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Steve On Baseball Podcast
by Steve Melewski
Steve Melewski hosts this podcast on baseball and specifically the Baltimore Orioles at the major and minor league levels. Great conversations with great guests. steveonbaseball.substack.com
Episodes
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Today's guest: Baseball America's Carlos Collazo
We are now one week away from the start of the 2026 MLB Draft. The first four rounds will be selected on Saturday July 11 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Philadelphia. Rounds five through 20 go off on Sunday July 12. The Steve on Baseball podcast returned today with a great guest - Baseball America...
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Today's guest: Frederick LHP Joseph Dzierwa
His pro career is off to a fine start for the High-A Frederick Keys. Lefty Joseph Dzierwa is 3-1 with a 2.33 ERA for Frederick. Over 27 innings he’s allowed just 15 hits with seven walks to 29 strikeouts. Showing a low-to-mid 90s heater and plus changeup, he has an 0.81 WHIP and opponents are...
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Today's guest: Frederick Keys manager Collin Woody
Collin Woody, once drafted by the Orioles in Round 38 of the 2016 MLB Draft, is my guest this week on the Steve on Baseball podcast. It’s a return trip for Woody on the podcast. We first talked late last year when he was the manager of the Low-A Delmarva Shorebirds. This season Woody, age 31, is...
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Today's guest: O's RHP Trey Gibson
For a pitcher that was signed after the 2023 MLB Draft out of Liberty University, right-hander Trey Gibson had quite the 2025 season on the O’s farm. He started with High-A Aberdeen, making nine appearances before he moved to Double-A Chesapeake and rolled through 10 starts with an ERA of 1.55…
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Video entry: Checking in with a few notes after O's latest spring win
The Orioles have back-to-back wins for the first time in the Grapefruit League after beating Tampa Bay 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon. It was a well-pitched game, as seven Baltimore pitchers combined on a four-hitter with 12 strikeouts. Reliever Andrew Kittredge allowed a three-run shot in the fourth...
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Today's guest: Dan Szymborski
Just two Polish guys from Baltimore on the podcast today talking Orioles. Like myself, Dan Szymborski is from Baltimore and is a popular radio and podcast guest this time of year to discuss his ZiPS projection system which can be found on FanGraphs.com. That stands for Zymborski Projection…
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Today's guest: The O's Anthony Villa
At the ripe “old” age of just 31, Anthony Villa is about to begin his third season as one of the top front office members running the O’s farm system. He is the club’s Director of Player Development. Villa, hired by the Orioles ahead of the 2020 season, has been a fast riser in the organization,...
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Spring training starts this week! A video entry as players soon take the field in Sarasota
Now that the Super Bowl is in the record books for another year, many sports fans, and certainly our baseball-loving fans here, turn their attention to hardball. O’s pitcher and catchers report tomorrow to Sarasota and the first workout is set for Wednesday. In this video entry today I discussed...
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Today's guest: Baseball America's Ben Badler
When it comes to covering international amateur signings, few do it better and with more experience than Ben Badler of Baseball America. Ben is my guest this week on the Steve on Baseball podcast, the initial edition of calender year 2026. Next Thursday, Jan. 15, is the first day of the new...
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Today's guest: O's minor leaguer Ethan Anderson
I really enjoyed recording today’s edition of this podcast, taped about a week ago with O’s minor league player Ethan Anderson. Anderson, 22, was the O’s second-round pick (No. 61 overall) in the 2024 draft out of the University of Virgina. He just completed his first full year and second season…
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Video entry: Let's talk more about Pete Alonso and a few other topics
Good Monday Birdland! Let’s start the week with a video entry discussing a few topics. More talking, less writing. Friday’s press conference introducing new Oriole Pete Alonso was interesting for a lot of reasons. Alonso was impressive and clearly was impressed with numerous aspects of the…
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Today's guest: Roch Kubatko
Hey let’s talk more about the O’s signing of Pete Alonso which became official yesterday afternoon. Alonso will be introduced later this afternoon at a Camden Yards press conference. Once again on this podcast I am joined by my former MASN teammate Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com. He returned from...
