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Leading OffHey, we claim this is a weekly podcast, but it’s only true during the season. After a three-week hiatus, we have returned to bring you all the lack of insight and baseless opinion that can be mustered from what the Orioles have been up to lately. This might get a little bumpy, so buckle up. We start, as always, with The Drink of the Week. Make sure to tell us what you’re up to via Twitter (@birdseyeviewbal), or on Untapped (jakee4025 and magn8606). This Week on the TwittersGirl, if you think more than two feet is impressive, you never spent a weekend with me. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah.— Seductive Tommy H (@SeductiveTommyH) January 23, 2016working on something exciting and new, i suggest you bookmark https://t.co/WWPHqByanj— Josh Sroka (@joshsroka) January 26, 2016I wonder if Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson will perform at Camden Yards for Orioles Farm Aid. On proceeds go to fix our farm system.— Orioles Uncensored (@OsUncensored) February 1, 2016Dear O's fan on Amtrak who commented to me at — Jim Duquette (@Jim_Duquette) February 4, 2016How important is a fifth starter to #Orioles? Maybe not so much. #OriolesTalkhttps://t.co/D85TiUBoH7— Rich DubroffMLB (@RichDubroffMLB) February 1, 2016 Mortgaging the FarmEmbed from Getty ImagesRemember FanFest, when Dan Duquette told us not to read the “crap” in the national publications about how thin the Orioles farm system is? Yeah, that makes for a great line, but the “crap” is still being written. The Orioles farm system is thin.The question is: should the Orioles be trying to win right now, at the expense of improving the system? Yes. We’re talking about the 14th pick that might be sacrificed if a player like Yvonni Gallardo or Dexter Fowler. Cobbling Together the RotationEmbed from Getty ImagesWe’re going to warn you now: this might get weird. Scott wonders would it be possible for the Orioles patch together the fifth rotation spot out of their leftover parts? Could Despaigne, Worley, Wright and Wilson serve as a collective fifth starter, while also logging innings in the bullpen and riding the Norfolk Shuttle?We talk through this approach,

