Friday Bird Droppings: Where it’s four days until the trade deadline

Good morning, Camden Chatters.

You know, when you lose 74 of your first 103 games, some of those defeats just aren’t going to stick out very much. Last night’s game against the Rays was one of those unremarkable, cookie-cutter losses. The Orioles didn’t have a huge meltdown or a series of embarrassing plays. They just flat out didn’t do enough to win, as usual. Tyler Young’s recap has the full details.

The now 2-14 Alex Cobb is not one of the Orioles who will be traded by next week’s deadline. But several other Orioles may be, including Adam Jones, Brad Brach...and dare I say Jonathan Schoop or Kevin Gausman? At this point, I could certainly get behind the “everything must go” mentality. I…