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Live with Steve Melewski
Took a few minutes to talk about the O’s five-year agreement for $155 million today with slugging first baseman Pete Alonso. The fans have waited for this day - the day when the O’s won one in free agency against the big boys. He’s not going back to the Mets or joining the Red Sox. Alonso is...
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Could O's add both an impact bat and arm? Mike Elias says they could
After a season that ended with the Orioles ranked 24th in MLB in runs per game and 19th in slugging, the team recently traded for outfielder Taylor Ward. He hit 36 homers in 2025 for the Los Angeles Angels to rank tied for fifth in the American League. That may not be the only big bat the O’s add...
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Today's guest: Jim Duquette
Jim Duquette is one of the real bright minds in baseball media today. One reason for that may be the time he spent over the years working in MLB front offices. Today we’re all lucky he took time to do this podcast just days ahead of the start of the 2025 Winter Meetings in Orlando. O’s fans know...
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Video entry: Talking about the Ryan Helsley addition as the 'pen begins to come together
Hey Birdland and welcome to another work week after the extended Thanksgiving break. Hope many of you had a great time with your family as I did. Now back to the business of baseball, which of course continued even during the long weekend. The O’s reached agreement on two-year deal with...
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Today's guest: John Eisenberg
Happy Thanksgiving Birdland! In and around your family fun today or while you are traveling, hope you can find time to listen to my latest Steve on Baseball podcast. My guest is John Eisenberg, who for 23 years starting in 1984 wrote over 3,000 columns for the Baltimore Sun. He has also written...
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Today's guest: O's pitching prospect Nestor German
O’s right-handed pitching prospect Nestor German is from a school without a big name but one with a big name MLB pitcher among its former players. In 2023, German was the Orioles’ 11th-round pick out of Seattle University. In 2018, the same school sent lefty Tarik Skubal to the Detroit Tigers.…
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Let's talk about the O's trade to get Taylor Ward
If you went to bed at a certain time last night, maybe you awoke to a surprise today in that the Orioles pulled off their first big move of this offseason late last night. They acquired outfielder Taylor Ward from the Los Angeles Angels for O’s right-handed pitcher Grayson Rodriguez in a...
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Today's guest: Ryan Ripken
From the Gilman School in Baltimore to pro baseball on the farm for the O’s and Nats and now onto his media business, Ryan Ripken is the latest from a famous baseball family to make his mark. When your grandad is Cal Ripken Sr., your father is Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and your uncle is former...
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Steve on video: Is there pressure on the Orioles to make a big signing?
Hey Birdland, a new video for my Substack readers and subscribers to watch and react to. It’s been a minute since I posted a video or produced a live video, but both are returning in full force this winter and this is the start. Today the topic - Is there pressure on the O’s to make a big signing...
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Today's guest: TB Rays broadcaster Neil Solondz
Fans around Birdland will finally hear in depth from their new manager, Craig Albernaz, during next Tuesday’s press conference at Oriole Park. We will soon start to get to know him. But Tampa Bay Rays radio broadcaster Neil Solondz has known Albernaz since his Triple-A playing days. Neil was the...
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Today's guest: Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Banner
Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Banner just completed his fourth year covering the Orioles as the Banner’s lead beat writer. Andy grew up in Rockville and is a 2020 University of Maryland graduate. His introduction to O’s fans was with the Baltimore Sun for the 2022 season. He was hired by the…
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Today's guest: O's broadcaster Brett Hollander
I believe I first met Brett Hollander when he was at the Gilman School in Baltimore and at the age of 15 was an intern at WBAL Radio where I was the Sports Director. His memory is better than mine from those days but that means, in a sense, I was there for the start of an outstanding broadcasting...
