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Wieters to be called up by Orioles (on Friday)

The Baltimore Orioles are readying the welcome mat for their much-talked-about prized prospect.

Catcher Matt Wieters will be recalled by Baltimore on Friday and make his major league debut at home that night against the Detroit Tigers.

“It’s time. He’s ready,” Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail said during a MASN radio interview Tuesday night.

He is coming.

Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 01:42 AM | 59 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:12 AM (#3194943)

As I said in the other Wieterspost (GoToWarMissAgnes), not even Wieters is worthy of two posts.....

But my FANTASY TEAM IS SAVED!!! NO MORE PIERZYNSKI!!!!

2. Latnam's first name is Bob Lemon's middl Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:14 AM (#3194947)

See ya later, Yadier!

3. Roy Hobbs of WIFFLE Ball Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:15 AM (#3194951)

Matt Wieters doesn't get called up. He calls the world down.

4. Davo Malvolio Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:17 AM (#3194955)

What's the correct way to pronounce Wieters's last name? And please don't say "Whatever way he lets you" or "It is forbidden to speak his name aloud".

5. Best Regards, Larry M. Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:19 AM (#3194959)

What's the correct way to pronounce Wieters's last name? And please don't say "Whatever way he lets you" or "It is forbidden to speak his name aloud".

WTRS.

6. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:19 AM (#3194961)

It's pronounced "Weeters".

WII- As in the Video Game console

TERS- as in Ters

7. Latnam's first name is Bob Lemon's middl Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:22 AM (#3194970)

"We" as in "We should all be lucky our primative vocal chords can form the needed sylables to say his name.

"Tears" as in "I have so many tears of joy, since Wieters allowed me to live"

8. catomi01 Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:24 AM (#3194975)

In Baseball Mogul, I drafted Strausburg in 2009, and signed Wieters after the 2011 when the O's failed to offer him arbitration for some reason. My computer promptly imploded and devolved into a singularity of infinite baseball greatness.

9. Banta Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:26 AM (#3194982)

Thank god he's not sucking up a roster spot on my fantasy bench anymore.

And yes, I know that sentence is complete heresy.

10. Shock Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:30 AM (#3194991)

the O's failed to offer him arbitration for some reason

I didn't know Baseball Mogul was so realistic!

11. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:31 AM (#3194994)

Historic Events that occurred on May 29th:

363 – Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city BECAUSE MATT WIETERS WAS IN THE WAY

1727 – Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia AFTER MATT WIETERS DECLINES THE POSITION.

1864 – Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time, AND FINDS THAT MATT WIETERS ALREADY IS EMPEROR THERE.

1886 – Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal. MATT WIETERS SEES THE AD AND DECIDES TO BUY ONE, POPULARIZING THE DRINK FOREVER.

1919 – Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington's observation of MATT WIETERS HITTING A FASTBALL in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.

1953 – Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, THEY FIND MATT WIETERS ALREADY THERE.

1988 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev AND MATT WIETERS.

1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. THEY FIND A MATT WIETERS HOME RUN BALL ALREADY THERE.

12. We don't have dahlians at the Palace of Wisdom Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:31 AM (#3194995)

And yes, I know that sentence is complete heresy.

No, it gives proper deference to the immense gravitational pull of one Matt Wieters, even while on the bench.

13. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:40 AM (#3195001)

No, it gives proper deference to the immense gravitational pull of one Matt Wieters, even while on the bench.

Wieters on the bench has more Win Shares then Adam Eaton on the Field.

14. Yeaarrgghhhh Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:40 AM (#3195002)

This looks like it'll be a great week for Orioles fans. Berken made his debut tonight, David Hernandez will be up on Thursday, Wieters on Friday, Matusz is coming on strong...

BTW, Wieters was 4-4 with a walk tonight. I guess he decided to start preparing for the majors.

15. BringBackTimTeufel Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:50 AM (#3195010)

BTW, Wieters was 4-4 with a walk tonight. I guess he decided to start preparing for the majors.

You mean he decided to warn the majors about his 5-for-4 game on Friday night?

16. DKDC Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:51 AM (#3195011)

I thought we'd have to wait a couple more weeks, so this is pretty awesome.

I'm pretty stoked about Hernandez's debut as well.

17. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:53 AM (#3195012)

I'm totally hemming and hawing whether to add Matt Wieters' debut to the May 29th and 2009 pages of Wikipedia. It's like Christmas, Hannukah, the 4th of July and your Birthday wrapped into one.

