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Steve On Baseball Podcast

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

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4:39

Video entry: Talking about the Ryan Helsley addition...

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/12/01

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 right-hander Ryan Helsley on Saturday afternoon.Yes he pitched to a 4.50 ERA for the Mets and Cardinals last year. But over a three-year run fron 2022 through 2024 he posted a 1.83 ERA and 82 saves.Twice in that span

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36:53

Today's guest: John Eisenberg

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/11/27

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 about and worked for the Baltimore Ravens and is the author of 11 books.Wow, yep, 11!His third was titled “From 33rd Street to Camden Yards” which is an oral history of the Orioles.That book came out in 2001

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24:09

Today's guest: O's pitching prospect Nestor German

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/11/21

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. They got him in the ninth round and 254 players were selected ahead of him.Now he’s the back-to-back Cy Young Award winner in the American League.German doesn’t talk about winning any future Cy Young Awards,

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5:26

Let's talk about the O's trade to get Taylor Ward

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/11/19

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 one-for-one trade.Ward, who turns 32 on Dec. 14, has played in 156 and 157 games the last two years. He made 153 starts last season for the Angels in left field while batting .228/.317/.475/.792 with 31 doubles, two

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19:38

Today's guest: Ryan Ripken

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/11/14

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 Oriole and current MLB Network star Bill Ripken, you may have picked up a few things about the game along the way.As a player Ryan reached the Triple-A level. He was drafted by the Orioles in 2012 and the

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6:08

Steve on video: Is there pressure on the Orioles to...

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/11/13

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 this winter? The obvious answer is yes. Could they win without one? Yes. They had a $71 million dollar payroll and won 101 games and the AL East in 2023.But the division is so strong again and Toronto was two

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27:46

Today's guest: TB Rays broadcaster Neil Solondz

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/10/31

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 radio broadcaster for the Durham Bulls and Albernaz was a player there for parts of five seasons, the first three with Solondz at the mic from 2009-2011.Neil makes a great pairing in the Rays radio booth with

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31:49

Today's guest: Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Banner

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/10/24

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 Banner in December of that year and just completed his third season leading the Banner’s coverage.We got into several topics including his recent stories about Kevin Gausman and Trey Yesavage of the Blue Jays and

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28:24

Today's guest: O's broadcaster Brett Hollander

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/10/17

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 career.From Gilman, Brett went on to Dickinson College in Pennsylvania where he broadcast many sports and really fell in love with working in the booth. He met a classmate there named Geoff Arnold and later

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28:31

Today's guest: John W. Miller

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/10/10

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.He was a winner and he would fight for his team. He would get us fired up each time he got ejected. All 96 times.But what many of us loved most was the winning. Between 1969 and 1982, five Weaver-led teams won

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28:24

Today's guest: The Baltimore Sun's Matt Weyrich

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/10/03

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 joined the Sun in January of 2024 and just completed his second season on the beat. He is a 2019 James Madison University grad and a proud fan of the Dukes.We discussed the season-ending press conferences, the

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22:08

Today's guest: Roch Kubatko

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/09/19

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 when Brandon Hyde was fired in May. We discussed how things have gone with Tony Mansolino as interim skipper. We of course discussed next season and how close are the O’s to contending again in 2026?I also asked

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33:39

Today's guest: Jim Callis

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/09/13

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, for his knowledge and insights on the draft.Jim and his colleagues do a great job at the top of the draft each year and then for, in the case of this year, one more day, Jim is part of the coverage for the

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20:37

Today's guest: Double-A Chesapeake manager Roberto...

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/09/05

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 managed High-A Aberdeen in 2022 and 2023 and Double-A Chesapeake (formerly Bowie) in 2023 and 2024.Through Wednesday’s game, he was 280-272 (.507) overall on the Baltimore farm.Mercado, age 45, from New Britain,

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31:51

Today's guest: Orioles Hall of Famer Mike Bordick

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/08/30

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 conversation.Bordick played 14 years in the majors for the O’s, A’s, Mets and Jays.In 2002 he set a major league record for most consecutive errorless games at shorstop with 110. Guess who holds the record today? Yep,

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23:30

Today's guest: Delmarva Shorebirds manager Collin Woody

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/08/22

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 played in 228 games on the O’s farm from 2016-2018.He spent a couple of seasons coaching in the Florida Complex League and now has settled in as manager of the Shorebirds.Just like the O’s roster got a bit of a

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26:17

Today's guest: Baseball America's JJ Cooper on the...

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/08/15

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 ranked. Samuel Basallo was No. 7, Nate George No. 81, Dylan Beavers No. 83 and pitcher Esteban Mejia at No. 95.Beavers and George make their first appearances on the BA top 100.In this episode, JJ talks about

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17:30

Today's guest: Double-A RHP Trey Gibson

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/08/07

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 15.59. He was showing dominance and a promotion to Double-A would soon come.This year between the two teams over 18 games Gibson, age 23, is 4-4 with a 3.28 ERA and 1.04 WHIP over 85 innings.As we release

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18:45

Steve's solo podcast: Which O's are most likely to be...

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/07/24

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 which O’s players might be most likely to be traded and mentioned why I believe that is the case.Later in the podcast I discussed one hot hitter on the O’s farm. He is a player we could see in Baltimore before

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18:25

Steve's solo podcast on the 2025 MLB Draft

Steve On Baseball Podcast ·

2025/07/17

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 O’s selected 13 pitchers and 11 position players among their 24 picks.They drafted eight right-handers and five lefties along with four outfielders, five infielders and two catchers.The O’s have the largest

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