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Matt Blood, the vice president of player and staff development and a longtime member of the Orioles’ front office, is no longer with the organization, three sources told The Banner.

Blood had been with Baltimore since 2019 in various player development and scouting roles. He joined during president of baseball operations Mike Elias’ first season, and Blood rose to run point on Baltimore’s amateur draft in 2024 and 2025.

This year, the Orioles changed their draft process, installing Will Robertson to lead the amateur scouting arm of the organization.

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The Orioles, through a spokesperson, declined to comment on Blood’s departure. Blood, when reached via text message, declined to comment.

In the winter, Blood was one of multiple members of the front office to receive a new role. He was named vice president of player and staff development. He continued to oversee minor league player development and operations, but his duties expanded to include support of the major league coaching staff under first-year manager Craig Albernaz.

Blood was “shifting focus to helping Albernaz build and manage the coaching staff and the player development environment at the major league level,” Elias said at the GM meetings in the offseason. “So Matt’s going to be consistently involved with player development across all areas of the organization.”

This is a major shakeup of a front office dealing with a second straight season of underperformance.

The Orioles hired Blood from the Texas Rangers, for whom he served as the director of player development and baseball innovations. Previously, Blood worked as a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals.

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At the time of his hiring, an Orioles statement said Blood’s duties included staff recruitment, technology programs and player development strategies throughout the minors.

The Orioles’ front office has dealt with a few role changes. Elias was promoted from general manager to president of baseball operations prior to the 2025 season, although that didn’t become public until late in the season.

The team added former Washington Nationals scouting director Danny Haas to be a special assistant to the general manager, as well. However, despite an opening at general manager, the Orioles didn’t fill the position over the winter.