#633 Adley Trade

The trade we never thought Baltimore would actually make is real: Adley Rutschman is a Boston Red Sox. Matt and Josh take a beat and try to process what the move means—not only for the 2026 Orioles, but for the entire Mike Elias rebuild. They revisit Adley’s arrival as the face of a new era, debate the timing and value of the deal with Samuel Basallo already locked up, and ask the uncomfortable question: if “lift off” never really happened, why should Orioles fans trust the next phase? Plus: what the deadline says about Gunnar Henderson and the rest of...