Matt Wieters. We can't wait to see this guy squat behind home for the Baltimore Orioles.
The 23-year-old 6'5" catcher will make his major league debut this Friday against the Detroit Tigers, as announced by team president Andy MacPhail this evening. It's not like he's going to single-handedly drag the Orioles out of the basement of the AL East, but it'll be fun to watch him hit.
Wieters, the O's top prospect, played three years at Georgia Tech before Baltimore used their fifth overall pick on him in the 2007 amateur draft. He then split time between the Class-A Frederick Keys and the AA Bowie Baysox in 2008, where he hit a combined .355 with 27 homers and 91 RBI. He was so awesome, that he was rewarded with the Brooks Robinson Award. Up until Monday, he was batting .285 with a .367 on-base percentage, five longballs and 26 RBIs for the AAA Norfolk Tides.
So what will happen to Gregg Zaun? Pretty sure he can go suck on the bench. Wieters is totally going to kick his ass. Numbers!
Welcome to the big leagues, buddy.
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4 comments:
Wieeeeeeeeeeeeters!
Hoooray! I love my O's but it's been hard watching them this year. Now that they're deciding to bring up some kids, at least there is some hope. Can't wait to see how Wieters does.
Oh, and Zaun will be riding the pine mostly. They didn't call up Wieters to have him sit. But from what I've read, Zaun knew when he signed with the O's that he'd end up as a mentor to Wieters and he was cool with it.
All the O's fans I know are walking around with boners today.
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