Jon Meoli

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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.

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Jon Meoli: Orioles rookie Brandon Young answered a lot of questions with his breakout start against the Mets
Brandon Young delivers a pitch during the second inning against the New York Mets.
Inside the Dugout: The anxiety of the 2025 trade deadline
This year, Jon Meoli just dreads that the MLB trade deadline exists at all.
The Orioles are objectively playing better of late, at 25-21 under interim manager Tony Mansolino.
Jon Meoli: With power galore, Orioles prospect Dylan Beavers is showcasing ‘a complete offense’
Beavers has been driving the ball all over and out of the park in Triple-A, a result of a tweak that seems to have been years in the making.
Outfielder Dylan Beavers, right, has a .911 OPS with a .319 batting average and 10 home runs at Triple-A Norfolk.
Arms on the Farm: Breaking down Orioles pitching prospect Trey Gibson
Gibson, a strikeout artist, is carving up Double-A just two years after signing as an undrafted free agent.
Since the start of 2024, Trey Gibson leads all Orioles pitching prospects with at least 100 innings with 12.49 strikeouts per nine innings.
Inside the Dugout: A disorienting June in Birdland
The offense that frustratingly has been nearly no-hit so often was good in June. Really good, in some ways.
The Texas Rangers’ dugout is decorated with a rainbow as the Baltimore Orioles play the Texas Rangers at Orioles Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore during Pride Night on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
Orioles roundtable: 4 key questions as July begins and the trade deadline looms
The July 31 trade deadline is the point of no return when it comes to the 2025 season: either sell and wave the white flag, or stand pat and strive to pull off the unlikely.
Shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) watches his teammates from the dugout during a game against the Detroit Tigers.
Enrique Bradfield Jr., Keagan Gillies to represent Orioles in All-Star Futures Game
Held the weekend before the MLB All-Star Game each year, the All-Star Futures Game is a showcase of some of the most talented players in the minors.
After an injury setback, Enrique Bradfield Jr. has a .714 OPS with as many walks (21) as strikeouts at Double-A, and he has 13 stolen bases in 15 tries.
Jon Meoli: How the Orioles rebuilt pitcher Trevor Rogers from the ground up
Rogers has regained a spot in the Orioles’ rotation and looked as close to the All-Star he was in 2021 as he has in years.
Trevor Rogers has posted a 1.62 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings with the Orioles.
Jon Meoli: Inside Orioles top prospect Samuel Basallo’s offensive and defensive development at Norfolk
With Adley Rutschman and Maverick Handley hitting the injured list within the last week and the Orioles opting for journeymen deputies rather than Basallo, the 20-year-old backstop’s development has come into focus of late.
Baltimore Orioles prospect Samuel Basallo warms up during the team’s spring training practice on February 20, 2024.
Inside the Dugout: The numbers behind the Orioles’ turnaround
Tuesday marks a month since the day we can truly say the Orioles started to turn things around, perhaps for good — but not before sneaking in one more loss.
Ramón Laureano celebrates with Gunnar Henderson after hitting a three-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Inside the Dugout: 6 thoughts on the trade deadline
The July 31 deadline has become a de facto measuring stick for how much ground the Orioles can make up in the standings and how quickly they can do it.
Baltimore Orioles general manager Mike Elias will have some interesting decisions to make at the trade deadline.
Jon Meoli: Tarik Skubal was another challenge the Orioles weren’t up for
Tarik Skubal has thrown two scoreless outings against the Orioles this season.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ lineup is finally close to whole. That should make a difference.
There are seven names written in pen every night — Jackson Holliday, Gunnar Henderson, Adley Rutschman, Ryan O’Hearn, Colton Cowser, Jordan Westburg and Cedric Mullins.
Baltimore Orioles' Cedric Mullins (31) practices swings while on deck during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Inside the Dugout: The emotional swings of the Orioles’ recent play
We had good feelings about the Orioles as they began their series against the Athletics, but they’ve been teetering ever since.
We were high on the Orioles when they began their series against the Athletics. But they’ve been teetering ever since.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles are winning again. What should we make of it?
After every win comes the moment when you check the standings and start doing the mental math of what it will take for this team to play meaningful baseball again.
Second baseman Jackson Holliday and outfielder Colton Cowser celebrate the Orioles’ win Wednesday in Seattle, one of six straight.
Jon Meoli: Heston Kjerstad has examples in Orioles clubhouse of poor starts turning quickly
Ryan Mountcastle has been advising the young slugger during his early-career slump.
Orioles outfielder Heston Kjerstad is hitting under .200 with an OPS in the mid-.500s.
Jon Meoli: Ryan Mountcastle no longer has to worry about a deep left-field wall. Where is the power?
The Orioles first baseman is in one of the worst spells of his career, entering Wednesday with just two home runs and a .606 OPS
First baseman Ryan Mountcastle doubles to right field against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
Inside the Dugout: What Tottenham can teach Orioles fans
This has been a brutal Orioles season for so many reasons, all made worse because it’s not supposed to be this way.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: Manager Brandon Hyde #18 of the Baltimore Orioles talks to his players during a pitching change in the seventh inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on April 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
Jon Meoli: However it goes, the rest of this Orioles season is going to be weird
Can anybody really be thinking about ... playoffs?
Baltimore Orioles' Ramón Laureano warms up before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Milwaukee.
Jon Meoli: 3 years after his call-up, Adley Rutschman has regressed. So have the Orioles.
The Orioles morphed into a winning team when Rutschman arrived on May 21, 2022. Rutschman’s fourth season has not been anything like the first three.
Adley Rutschman (35) reacts after striking out against Kansas City Royals pitcher Kris Bubic on May 3.
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