Jon Meoli
Baltimore Orioles columnist
Jon Meoli is the Baltimore Banner's Orioles columnist. He covered the team for the Baltimore Sun from 2016-2021, and started his own Orioles newsletter, Maximizing Playoff Odds, in 2022. Prior to that, Jon covered the Ravens and community news at the Sun. A Connecticut native, lives in Riverside with his wife, two children and cat.
The latest from Jon
Jon Meoli: Coby Mayo’s history of offseason improvements bodes well for the Orioles
Coby Mayo slugged 24 home runs and was one of the game’s best hitters in the second half. Here’s how he plans to build on that success.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles must decide if Colton Cowser is their everyday center fielder
COLUMN | Considering we’re talking about such an important position, the Orioles will need to have a high level of confidence in 2026 being an aberration for Cowser.
Jon Meoli: All the ways new Orioles GM Jared Banner can make an early impact
ANALYSIS | Jared Banner, the former assistant general manager of the Cubs who previously worked for the Mets and Red Sox, brings plenty of experience to the Orioles’ front office.
Orioles hire Jared Banner as general manager
Banner was assistant general manager of the Chicago Cubs.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ real lesson from these 2 great league championship series
COLUMN | I’m watching these games and thinking the Orioles need to decide how they want to operate, and what they want to be great at, then get to it. Fast.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ prospect contingent in the Arizona Fall League is more consequential than ever
COLUMN | The Orioles must decide which Rule 5-eligible prospects to add to their 40-man roster this fall or risk losing them to another club.
Jon Meoli: What I’m hearing about the Orioles’ general manager search
COLUMN | The Orioles’ hiring of a general manager to work under president of baseball operations Mike Elias is perhaps the more impactful thing they’ll do this winter.
Jon Meoli: The simple — yet complicated — path forward for Craig Albernaz and the Orioles
There are more questions about the roster and many of the players it’s built around than there were six months ago. They give the appearance of a front office in flux, if not disarray.
The Orioles beat themselves too many times. These were the most maddening examples.
If the Orioles didn’t beat themselves so many times, perhaps they’d be in the postseason.
Jon Meoli: Brandon Young’s home finale shows how he’s grown into an ‘overall pitcher’ for the Orioles
Against one of the league’s best offenses, Brandon Young did everything a proven big league starter should.
Jon Meoli: Not many players singularly define an era of Orioles baseball. Trey Mancini did.
COLUMN | Trey Mancini really defined the era between the two defining eras of the last 15 years here — the Buck Showalter peak and the Hyde Peak — and the opportunities to celebrate that aren’t going to be frequent.
Jon Meoli: Pete Alonso has given the Orioles his best. They’re on the verge of wasting it.
COLUMN | Pete Alonso is giving the Orioles more than they could have asked for. They need to play perfect baseball for the next nine games and get a lot of help to not completely waste it.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ front office shake-up speaks to their biggest challenge
COLUMN | Matt Blood’s departure shows the Orioles may be more willing than ever to shake things up at the highest levels of baseball operations if it means improving the product at the major league level.
Jon Meoli: Can the ‘Monsters’ in the Orioles’ Double-A rotation be better than past pitching waves?
With Chesapeake wrapping up its season this week in Richmond, here’s how the rotation is faring.
Jon Meoli: As the Orioles welcome back Adley Rutschman, their deadline trades loom large
COLUMN | The trade that had a seismic impact on the Orioles’ season is a month old. The more we learn about what the Orioles yielded in return, the rosier the outlook gets.
Jon Meoli: Luis De León’s fastball focus once again saved his season. This time, it brought him to the big leagues.
The ability to use his sinker inside to righties set De León on the course for Coors Field on Tuesday, where he made a major league debut that a few months ago would have seemed very unlikely.
Jon Meoli: Evaluating a key piece of the Orioles’ Adley Rutschman trade
It’s Year 4 of Arms on the Farm, which uses observation, data, pitcher and coach insights, and scout opinions to assess the Orioles’ prospects.
Jon Meoli: Once Pete Alonso adjusted to fatherhood, he started slugging again
What matters now, for him and the Orioles, is that he figured things out relatively quickly.
Jon Meoli: After struggling, Dylan Beavers is back to hitting fastballs for the Orioles. Here’s how.
On the home stand that just ended, something clicked for the Orioles’ rookie outfielder, who homered on fastballs in three straight games after entering the week with three home runs total.
Jon Meoli: How Pete Alonso is taking a hands-on role in helping Gunnar Henderson salvage his season
“There’s a lot of similar movements between him and I, so I’m helping and providing advice based on things that I’ve had to figure out, navigate through and, ultimately, we’re not changing anything,” Alonso said.
