# Sig Mejdal steps back from Orioles analytics role

> The Orioles' longtime analytics chief is shifting to emerging technologies as the team struggles on the field.
- Title: Sig Mejdal steps back from Orioles analytics role · The Banner
- Summary: The Orioles' longtime analytics chief is shifting to emerging technologies as the team struggles on the field. Sig Mejdal, who transformed the Orioles'…
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- Source: The Banner — https://thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-front-office-sig-mejdal-changing-roles-UHVHF4SGQ5B2PLUQRZ3WOGOYYM
- Author: Andy Kostka
- Published: 2026-09-18T21:06:02.482+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: sig mejdal, baltimore orioles, analytics department, mike elias, front office restructuring, mlb, emerging technologies, news, local
## Mejdal shifts away from analytics
Sig Mejdal, the Orioles' assistant general manager, is no longer overseeing the analytics department. He'll now focus on emerging technologies and innovative practices instead.
## Mejdal built analytics from scratch
When Mejdal arrived in 2018, the Orioles' analytics department had just three people. By spring training 2019, it had grown to nearly a dozen, modernizing the franchise's data approach.
## From NASA to baseball pioneer
Mejdal worked as a biomathematician at NASA before joining the St. Louis Cardinals' analytics department in 2005. He later moved to the Astros, where he caught the attention of Mike Elias.
## Elias brought him to Baltimore
When Mike Elias was hired to rebuild the Orioles in 2018, he brought Mejdal along. Elias called the hire a major moment for the franchise and praised Mejdal's vision for analytics.

> I look forward to him charting the course for all of our forthcoming efforts in the analytics space.
## Rebuilding hasn't paid off yet
Despite the analytics overhaul, the Orioles haven't won a playoff game in 2023 or 2024. With nine games left, Baltimore sits at 75-78 and risks a second straight losing season.
## More front office changes ahead
This month, Matt Blood, the vice president of player and staff development, also left the organization. The Orioles continue reshaping their front office structure.
## Key takeaway

Sig Mejdal, who transformed the Orioles' analytics department from three people to a dozen, is moving away from that role to focus on new technologies.