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| Projections | | Timeframe | AB | HR | AVG | RBI | R | SB | | 2013 Season (CBSSports.com) | 525.00 | 26.00 | .267 | 89.00 | 70.00 | 2.00 |
| Key Stats |
| AB | HR | AVG | RBI | R | SB |
| 135 | 6 | .237 | 23 | 16 | 0 |
| Games Played By Position | | Year | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | DH | SP | RP | | 2013 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 2012 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Situational Stats | | Situation | AB | H | HR | OBP | SLG | AVG | | vs Tampa Bay | 25 | 9 | 3 | .448 | .800 | .360 | | vs Hernandez (Career) | 12 | 4 | 1 | .667 | .429 | .333 | | vs RHP | 98 | 22 | 4 | .295 | .398 | .224 |
| Recent Trades | | Date | Traded | Traded For | | 05/14/2013 | Hisashi Iwakuma, SP SEA
Elvis Andrus, SS TEX
| Matt Wieters, C BAL
Jimmy Rollins, SS PHI
| | 05/14/2013 | Matt Wieters, C BAL
| Carl Crawford, LF LAD
Josh Johnson, SP TOR
| | 05/14/2013 | Matt Wieters, C BAL
Mariano Rivera, RP NYY
Alex Avila, C DET
| Derek Norris, C OAK
Zach McAllister, SP CLE
Joe Mauer, C MIN
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| Last 10 Games | | Date | Opp | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | | 5/7 | KC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 5/8 | KC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5/9 | KC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5/10 | @MIN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 5/11 | @MIN | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 5/12 | @MIN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5/14 | SD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5/15 | SD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 5/17 | TB | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 5/18 | TB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Latest News
| Matt Wieters hits one deep |
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
(5/15/13) Orioles catcher Matt Wieters homered Wednesday during a loss to San Diego. Wieters went deep for the sixth time this season in the fourth inning for a solo shot.
The catcher, who is now batting .237 on the year, went 1 for 2 in the game with two walks.
Wieters had gone 0 for 8 in his previous two games and is still trying to find a hot streak for the Orioles. He does have six homers and 21 RBI with 15 runs scored. Wieters is slugging .427 and continues to play stellar defense.
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| Matt Wieters comes up big |
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
(5/8/13) Orioles catcher Matt Wieters drove in three runs Tuesday during a 4-3 win over the Royals.
Wieters came up with the big hit with an RBI double in the eighth inning to score the go-ahead run. He drove in his other two runs on another double in the first. Both doubles were hit swinging from the left side, though he's been much better hitting from the right side of the plate.
Wieters went 2 for 4 but is still batting just .234. Manager Buck Showalter was asked how good a hitter Wieters can be with more nights like Tuesday, MASNSports.com reports.
"It's not so much he can be, he is," Showalter said. "The double, obviously a big blow for us. You kind of look at run production with guys like J.J. (Hardy) and him. I know we get bogged down on batting averages. That will be there, but we like them up in a situation."
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| Matt Wieters gets day off |
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
(5/4/13) The Orioles gave catcher Matt Wieters a game off Saturday against the Angels. Wieters caught Friday night and generally gets days off following night games.
The 26-year-old backstop went 0 for 2 with a walk on Friday against the Angels and is batting .224 with four homers and 15 RBI.
Wieters is 6 for 21 (.286) over his last six games with a homer, two doubles and five RBI.
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| Matt Wieters a matchups play? |
by Scott White | Senior Fantasy Writer
(4/30/13) Orioles diehard and news aggregator extraordinaire Jeff Lippman recently suggested that switch-hitting catcher Matt Wieters become strictly a right-handed hitter "because he actually has a plan at the plate" from that side.
The numbers kind of prove it. This year, he's batting .167 with a .520 OPS from the left side compared to .300 and .930 from the right side. Over 526 at-bats last year, he hit .224 with a .715 OPS from the left side compared to .323 and .908 from the right side.
Obviously, Wieters isn't going to abandon switch-hitting at this stage of his career, but the splits might explain why he's off to a slow start. He's had to bat much more often from the left side than the right with all the righties the Orioles have faced. He homered off lefty Joe Saunders Monday night.
Of course, the disparity between right-handed and left-handed opponents doesn't figure to change, and even with him facing more of the former than the latter, he figures to rank among the top catchers at season's end. But if you're able to roster two catchers, you might want to use his splits to your advantage.
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| Matt Wieters carries Orioles' offense |
by Bill Passonno | CBSSports.com
(4/30/13) Orioles catcher Matt Wieters drilled his fourth home run of the season during a 6-2 loss at Seattle Monday night. He finished 1 for 3 and accounted for all of the team's runs with his two-run blast off Mariners starter Joe Saunders in the fourth inning.
Wieters' homer halted a nine-game stretch without going deep as his last homer came April 18 against Tampa Bay. Last season, he belted six homers during the month of April.
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05/18/2013 19:55
Rays rally for six runs in 9th inning to shock Orioles
Matt Joyce hit a go-ahead two-run double in a six-run ninth-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-6 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, ending Baltimore's franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven innings.
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05/17/2013 23:05
Rays outslug slumping Orioles
Kelly Johnson hit a three-run homer and an RBI single, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 12-10 victory over the slumping Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
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05/17/2013 14:40
Hit Parade for Week 8
Some heavy hitters are finally starting to return to form and good health, leaving owners with many tough decisions. Our Scott White looks at all of the streaks and matchups in his latest Hit Parade.
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05/15/2013 16:49
Matt Wieters hits one deep
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05/15/2013 16:35
Padres belt 17 hits to hand O's first sweep of season
Alexi Amarista had three extra-base hits and the San Diego Padres matched their season-high with 17 hits, beating the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 Wednesday for a two-game sweep.
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| Once again, Fantasy owners went into 2012 expecting great things from former top prospect Matt Wieters, and once again, he failed to live up to those expectations. True, he did set career highs in several categories -- including games played, home runs and RBI -- but to be one of the top offensive catchers in the game, he'll have to do better than a .249 batting average and.764 OPS. So what are the reasons you might fall for it again this year? Well, Wieters' best work came in September, when he not only hit .296 with six home runs but also walked at a rate more in line with his minor-league numbers, which may suggest he's beginning to get a leg up on major-league pitching. Of course, if you feel like you've heard that before, that's because he did about the same thing last season, only in August as well as September. So was it progress or just a well-timed hot streak? Considering he's still only 26, either one is plausible, but as many times as Wieters has fooled us in the past, you're better off expecting his usual production in 2013. That production is good enough to rank him among the top six catchers in Fantasy, but it keeps him out of the Buster Posey and Joe Mauer class. (Updated 12/4/12) |
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| Upcoming 7 Games | | Date | Opp | Time | Scheduled Starter | | 5/19/13 | TB | 1:35 pm | Matt Moore | | 5/20/13 | NYY | 7:05 pm | Phil Hughes | | 5/21/13 | NYY | 7:05 pm | Vidal Nuno | | 5/22/13 | NYY | 7:05 pm | Hiroki Kuroda | | 5/23/13 | @ TOR | 7:07 pm | Brandon Morrow | | 5/24/13 | @ TOR | 7:07 pm | R.A. Dickey | | 5/25/13 | @ TOR | 1:07 pm | Chad Jenkins |
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