Matt Wieters 2013 Outlook
#1
Posted 02 February 2013 - 02:31 PM
Rich Dubroff of CSN Baltimore believes that the Orioles will wait until next offseason to sign Matt Wieters to a long-term extension.
The Orioles avoided arbitration with Wieters by agreeing to a one-year, $5.5 million contract earlier this month, but executive VP Dan Duquette indicated that the organization has plans for a long-term deal. Coming off his second consecutive Gold Glove and a career-high 23 home runs in 2012, Wieters and agent Scott Boras will likely be seeking a contract similar to Joe Mauer's eight-year, $184 million extension with the Twins. Wieters was arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter and is under team control through 2015.
Wieters is a solid all around catcher but what has he ever done to warrant a "Mauer" sized contract? Leave it to Boras to go over the deep end.
I guess by his signing of a 1 year deal he'll be looking to have a huge 2013 in order to hit the jackpot.
#2
Posted 02 February 2013 - 03:13 PM
Wieters isn't in the same league. Mauer was a multiple time batting champ and MVP when he got the much-maligned deal. Wieters, well, he's a solid catcher and superb defensively but it would be a mistake for any club to consider giving him that kind of money.
Edited by cymbaline, 02 February 2013 - 03:13 PM.
#3
Posted 02 February 2013 - 03:13 PM
C - Castillo $9, Hanigan $4
CI - Sandoval $24, Frazier $10, Alvarez $2, Adams $3, Rendon $5
MI -
OF -
SP - Zimmerman $23, Harvey $11, Estrada $11, Minor $8, Corbin $7, Cashner $4, Beachy $3, Wheeler $10
RP - Soriano $25, Henderson $3, Brothers $10, Paco Rodriguez $1, Alex Wood $2
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#4
Posted 02 February 2013 - 03:21 PM
baltimore_boy, on 02 February 2013 - 03:13 PM, said:
His average dropped 13 points last season and his OPS dropped as well. His 1100 career AB's with a .240 average and .700 OPS vs. right handed pitching leaves a lot to be desired.
Molina got 5 years 75 million and he is a far superior player than Wieters. Wieters should use that as his barometer and the Orioles should work down from there. I still wouldn't be that excited as an O's fan if they gave him between 12-15 million. But he is still young so maybe he finally figures things out. A lot of what you are paying him would be for "upside" because thus far the results have been blah.
#5
Posted 02 February 2013 - 03:30 PM
Cmilne23, on 02 February 2013 - 03:21 PM, said:
baltimore_boy, on 02 February 2013 - 03:13 PM, said:
His average dropped 13 points last season and his OPS dropped as well. His 1100 career AB's with a .240 average and .700 OPS vs. right handed pitching leaves a lot to be desired.
Molina got 5 years 75 million and he is a far superior player than Wieters. Wieters should use that as his barometer and the Orioles should work down from there. I still wouldn't be that excited as an O's fan if they gave him between 12-15 million. But he is still young so maybe he finally figures things out. A lot of what you are paying him would be for "upside" because thus far the results have been blah.
He is a top defensive catcher. He doesn't get as much credit for the pitching turnaround last year, but he should. The O's rotation was supposed to be trash last year, but they turned out to be solid. Wieters though is still young. Even is his offensive game never fully develops like it should, if it just stays at the level it was last year to pair with his defense, then he is worth 12-15 million.
C - Castillo $9, Hanigan $4
CI - Sandoval $24, Frazier $10, Alvarez $2, Adams $3, Rendon $5
MI -
OF -
SP - Zimmerman $23, Harvey $11, Estrada $11, Minor $8, Corbin $7, Cashner $4, Beachy $3, Wheeler $10
RP - Soriano $25, Henderson $3, Brothers $10, Paco Rodriguez $1, Alex Wood $2
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#6
Posted 02 February 2013 - 03:37 PM
#7
Posted 02 February 2013 - 04:29 PM
#8
Posted 02 February 2013 - 05:03 PM
Nicky Numbnuts, on 02 February 2013 - 04:29 PM, said:
The O's don't appear to like using Wieters at DH. He started at C for 132 games. That gave Showalter 30 chances to start him at DH and he only appeared as the DH 9 times.