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Today's guest: John W. Miller
For a lot of us, growing up as an O’s fan there were many players to cheer for and admire. There were Hall of Famers like Brooks and Frank Robinson and Jim Palmer. Later there were Cal Ripken Jr. and Eddie Murray. We loved them all. Some of us loved Earl Weaver as much as we loved those players.…
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Today's guest: The Baltimore Sun's Matt Weyrich
The offseason is here for the Orioles, but the Steve on Baseball podcast continues on, games or no games. Sometimes the offseason speculation provides more interesting topics to discuss and today we got into several of them. My guest is Matt Weyrich, one of the Baltimore Sun’s beat writers. Matt...
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Today's guest: Roch Kubatko
This was not the first time Roch Kubatko and I were on air or any broadcast format together. Not hardly. But it was the first time he came on as a guest on my podcast! About time! And yes it was like old times as we discussed many O’s topics, including going back to how it was around the club…
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Today's guest: Jim Callis
Now that we are a couple of months out since the July MLB Draft where the Orioles had a whopping seven picks that first night, I wanted to check in with MLBPipeline.com’s and MLB.com’s senior writer Jim Callis. For many years Jim has been a go-to guy for me and many others, such as MLB Network…
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Today's guest: Double-A Chesapeake manager Roberto Mercado
BOWIE, Md. - Fresh off the presses, or at least off the digital recorder, check out a podcast taped just yesterday at Bowie’s Prince George’s Stadium. My guest is the manager of the O’s Double-A Chesapeake Baysox affiliate, Roberto Mercado. Mercado is in his fourth season with the Orioles. He...
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Today's guest: Orioles Hall of Famer Mike Bordick
The latest episode of the Steve on Baseball podcast provided me the great chance to both talk about the current-day Orioles and take a few spins down memory lane as well. Shorstop Mike Bordick, signed twice by the Orioles as a free agent, is my guest and we had a great and wide-ranging...
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Today's guest: Delmarva Shorebirds manager Collin Woody
SALISBURY, Md. - Collin Woody can relate to his players with the O’s Low-A affiliate the Delmarva Shorebirds. He was once a Shorebirds player himself, for 115 games in 2017. An O’s 38th-round draft pick in 2016, Woody, who just turned 31, is in his second season as the manager at Delmarva. He...
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Today's guest: Baseball America's JJ Cooper on the new top 100 list
A very timely guest today on the Steve on Baseball podcast as I interview JJ Cooper, the editor-in-chief of Baseball America. He was a guest earlier and returns for the podcast being released today. Earlier this week, in the most recent update to the BA top 100 prospects list, four Orioles were...
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Today's guest: Double-A RHP Trey Gibson
As you know we keep you up to date on the O’s farm on this Substack and today on the podcast I interview Trey Gibson, right-handed starting pitcher of the Double-A Chesapeake Baysox. He began the year at High-A Aberdeen and while his ERA was 5.12, his strikeouts per nine innings was a ridiculous...
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Steve's solo podcast: Which O's are most likely to be traded and why?
It’s another solo podcast Birdland. We will resume interviewing guests next week, so check back for that. But today I check in briefly on the dismal Cleveland series that has the Orioles now 13 games below the .500 mark. The team has lost seven of its past eight games. I also provided my take on...
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Steve's solo podcast on the 2025 MLB Draft
The 2025 MLB Draft is in the books. The Orioles made 24 selections over two days of the draft on Sunday and Monday. Their first pick, No. 19 overall, was Auburn catcher/outfielder Ike Irish and their final pick in round 20 was right-handed pitcher Connor Gehr of Meridian Community College. The…
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Today's guest: Keith Law of the Athletic
A great guest today for the podcast as I interview Keith Law, who has been with The Athletic as senior baseball writer since January of 2020. Law spent many years writing and working for ESPN and its various outlets from 2006-2019. Before that he worked in the front office of the Toronto Blue…
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Live with Steve Melewski
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Today's guest: Braxton Bragg and AA pitching coach Jordie Henry
On today’s edition of the podcast, I am talking to and about Double-A right-handed pitcher Braxton Bragg. Time to get to better know this pitcher that has been about the best in the O’s farm system this year. Drafted in round eight out of Dallas Baptist in 2023, Bragg spent most of last year at...
