Matt Wieters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here he comes...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Orioles are set to call up the highly touted catching prospect Matt Wieters this coming Friday. Baltimore is excited for the second coming of Cal Ripken. This kid has a lot of expectations to live up to in the city on the Harbor. He's considered the #1 prospect in all of baseball and a commodity a lot of teams would kill to have. A catcher who hits. Wieters was only in A ball at the beginning of last year and has hit his way through every level of the minor leagues and is ready for the bigs. Bill James, famous baseball statistician projects that Wieters will bat .311 with 25 doubles, 24 Home Runs and have 68 RBI. Folks, those are projections for a kid who hasn't even seen one pitch in the big leagues! That's how good people think this guy is going to be! Yes Oriole fans, you can be excited, but don't put the carriage before the horse here. He is going to struggle at times, he's young, and he can't be the savior. But if he gets a good lineup, and most importantly pitching staff around him, he can be a super star and the Orioles may have a future. But, let's give him a few years before we annoint him, or call him a bust. It takes time. For now, let's just say, Matt Wieters is on his way...