Highly renowned catcher, Matt Wieters makes his pro debut tomorrow for the Orioles. Fantasy league owners around the world are finally releasing a sigh of relief that he will finally be getting them some points. Wieters, ranked as the top prospect (ahead of 08 playoff's star David Price) on ESPN.com was the Orioles first pick in the 07 draft. I think the O's made this move a bit sooner than they wanted because they are currently getting no production from fellow catchers Gregg Zaun and Chad
Moeller.
Rookie Jason Berken started his first game two days ago and collected a win. Highly regarded righty David Hernandez will start tonight for the O's making his debut. He went 3-1 with a sub 3 ERA at AAA-Norfolk this year.
With Wieters on his way up and other rookies thriving it got me thinking of other top prospects that should be close. Brandon Snyder, a rule 5 eligible player this year, is absolutely mashing the ball at AA-Bowie (.356 BA, 9HR, 37 RBI) and could soon be up as either DH or 1B with Ty Wigginton doing little at the plate in DH action.
If all 4 of these guys live up to the potential the Orioles could be quite the formidable unit for years to come. They have already locked down stars RF Nick Markakis and 2B Brian Roberts with long term deals. Rookie Nolan Reimold (walk-off home run yesterday) looks like he could be the real deal in LF and young Adam Jones is playing at an all-star caliber in CF.
If 25 year-old SS, Robert Andino can improve at the plate he could possibly be an everyday player on this ball club for years to come because of his tremendous defense. So then the only hole would be at 3B. Although Melvin Mora is still getting the job done his years are numbered. With a few more pitchers (can never have too many) and a young 3B I see the O's returning to their 90's form where they were a threat year in year out. They ahve finally learned to do it from the minors up. Be patient O's fans. Your time will come
good call by zac caito saying that wieters would be up by the end of may huh? we talked about everything in this blog today while hitting and i 100% agree with these comments made by you tripper...nice work. hopefully snyder comes up sooner than later but im sure he'll be one of those september call ups. GO O's!
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