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Steve's solo podcast discussing Jackson Holliday, the trade deadline and more
Hey Birdland, after a run of several shows with some great guests, especially from the O’s farm system, we dip back into all major league O’s topics today. This is my second solo effort on the Steve on Baseball podcast. The large majority of these shows will feature me plus a guest, but today,...
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Today's guest: O's director of pitching development, Forrest Herrmann
Back late in the 2018 calender year, when O’s left-hander John Means went to Premiere Pitching Performance facility in St. Louis, he met Forrest Herrmann, who was then Premiere’s director of pitching development. The work Means did at that facility led to his fastball gaining velocity and his...
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Today's guest: Orioles director of player development, Anthony Villa
A 19th round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox in 2016, Anthony Villa played three years on the White Sox farm. His last season as a player was 2018. Now Villa, age 31, is in his second year as the Orioles’ director, player development. He moved into that position in October of 2023. He is one…
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Today's guest: Aberdeen IronBirds manager Ryan Goll
When you meet Ryan Goll, the manager of the Orioles’ High-A Aberdeen IronBirds affiliate, you could mistake him for a player. He is 28 and looks younger. But he brings that youthful enthusiasm to his job. He would love to be a big league skipper one day and this is a big step in that direction.…
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Baseball America's JJ Cooper on the O's farm and much more
JJ Cooper has been with Baseball America since 2002. He’s the leader of a publication that has been an industry leader in covering the minors, majors, the draft and prospects for decades. A leader back in the day and a leader still today. JJ always provides an interesting and well-thought out...
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Today's guest: Baltimore Sun O's beat writer Jacob Calvin Meyer
This is his third year as an O’s beat writer and it surely has not been boring for Jacob Calvin Meyer of the Baltimore Sun. In his first year on the job, the 2023 Orioles won 101 games along with an AL East title. A second playoff year followed. And now JCM has been there to chronicle this mess…
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Talking about the O's 2025 draft with Jim Callis
Over my years working in baseball I have been lucky to develop a network of friends in the industry, who I often call on for insights, interviews, guidance, prospect ranking opinions, etc. Many I consider good friends - like today’s guest, Jim Callis. Back in the day I got to know Jim and John...
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Steve's solo podcast
Today, on episode No. 5 of the Steve on Baseball podcast, Steve talks about baseball and interviews no one. It’s a solo effort and we get back to having a guest for next Thursday’s edition. Promise. But hope you take time to listen today. I discuss at the outset a few reasons and areas that could...
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Live with Steve Melewski
A couple of Substack Birdland teammates teamed up today to discuss the Orioles, our various Substacks and much more. Hope you enjoy the conversation with John Eisenberg, long-time columnist formerly for the Baltimore Sun. John’s “Bird Tapes” space on Substack is great, so check that out. Today we...
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A conversation with long-time Baltimore Sun writer and columnist Peter Schmuck
I had a blast talking with my long-time buddy Peter Schmuck. Most O’s fans know him from his days as a writer and for many years columnist for the Baltimore Sun. He is no longer full-time in the business but still pens some columns on occasion for BaltimoreBaseball.com. Between us, we have seven...
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An in-depth conversation with O's 2024 top pick, Vance Honeycutt
ABERDEEN, Md. - The most recent Orioles’ top draft pick is outfielder Vance Honeycutt of the University of North Carolina. The club selected him No. 22 overall last summer. Honeycutt brings the O’s organization a nice blend of solid offense and defense. He was the Atlantic Coast Conference...
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Building a strong international program with the O's Koby Perez
Koby Perez, the Orioles’ vice president of international scouting and operations, was one of the first people Mike Elias hired when he joined the Orioles before the 2019 season. The club needed to build up an international program of young and talented prospects almost from scratch and Perez was...
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