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The latest from Jon Meoli
Jon Meoli: Chris Davis returns as Orioles honor a past that haunts the present
Chris Davis returns to Baltimore at an inauspicious time.
Jon Meoli: The factors likely informing the Orioles’ trade deadline decision-making
I tried to identify the factors that might hold more influence over Mike Elias’ decision-making than we think.
Jon Meoli: Looking back on the Orioles’ 2025 trade deadline haul
The massive deadline teardown looks a year later to have been plenty worth it for the Orioles. The players acquired this time last year added quality and depth to their farm system.
Jon Meoli: Kyle Bradish’s extension adds to the good vibes around the Orioles
For the first time in a long time, it feels as if the Orioles are firmly heading in the right direction.
Jon Meoli: The 4 factors that will decide the Orioles’ second-half fate
The clustered American League playoff race almost ensures the Orioles are going to play meaningful baseball into September, and it’s up to them to take advantage of that.
Jon Meoli: Jackson Holliday is on the cusp of 1,000 plate appearances. Can he still develop into a star?
Since 1995, 22 players have made at least 1,000 major league plate appearances by the end of their age 22 seasons.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles went against type in the draft. The risk involved might inform their deadline plans.
Look at all the big trades and big contracts the Orioles have handed out. Look at all the high school draftees they’re about to sign. There’s a risk tolerance here that we haven’t seen before.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles need someone to play the hero in the second half
It’s not as if this is a team full of scrubs. What’s missing from a lineup in which five everyday players are meaningfully above average is greatness.
Jon Meoli: Will Robertson coded in the clubhouse as a minor leaguer. Now he’s running the Orioles’ draft.
“With his former playing background and his intelligence, that’s a really strong combination, and it helped him have a feel for players on day one,” Orioles vice president of pro scouting Mike Snyder said.
Jon Meoli: Breaking down the prospects who make the Orioles’ 2025 draft class its most encouraging in years
The 2025 class is a group that, as it stands now, is generating a lot of enthusiasm within the Orioles organization. Here’s how their seasons have gone so far.
Jon Meoli: If the Orioles even give Mike Elias a trade deadline choice, buying is the only one
COLUMN | Mike Elias’ recent comments made it sound like he wants to buy at the trade deadline. The Orioles have lost three in a row since then.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles are getting better at what matters. But nothing will if they keep beating themselves.
COLUMN | It’s a fair bet the upward trend for the Orioles’ offense and rotation can continue. It’s a lot harder to put your money behind this team getting its act together.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ rotation is emerging as a strength as the first half ends. That shouldn’t change.
Over the last 30 games, the Orioles have won 15 of the 22 games in which the team’s starting pitcher has completed at least five innings and surrendered three or fewer earned runs.
Jon Meoli: How Blaze Alexander and Coby Mayo fixed both their seasons and the Orioles’ third base problem
In the last month, the third base position for the Orioles has been among the most productive in the league, providing an .816 OPS and 124 wRC+ that ranks fifth in baseball.
Jon Meoli: Samuel Basallo’s ‘uncomfortable’ wrist issue made for an uncomfortable week for the Orioles
COLUMN | Craig Albernaz holds Samuel Basallo to a high standard and hasn’t always waited for private moments to do so. It’s not about Albernaz, but he certainly knows that turning Basallo into a consistent, high-level catcher would reflect well on him and his staff, and make the Orioles good for a decade.
Jon Meoli: Cut a year ago by Seattle, Leody Taveras has turned his career around with the Orioles
COLUMN | Leody Taveras' .726 OPS for the season is good value for an Orioles team that has needed everything he does on and off the field.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles keep getting punched in the mouth and getting back up. I suggest they stop.
COLUMN | Just because the Orioles have demonstrated time and time again that they won’t stay down long, that doesn’t change the reality that all of this takes a toll.
Arms on the Farm: Breaking down fast-moving Orioles pitching prospect Joseph Dzierwa
Pitcher Joseph Dzierwa skipped Low-A Delmarva entirely and made quick work of High-A Frederick. He’s pitched three times at Double-A Chesapeake with a 3.24 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings.
