MLB Rundown Long stretch of games for O’s – facing Astros, Red Sox, Nationals & GuardiansAL West strength who will prevail into Wild Card spot – Astros, Mariners & Rangers NL East – Atlanta Braves rule across entire ALCompare Braves & Brewers  pretty evenly matched in starting pitching BaseballBiz visit to Camden Yards – Avid & loud fans with a Sold Out crowd of 43,000 plus fansMat’s visit to Camden Yards, sat in the vanishing left field seats w/Blue Jays fansFinding moments & milestones with Yandy DiazSelect a Rays jersey with player longevity with the Rays - Isaac Paredes Yandy & Isaak quietly build a great body of baseball workGame 2 – Zach Eflin was on fire against the Orioles Eflin, the most important & steady confident player of the Rays. Cy Young award talkGame 3 with Orioles – Tyler’s pitching was off and Rays lostGrayson Rodriguez - pitched a career-high 8 scoreless innings on 7 strikeouts & 5 hits (O's Game Notes) ‘he fanned Curtis Mead on a 100.1 mph fastball in the 2nd inning, the 2nd fastest strikeout pitch by an O’s starter in the Statcast era …His 117 strikeouts this season are the 10th-most by an O’s rookie at 23 years oldNo Yankees & Red Sox this postseason Grayson Rodriguez & Shane McClanahan comparisons on style and healthBrandon Lowe – (O's Game Notes) slugged his 21st home run of the season in the first inning; marked the 105th homer of his career, surpassing Carl Crawford for sole possession of 6thplace on the Rays all-time home run list…Also marked his 202nd career extra-base hit, tying him w/Fred McGriff for eighth-most in team historyGame 4 – 11 inning loss for the Rays  Why did Kevin Cash use Pete Fairbanks for 2 innings Rays face Angels nextShohei Ohtani Ray Bourque & the Boston Bruins path could that be the same for Mike TroutAngels need an Alex Anthopoulos style GM to rebuild their organization – perhaps Chaim BloomPirates could be a model for a new Angels pathWill Rays keep a .600 record for the remaining season?Teams with a Bye may go cold with time off at the beginning of postseasonThe Stadium of the Future – Virtual Ballpark – with live - on-field avatarsAppleTV & MLB –  a camera shot from the seats with the Canadian broadcast Rays’ Tristan Gray (O's Game Notes) Gray made his 1st MLB start, 1st career hit, and launched his first career home run in the 8th inningThanks to Mat Germain. Mat can be found on Twitter @Mat_Germain_   Mark can be found on Twitter @TheBaseballBiz BaseballBiz can be found on iheartradio, Stitcher, Apple,Spotify & Google podcasts & @TheBaseballBiz on Twitter & https://www.baseballbizondeck.com Please like, follow and comment. Let us know your thoughts about the show. DM Mark on Twitter  X @TheBaseballBiz Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"