At a minimum Wieters should be our starting catcher by Mid-April, after spending the same 15 days in the minors that Longoria did to start 2008.
It is possible that the O’s could decide that is no longer a concern for them, and that Wieters is our Opening Day catcher…
In 2008 Wieters compiled the following stats:
Frederick – 69 Games, 229 at-bats, 8 doubles, 15 homers, 40 RBI, 44 walks, 47 k’s, 345 avg, 1.024 OPS
Bowie – 61 Games, 208 at-bats, 14 doubles, 12 homers, 51 RBI, 38 walks, 29 k’s, 365 avg, 1.085 OPS
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe…-wieters.shtml
My expectations on his 2009 stats are: 130 Games, 520 at-bats, 25 doubles, 20 homers, 75 RBI, 70 walks, 85 k’s, 300avg, .850 OPS
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