Matt Wieters Is Off To A Hot Start
Catcher Matt Wieters, the Baltimore Orioles top prospect, is off to a blistering start in Class A Frederick. The fifth overall pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft is batting .438 with 4 HRs and 10 RBI and 10 BB in his first 12 games. Don’t expect Wieters to be in the Majors for another year though, as Orioles’ president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail is in no rush to move him up to even Double A Bowie yet.
“Let’s let him play a while, [but] you can’t help but be impressed by the early returns,” said MacPhail. “If it’s clear that he’s not being challenged where he is, we have no problem moving him.”
MLB Prospect News on April 23rd 2008 in C, Matt Wieters, Orioles Prospects