#9
Posted 02 February 2013 - 05:17 PM
jb_power, on 02 February 2013 - 05:03 PM, said:
Nicky Numbnuts, on 02 February 2013 - 04:29 PM, said:
The O's don't appear to like using Wieters at DH. He started at C for 132 games. That gave Showalter 30 chances to start him at DH and he only appeared as the DH 9 times.
He won't play DH often because they don't want to move him out from behind the plate, but the O's don't have a DH. Chris Davis is moving to first this year full time, so the DH will basically be a used by Showalter as a way to give people the day off. Since when Wieters can't play behind the plate, he is going to be the best option for the DH spot. I wouldn't be surprised to see him be the DH for day games instead of sitting.
Edited by baltimore_boy, 02 February 2013 - 05:18 PM.
C - Castillo $9, Hanigan $4
CI - Sandoval $24, Frazier $10, Alvarez $2, Adams $3, Rendon $5
MI -
OF -
SP - Zimmerman $23, Harvey $11, Estrada $11, Minor $8, Corbin $7, Cashner $4, Beachy $3, Wheeler $10
RP - Soriano $25, Henderson $3, Brothers $10, Paco Rodriguez $1, Alex Wood $2
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#10
Posted 02 February 2013 - 05:24 PM
#11
Posted 03 February 2013 - 10:01 PM
baltimore_boy, on 02 February 2013 - 05:17 PM, said:
jb_power, on 02 February 2013 - 05:03 PM, said:
Nicky Numbnuts, on 02 February 2013 - 04:29 PM, said:
The O's don't appear to like using Wieters at DH. He started at C for 132 games. That gave Showalter 30 chances to start him at DH and he only appeared as the DH 9 times.
He won't play DH often because they don't want to move him out from behind the plate, but the O's don't have a DH. Chris Davis is moving to first this year full time, so the DH will basically be a used by Showalter as a way to give people the day off. Since when Wieters can't play behind the plate, he is going to be the best option for the DH spot. I wouldn't be surprised to see him be the DH for day games instead of sitting.
#12
Posted 26 March 2013 - 03:30 PM
uspsjeter2, on 03 February 2013 - 10:01 PM, said:
baltimore_boy, on 02 February 2013 - 05:17 PM, said:
jb_power, on 02 February 2013 - 05:03 PM, said:
Nicky Numbnuts, on 02 February 2013 - 04:29 PM, said:
The O's don't appear to like using Wieters at DH. He started at C for 132 games. That gave Showalter 30 chances to start him at DH and he only appeared as the DH 9 times.
He won't play DH often because they don't want to move him out from behind the plate, but the O's don't have a DH. Chris Davis is moving to first this year full time, so the DH will basically be a used by Showalter as a way to give people the day off. Since when Wieters can't play behind the plate, he is going to be the best option for the DH spot. I wouldn't be surprised to see him be the DH for day games instead of sitting.
Something I want to throw out there. I know spring training stats are worthless. But Wieters hit .224 against righties last year. This year during spring training he's hitting .455 with 5 home runs in 33 AB's. He's only had 5 AB's against left handers. It's almost like the Orioles are purposely trying to make him hit against righties. If he indeed does figure out right handed pitching look out an AL MVP season might be on it's way.
