The Al Galdi Podcast Blue Wire

12:53 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on Eugene Shen leaving the Commanders after just eight months as the team's senior vice president of football strategy; what to make of Commanders team president Jason Wright per a report having been a finalist for Green Bay Packers chairman of the board, president and CEO; and the state of the rebuilding and tanking Wizards, who Standig covered for years

51:45 - Capitals: analysis of the Caps acquiring forward Andrew Mangiapane via trade with the Calgary Flames

55:01 - Orioles: breakdown of an 11-2 win over the Texas Rangers in a game in which the O's smashed four home runs and starting pitcher Corbin Burnes allowed one run in seven innings

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16:10- Commanders: discussion of what to make of Eugene Shen leaving the Commanders after just eight months as the team's senior vice president of football strategy

29:55 - Wizards: in-depth reaction to the Wizards reportedly agreeing to trade Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers and taking/acquiring three players in the first round of 2024 NBA Draft in Alex Sarr at No. 2, Carlton "Bub" Carrington at No. 14 and Kyshawn George at No. 24

41:30 - Nationals: analysis of an 8-5 loss at the San Diego Padres to complete a three-game sweep

51:59 - Orioles: breakdown of the O's ending their five-game losing streak with 4-2 win over the American League-leading Cleveland Guardians

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20:06 - Guest: ESPN NFL analytics expert Seth Walder on his grade for the Commanders' 2024 offseason, his assessment of the team's revamping of its football operations, whether he sees the Commanders as now being big on analytics, his thoughts on the team taking quarterback Jayden Daniels with the No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, why Walder especially likes the Commanders having signed edge defender Dorance Armstrong as an unrestricted free agent, two specific things that Walder does not like from the 2024 offseasons of two of the Commanders' NFC East rivals in the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys and more

48:22 - Nationals: analysis of a 9-7 loss at the San Diego Padres in a game that featured benches and bullpens emptying in the bottom of the first inning

01:00:33 - Orioles: breakdown of the O's suffering a fifth consecutive loss with a 10-8 loss to the American League-leading Cleveland Guardians despite the O's hitting four home runs

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19:50 - Commanders: reaction to and discussion of intel from ESPN NFL analyst and former Redskins safety Ryan Clark and ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter on the Commanders potentially trading for San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk, including the reveal that the Commanders turned down a trade for Aiyuk

33:46 - Nationals: analysis of a 7-6 10-inning loss at the San Diego Padres in a wild game in which the Nats overcame a 3-0 third-inning deficit but also blew a 6-3 10th-inning lead

41:40 - Orioles: breakdown of a 3-2 loss to the American League Central-leading Cleveland Guardians, giving the O's their first losing streak of at least four games in the 2024 regular season

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14:49 - Guest: NFL analyst Derek Brown of Fantasy Pros and Betting Pros on the Commanders, including why he is a big believer in the team's offense for the 2024 season, why he had Jayden Daniels as the QB1 in the 2024 NFL Draft, why Brown likes Daniels from a fantasy-football perspective for the 2024 season and how Brown arrived at the comp of former Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Randall Cunningham for Daniels

52:00 - Nationals: analysis of the Nats winning two out of three games at the National League West-worst Colorado Rockies, including a wild series for closer Kyle Finnegan

01:06:58 - Orioles: breakdown of the O's getting swept in three games at the Houston Astros

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16:13 - Guest: Pro Football Focus lead NFL Draft analyst Trevor Sikkema on the potential for the Commanders to go from worst to first in the NFC East, why rookie quarterbacks are doing better than ever before, why Sikkema is such a big fan of Commanders head coach Dan Quinn, whether the Commanders should trade for San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk if he's available, Sikkema's rankings of the Commanders' receiving corps and running-back unit and more

42:23 - Nationals: breakdown of a 5-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, including a deep dive on the Nats' struggling offense

01:01:39 - Orioles: in-depth reaction to a 17-5 win at the Major League-leading New York Yankees, improving the O's to 16-0-6 over their last 22 series against American League East opponents for the longest streak of not losing a series against a division opponent for any MLB team since divisions were introduced in 1969

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