Comments on: Wieters

By: Tito Landrum

Tito Landrum — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:30:12 +0000

And you’re a baseball fan?

Seriously though, IMHO, a double and a triple off Verlander was pretty impressive.

By: wildcherrypepsi

wildcherrypepsi — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:51:01 +0000

I’m already bored of Weiters, come wake me when he does something.

By: Tito Landrum

Tito Landrum — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:11:33 +0000

…and the defense has broken out of an early season funk and is performing closer to the level we thought they would this season.

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:48:14 +0000

Sorry to be so snarky. It’s all good. BTW: it’s Wieters (i before e).

Regarding the pitching, I’m considering the number of arms they have to choose from, their minor league performances, and lastly their brief MLB experiences.

It’s not like the O’s only have Berken and Hernandez. And it’s not like they weren’t any good in the minors. Don’t forget Bergesen is already here. He pitched a good game last night against Detroit (8 IP, 2ER). But I’m also considering Troy Patton, Chris Tillman and Jake Arrieta this year. All of these guys have held their own in the minors.

It’s worth noting that Koji Uehara has been solid.

Throw in Rich Hill’s comeback, and I don’t see how this is not a decently solid rotation with lots of depth.

Given the strong offense, an average rotation, decent bullpen and lots of quality pitching depth, and I think there’s an outside shot of the O’s being the third best team in the AL East.

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:29:19 +0000

My bad. I take my O’s too seriously sometimes.

By: Tito Landrum

Tito Landrum — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:55:01 +0000

I was most impressed with the fact that neither Bergeson or Johnson shook off Wieters the entire game. I guess he called a pretty good game?

By: Rowen

Rowen — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:52:33 +0000

Thanks for that tidbit, Brian. I’ve been following Wieters news pretty closely this year, and that’s the first time I’ve heard it suggested that maybe one of the reasons his AAA numbers didn’t look extra-human was the ballpark he’s playing in.

By: Brian Cartwright

Brian Cartwright — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:37:31 +0000

As for Wieters’ drop in power this year, he plays his home games at Harbor Park in Norfolk, which has a 2007-09 HR factor of 0.61…it’s always been about the toughest hitters park in Triple-A.

By: Brian Cartwright

Brian Cartwright — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:27:56 +0000

admiring his 6 ERA at Altoona

By: Matt H.

Matt H. — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:24:04 +0000

ha, protection