C-Jesus Montero, 1B-Votto(keeper), 2B-Aluve, 3B-Headley, SS-Tulo(keeper), OF1-Kemp(keeper), OF2-Cargo(keeper), OF3-Choo, UT-Ike Davis
Bench-Tyler Flowers, Yonder Alonso, Brandon Belt, Matt Carpenter, Mike Moustakas, Austin Jackson, Jhony Peralta
SP1-Strasburg, SP2-Gio Gonzalez, SP3-Jordan Zimmerman, SP4-Matt Harvery, SP5-Brett Anderson, SP6-Peavey, SP7-Vargas
RP1-Chapman, RP2-Street
Bench-Lannan, Miley, Garland, Harrell, Hernandez(TB), Kazmir, Maurer, Peacock, Slowey, Cishek, Fiers, Fujikawa, League, Wily Peralta, Veras
10 team H2H - Keep 3
C-Wieters, 1B-Votto(keeper), 2B-Altuve, 3B-Zimmerman, SS-Tulo(keeper), OF1- Adam Jones(keeper), OF2-Choo, OF3-Ellsbury, UT-Craig
Bench- Ike Davis, Belt, Alonso, Rutledge, Lorenzo Cain, Kubel, Carl Crawford, Chooch Ruiz
SP1-Greinke SP2-Jordan Zimmerman SP3-Peavey SP4-Kyle Lohse SP5-Matt Harvey SP6-Josh Beckett SP7-Doug Fister
RP1-Greg Holland RP2-Mitchell Boggs
Bench- Volquez, Chris Tillman, Lackey, Maurer, Erasmo Ramirez, Griffen, Iwakuma, Happ, Kazmir, Rafael Betancourt, Hernandez(TB), Fujikawa, Corbin
#13
Posted 02 April 2013 - 02:23 PM
Rob Brantley $4, Nick Hundley $1, Ike Davis $10, Chase Utley $6, Pablo Sandoval $18,Brandon Crawford $1,Jed Gyorko $11, Aramis Ramirez $16, Carlos Gonzalez $25, Andrew McCutchen $20, Giancarlo Stanton $20, Carl Crawford $17, Brandon Belt $8, Domonic Brown $5, Travis Snider $1
Clayton Kershaw $20, Madison Bumgarner $20, Stephen Strasburg $20, Homer Bailey $4, Jeff Samardzija $1, Aroldis Chapman $37, Edward Mujica $7, Trevor Rosenthal $5, Tony Cingrani $19, James Russell $5
Minors: Travis d'Arnaud $5, Gerrit Cole $5, Christian Yelich $5
#14
Posted 02 April 2013 - 02:25 PM
#15
Posted 02 April 2013 - 02:59 PM
Lineup:
C: Matt Wieters ($19)
1B: Mark Reynolds ($6)
2B: Dustin Pedroia ($38, keeper)
SS: Starlin Castro ($35)
3B: Aramis Ramirez ($20)
OF: Mike Trout ($1, keeper)
OF: B.J. Upton ($10, keeper)
OF: Jose Bautista ($50)
UT: Adam Lind
3 SPs per week: Wainwright ($25), Ryu, G. Cole, Lohse, Ogando, Wheeler ($1), Beachy, Phelps, Straily, Hellickson
Reserves: C. Yelich (1$), K. Seager ($3), O. Taveras ($1)
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#17
Posted 02 April 2013 - 03:15 PM
#18
Posted 02 April 2013 - 03:32 PM
Stickfig13, on 02 April 2013 - 03:15 PM, said:
He's a real manbeast, bellcow C!
1B - Joey Votto
2B - Neil Walker
3B - Michael Young
SS - Elvis Andrus
OF - Jose Bautista
OF - Justin Upton
OF - Yoenis Cespedes
Util - Melky Cabrera
BN- Desmond Jennings
SP- Bumgarner, Harvey, Dickey, Ryu, Cashner, McCarthy, Liriano
RP- Perkins, Henderson
DL] Beachy
#19
Posted 02 April 2013 - 03:40 PM
Lineup:
C: Matt Wieters ($19)
1B: Mark Reynolds ($6)
2B: Dustin Pedroia ($38, keeper)
SS: Starlin Castro ($35)
3B: Aramis Ramirez ($20)
OF: Mike Trout ($1, keeper)
OF: B.J. Upton ($10, keeper)
OF: Jose Bautista ($50)
UT: Adam Lind
3 SPs per week: Wainwright ($25), Ryu, G. Cole, Lohse, Ogando, Wheeler ($1), Beachy, Phelps, Straily, Hellickson
Reserves: C. Yelich (1$), K. Seager ($3), O. Taveras ($1)
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#20
Posted 02 April 2013 - 04:08 PM
Edited by holyBrowns, 02 April 2013 - 04:08 PM.
Lineup:
C: Matt Wieters ($19)
1B: Mark Reynolds ($6)
2B: Dustin Pedroia ($38, keeper)
SS: Starlin Castro ($35)
3B: Aramis Ramirez ($20)
OF: Mike Trout ($1, keeper)
OF: B.J. Upton ($10, keeper)
OF: Jose Bautista ($50)
UT: Adam Lind
3 SPs per week: Wainwright ($25), Ryu, G. Cole, Lohse, Ogando, Wheeler ($1), Beachy, Phelps, Straily, Hellickson
Reserves: C. Yelich (1$), K. Seager ($3), O. Taveras ($1)
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