Steve On Baseball Podcast

About 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 (https://steveonbaseball.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Steve Melewski

Category

sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Mar 2025

Latest episode

4 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Jul 2026

   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 national writer Carlos Collazo. He heads up BA’s draft coverage and you will also see Carlos as part of the national television coverage on July 11 seen on NBC and MLB Network. A 2016 UNC grad, Carlos has been with Baseball America since 2017. We covered a lot of ground in this podcast, getting his in-depth thoughts on what the O’s might do with the No. 7 overall pick and all the ramifications and factors at work for the pick. This is the first time the O’s have selected No. 7 since they drafted Nick Markakis with that selection in 2003. We discussed various scenarios for the No. 7 pick and I asked Carlos how the board looks for other O’s top picks at No. 46 and No. 82. We discussed the O’s seeming hesitancy to draft a pitcher with their top pick and what may be behind that. Late in the podcast I asked Carlos to explain what a draft model is? Spoiler alert, the O’s are one of many teams that seem to be reliant on their model. Enjoy this latest edition of the Steve on Baseball podcast. Get full access to Steve Melewski at steveonbaseball.substack.com/subscribe (https://steveonbaseball.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   4 May 2026

   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 hitting just .160 with a .497 OPS off Dzierwa. O’s fans likely first saw him when he had a dominant outing in the March 20 Spring Breakout game versus Boston. He threw three scoreless and fanned eight Red Sox prospects that night. Dzierwa is the highest-drafted pitcher by the Mike Elias front office, taken in Round 2 last year, No. 58 overall. He is rated as the O’s No. 12 prospect via MLBPipeline.com and No. 17 by Baseball America. We had a wonderful conversation taped on Friday when he and the Keys were in Brooklyn to play the Cyclones. In this podcast Dzierwa told us about the tall lefty big league pitcher that has already given him some pointers. He explained how this Ohio kid went to college at Michigan State and how he has worked with the O’s pitching coaches thus far. We went over that, his repertoire and more. He is quickly making a name for himself on the O’s watch. Take some time to get to know lefty pitching prospect Joseph Dzierwa. Yesterday in New York: Last year at this time, right-hander Trey Gibson was pitching for the High-A Aberdeen IronBirds. Right now Dzierwa is pitching in High-A ball. Could he move as fast as Gibson did and pitch at three levels this year? Well, he’s got a shot and is off to a great start this year. Enjoy today’s podcast. Here is last night’s story (https://steveonbaseball.substack.com/p/trey-gibson-was-solid-in-debut-but) on Gibson pitching well in his MLB debut, yet the O’s losing again in the Bronx. Game four of the series is tonight at Yankee Stadium. Get full access to Steve Melewski at steveonbaseball.substack.com/subscribe (https://steveonbaseball.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   10 Apr 2026

   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 skipper of the Frederick Keys. He will lead his team as Frederick rejoins the O’s organization this year as High-A affiliate in the South Atlantic League. From Tampa, Fla. and a former player at UNC-Greensboro, Woody and the Keys will play their home opener next Tuesday in Frederick. Before 2026, Frederick’s last year as an O’s affiliate was 2020, but that season was cancelled by the pandemic. So the last time Frederick actually played as an O’s farm team was in 2019. Next week will surely be a big deal in Frederick, a wonderful baseball community. Collin provided some great insights for this podcast on the return of baseball to Frederick, managing at the minor league level and also on some of his key players. We discussed several to include pitchers Joseph Dzierwa and Boston Bateman and position players Nate George and Ike Irish to name a few. Enjoy the lastest edition of the podcast! NEW CITY CONNECTS IN BIRDLAND When the Orioles begin a new homestand tonight versus the San Francisco Giants, the club will also break out new City Connect uniforms. The O’s say these present a uniform “depicting the beauty of Baltimore, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and everything in between, from the stoop to the yard. Charm, grit, and pride: every detail brings the spirit of Baltimore’s beloved stoops straight to the one place we all call home.” They are showing off pride in Baltimore with a “BMORE” written across the front of the jersey. The O’s say that “reps every neighborhood in Baltimore. The Oriole Bird is perched proudly atop BMORE, front and center. Right where it belongs.” BIRDLAND TERRITORY UPDATE We have now recorded three Birdland Territory shows as we’ve had a great first week of our new show available on You Tube, Spotify, Apple podcasts and other outlets. Click here (https://www.youtube.com/@BirdlandTerritory) to get to our You Tube site and please subscribe if you have not already! Birdland Territory, hosted by the trio of myself, Tim Barbalace of 105.7 FM the Fan and former O’s reliever Brad Brach, will air three times a week during the season. That’s a lot of content to produce, but we are delighted how the first few shows turned out. The latest show features a discussion about a pretty good collective start for the bullpen, some talk of the rough news about Zach Eflin, we noted Gunnar’s decent start and chance to have a very big year and we discussed ABS challenges and how the O’s struggled to get some correct in recent games. Thanks for checking out Birdland Territory. Get full access to Steve Melewski at steveonbaseball.substack.com/subscribe (https://steveonbaseball.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

Who has been a guest on Steve On Baseball Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ben Badler
• Ethan Anderson
• Jim Duquette
• John Eisenberg
• Nestor German

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100

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Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32