Assistant general manager Sig Mejdal is taking on a different job inside the Orioles’ front office, according to a source. The 60-year-old will no longer run Baltimore’s analytics department and will instead focus on research into emerging technologies and innovative practices across baseball operations.
The club has not confirmed the change or announced it publicly.
Mejdal will keep his assistant GM title. He had been in charge of the Orioles’ analytics department since he was hired in November 2018, not long after Mike Elias became general manager. The two already knew each other from their time together in the Astros’ front office from 2012-17, and they also worked alongside one another on the Cardinals’ staff from 2007-11.
Before arriving in Baltimore, Mejdal worked as a NASA engineer. In the Orioles’ new regime, he played a key role in building up the analytics department, part of the broader rebuild that began early in Elias’ tenure. That rebuild produced real results, including back-to-back postseason trips in 2023 and ’24, with the club winning 101 games and the American League East in 2023.
The picture has looked much different lately. Baltimore went 75-87 in 2025 and finished last in the AL East, a season that included the mid-May firing of manager Brandon Hyde.
The Orioles have also been below expectations in 2026 under new manager Craig Albernaz. Going into Friday, they were 75-78, three games behind a playoff spot with nine games left.
It’s still unclear who will take over the analytics department, and it remains to be seen whether more front-office changes are coming.
This month brought another notable shift as well. According to a source, the Orioles and longtime executive Matt Blood mutually agreed to part ways earlier in September. The club did not announce that move, though Blood is no longer listed in the front-office directory.
Blood had been with Baltimore since 2019. This year he served as vice president of player and staff development, after previously working as director of player development from 2019-23 and as vice president of player development and domestic scouting from 2023-25.
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