioles(54-58)
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Best BetOrioles -154
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Baltimore's still the play here even after gutting half its roster. Sharp money in this market has piled onto the Orioles, and it's not hard to see why: Rodriguez owns a 7.98 ERA in his return trip, and the Angels are 43-69 for a reason. Lay the price and back Baltimore to win outright.
Both clubs are unrecognizable from a week ago. Baltimore shipped out Dean Kremer, Tyler Wells and — in the biggest move of their season — Adley Rutschman, sent to division rival Boston for a package of prospects and catcher Carlos Narváez. The Angels, finally admitting where they stand, moved José Soriano, Jo Adell and Brent Suter. Even with the roster in flux on both sides, Baltimore's still the price play in this market.
Grayson Rodriguez
(3-5)·7.17 ERA
Jul 29 vs Astros
ND
5.0IP
2ER
6K
2BB
98P
08/04 Lineup
Cade Povich
(2-1)·4.45 ERA
May 7 @ Marlins
ND
3.0IP
3ER
1K
2BB
43P
08/04 Lineup
That's the split screen of this series: Baltimore still projects as the better team mid-teardown, while the Angels are exactly who they said they'd be at the deadline. Los Angeles snapped a 4-game skid with a 3-0 shutout of Milwaukee, but the bigger story is a 43-69 record and, after years of buying at every deadline, actually selling.
Los Angeles Angels
(43-69)
Aug 2Wvs Brewers3-0
Aug 2Lvs Brewers1-3
Aug 1Lvs Brewers2-6
Jul 30Lvs Astros4-7
Jul 29Lvs Astros2-3
Baltimore Orioles
(54-58)
Aug 2Lvs Phillies0-8
Aug 1Lvs Phillies0-5
Jul 31Wvs Phillies6-4
Jul 29W@ Tigers10-9
Jul 28L@ Tigers0-14
Baltimore's form card tells its own story of whiplash — a lopsided loss to Detroit followed by a wild comeback win, then a pair of shutout losses to Philadelphia to close out the stretch. That's a team playing station-to-station baseball with its rotation and catching depth reshuffled inside a week.
Los Angeles Angels
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Fully healthy — no injuries to report
Baltimore Orioles
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Fully healthy — no injuries to report
The injury list hasn't done Baltimore any favors either. Ryan Mountcastle is out for months with an oblique strain on top of the broken foot that already cost him half the season, Samuel Basallo is dealing with shoulder inflammation, and Zach Eflin isn't pitching again until 2027 after Tommy John surgery. Povich, for his part, hasn't started a big-league game since May. None of that changes the standings gap — Baltimore's still well clear of a last-place Angels team with nothing left to sell.
