steve melewski

Thankful, grateful, hopeful on my final day at MASNsports.com

Thankful, grateful, hopeful on my final day at MASNsports.com

Today I write my last blog entry for MASNsports.com. Those words make me emotional and a bit sad. But it’s...

Steve Melewski January 31, 2025 1:00 pm
Looking at the chances for an O’s fast start to 2025 and another Jackson Holliday take

Looking at the chances for an O’s fast start to 2025 and another Jackson Holliday take

And then there were two. Just two days left to share a few thoughts here on the Orioles as I...

Steve Melewski January 30, 2025 1:00 pm
He’s always loved being an Oriole and now Adam Jones will be that in a different role

He’s always loved being an Oriole and now Adam Jones will be that in a different role

When former Oriole star Adam Jones was officially hired by the club this week as special advisor to the general...

Steve Melewski January 29, 2025 1:00 pm
O’s Samuel Basallo gets his highest-ranking yet in a top 100 list

O’s Samuel Basallo gets his highest-ranking yet in a top 100 list

Prospects ranking season is winding down but, in a ranking released yesterday via The Athletic’s Keith Law, O’s catching prosect...

Steve Melewski January 28, 2025 1:00 pm
Let’s talk about the longball and O’s homer totals

Let’s talk about the longball and O’s homer totals

Let’s take a look today at the longball. Hitting homers was something the 2024 Orioles did quite well, about as...

Steve Melewski January 27, 2025 1:00 pm
How will the O’s rate on offense and defense? How about the pitchers?

How will the O’s rate on offense and defense? How about the pitchers?

As we are now just a few weeks away from the start of spring training and the new season, today...

Steve Melewski January 26, 2025 1:00 pm
In a field loaded with talented shortstops, the O’s Gunnar Henderson is named No. 1

In a field loaded with talented shortstops, the O’s Gunnar Henderson is named No. 1

Major League Baseball’s best shortstop, right now, is the Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson. So says MLB Network during its Top Ten...

Steve Melewski January 25, 2025 1:00 pm
Very grateful for my time here as it comes toward an end

Very grateful for my time here as it comes toward an end

I was the first writer hired to work at MASNsports.com. It was, I think, late in 2007 or maybe early...

Steve Melewski January 24, 2025 9:02 pm
One more take on Roki Sasaki and looking at Santander’s Rogers Centre numbers

One more take on Roki Sasaki and looking at Santander’s Rogers Centre numbers

When Japanese right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki signed as an international amateur with the Los Angeles Dodgers, baseball’s defending World Series...

Steve Melewski January 24, 2025 1:00 pm
O’s get three players on the Baseball America top 100 listing of MLB’s best prospects

O’s get three players on the Baseball America top 100 listing of MLB’s best prospects

After trading numerous prospects over the last year or two and graduating others to the big leagues to help a...

Steve Melewski January 23, 2025 1:00 pm