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Oct 7, 2026
Sean FergusonHOST
And we expected more changes to come in the front office for the Orioles.
Sean FergusonHOST
Again, after Matt Blood was let go, we figured more would come.
Sean FergusonHOST
More towards the Mike Elias side of things.
Sean FergusonHOST
That has not happened yet.
Sean FergusonHOST
It's not going to happen.
Sean FergusonHOST
They need new leadership, but they continue to make these moves around Camden Yards.
Sean FergusonHOST
They let Matt Blood go, but pretty much everyone else is staying.
Sean FergusonHOST
And now they continue these updates at Camden Yards and they're letting go of some staff.
C4HOST
Well, everybody, it's been one of those years where a lot of people have been sent packing.
C4HOST
We heard about some changes with the Baltimore Orioles where longtime player development executive Matt Blood was, uh, parted ways with him.
C4HOST
They reassigned the assistant general manager Sig Mejdal at the Baltimore Orioles.
Brian NeimanHOST
Mm.
Justin LunenfeldHOST
You can look at multiple people that have came up in the past few years and have produced.
Justin LunenfeldHOST
Now, they got rid of Matt Blood, which I-- Did we talk about that at all?
JCHOST
We did not talk about that.
JCHOST
I was not here for that, so.
Justin LunenfeldHOST
So yeah, Matt Blood is the development guy, basically.
Justin LunenfeldHOST
So they got rid of him.
JCHOST
Good.
8 MINS LATER
JCHOST
And I think also too, you gotta keep in mind, we also had this conversation like we can't hoard prospects.
Sean FergusonHOST
So let me know down in the comments, do you feel like with what you've seen so far from this ownership group, that if the Orioles struggle the way, uh, struggle in 2027 the way they did in 2026, do you feel like they would make a mid-season change, Mike Elias, getting rid of him? Or this scenario seems more likely, do you think they would make a change with Craig Albernaz mid-season next year? Which I could definitely see a move to [chuckles] for Mike Elias try to save his own job, which we've seen in the past.
Sean FergusonHOST
And I believe M-Matt Blood being let go was one of those moves by Elias.
Sean FergusonHOST
What do you think would be more likely? Let's phrase the question that way.
Sean FergusonHOST
What scenario do you believe is more likely? Mike Elias to be let go mid-season 2027 if it starts the way 2026 did, or Craig Albernaz to be let go? The more I, I think about it, the more I talk about it, I feel like, in my opinion, my vote would be that Craig Albernaz would be the one to go mid-season, just so Mike Elias could have another move there, another chess piece move to do what he can to save his own job.
Connor NewcombHOST
You know, Andy Kuszka has reported the O's are looking for someone with more player development acumen to kind of complement Elias' player acquisition and scouting.
Connor NewcombHOST
You know, they did let go of Matt Blood, who kind of headed up player development for a while in this system.
Connor NewcombHOST
So there's certainly a couple of openings in that front office.
Connor NewcombHOST
I think that's something to watch.
Josh SorokaHOST
And they fired...
Josh SorokaHOST
And they fired Matt Blood, so they need to replace that.
Josh SorokaHOST
He was in charge of
Matt SorokaHOST
overall the
Jarrett SeidlerGUEST
They've moved Sigma Dow into another role.
Jarrett SeidlerGUEST
Matt Blood has left the organization.
Jarrett SeidlerGUEST
And those are pretty significant people who have been there for a long period of time.
Jarrett SeidlerGUEST
Sig going back to the beginning, I don't recall off the top of my head whether Blood did or not.
Sean FergusonHOST
And again, if that is the case, he has already said Craig Albernaz will be back for year number two as manager.
Sean FergusonHOST
And Matt Blood is the only one so far that I have seen that is gone.
Sean FergusonHOST
And again, same faces, different places.
Sean FergusonHOST
So different titles, whatever it might be.
Connor NewcombHOST
That's a little bit of a different [chuckles] conversation that I've certainly had parts of before, but it is interesting to think about because it is really good to understand when you have blind spots, when you have holes, when you need to change, adapt.
Connor NewcombHOST
And the Orioles have already done some of that, right? They moved on from Matt Blood, who had done different jobs in this front office.
Connor NewcombHOST
He was always a player development person.
Connor NewcombHOST
He had overseen the draft for a while.
Connor NewcombHOST
No one was promoted below him into that general manager role, so that is theoretically an opening the Orioles have, and it seems more and more like they're gonna fill that opening.
Connor NewcombHOST
Andy Kuszka over at The Banner has reported that the Orioles are looking to hire someone there, and they're looking to hire someone with more of a player development background to kind of complement Elias' more scouting and player acquisition background.
Connor NewcombHOST
And maybe that's good, especially with Matt Blood being out and him overseeing player development.
Connor NewcombHOST
The Orioles having some struggles when it comes to player development over the past few years, and that being one of their issues here.
Ken RosenthalHOST
Mike Elias is doing some things to shift things around.
Ken RosenthalHOST
Their farm director, Matt Blood, left.
Ken RosenthalHOST
Sig Meidal, one of their chief analytics guys, got reassigned.
Ken RosenthalHOST
Mike Elias says he's gonna hire a general manager.
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