18. Tripon Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:53 AM (#3195014)

Is the description of 'Mauer with power' redundant now?

19. Obama Bomaye Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:00 AM (#3195018)

Now that all the HILARIOUS Wieters jokes are out of the way, can I bring up that to my knowledge, this won't really guarantee he's not a Super 2? Since that seems to have been 90% of the reason for leaving him down, and they've waited this long, why not wait a little longer? It's not like he's crushing the ball right now.

20. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:03 AM (#3195023)

Is the description of 'Mauer with power' redundant now?

Now he's Mauer with SUPERpower.

21. DKDC Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:09 AM (#3195029)

It's not like he's crushing the ball right now.

He was 4-4 tonight and is batting .330/.398/.582 in May.

I assume that they either (a) did the math/research and determined that they are very safe from the Super-2 date or (b) decided that the benefits of calling him up a few weeks early was worth the risk.

Based on how methodical MacPhail can be, I'm guessing it's a.

22. Tripon Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:12 AM (#3195033)

Tim Dierkes of MLBtraderumors did the math:

Since the Orioles were patient with him, Wieters likely won't become a Super Two player. Even if he never sees the minors after his weekend debut, he'll accumulate just 129 days of service time this year and won't have enough experience to become a Super Two after 2011. Every player to become a Super Two in the last three offseasons has had at least two years, 130 days service time.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/05/matt-wieters-to-debut-friday.html

23. Obama Bomaye Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:25 AM (#3195061)

Fair enough on both counts. 129 is still close to 130, and I'm not sure Ballmer should get the benefit of the doubt that they know what they're doing, but we'll see. I had seen Wieters's overall #s but didn't realize he was hitting so well lately.

24. Crispix Attacks Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:37 AM (#3195069)

Interesting. I bet if the Orioles' catchers weren't reaching hitherto unapproached levels of crappy performance, Wieters would have been down until beyond the All-Star break.

25. UCCF Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:48 AM (#3195087)

But my FANTASY TEAM IS SAVED!!! NO MORE PIERZYNSKI!!!!

Ditto, on both counts. Pierzynski, aside from one good week, has been a black hole.

26. DKDC Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:54 AM (#3195094)

I bet if the Orioles' catchers weren't reaching hitherto unapproached levels of crappy performance, Wieters would have been down until beyond the All-Star break.

I bet you're wrong. Zaun's performance had pretty much zero effect on Wieters' promotion schedule.

27. BeanoCook Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:55 AM (#3195096)

Orioles to AL East: Check Mate.

*Resting hands behind head, leans back in chair.

28. Curse of the Andino Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:56 AM (#3195097)

The funny thing: tonight was "blogger night" at Camden Yards, so it almost seems like, to build buzz for the team, they told them first, like Apple does with Iphones or Amazon with a new Kindle.

29. A triple short of the cycle

Posted: May 27, 2009 at 04:39 AM (#3195127)

129 is still close to 130

Looks like they know exactly what they're doing and are purposely calling him up as soon as is possible (after clearing the deadline).

30. Replacement-Level Primate Posted: May 27, 2009 at 04:59 AM (#3195138)

Great, I can finally bench Mau--wait, is Wieters worth my UTIL spot right away?

31. Rich Rifkin Posted: May 27, 2009 at 05:12 AM (#3195146)

But my FANTASY TEAM IS SAVED!!! NO MORE PIERZYNSKI!!!!

I have Wieters and Inge (who has C, CF and 3B by his name). Inge has been good (not playing catcher or center). He trails only Mauer and Martinez in my Yahoo league. I hope someone in my league has the sense to trade with me.

32. Baldrick Posted: May 27, 2009 at 05:17 AM (#3195148)

Am I the only one who hopes that he fails miserably?

33. Petuniaviles Posted: May 27, 2009 at 05:27 AM (#3195149)

I hope someone in my league has the sense to trade with me.

That NEVER works.

34. Curse of the Andino Posted: May 27, 2009 at 05:33 AM (#3195152)

Am I the only one who hopes that he fails miserably?

Yes. Yes you are, Baseball Judas!

35. Good cripple hitter Posted: May 27, 2009 at 05:59 AM (#3195159)

Am I the only one who hopes that he fails miserably?

If Wieters is the king of baseball, I'm up for some regicide.

36. Hugh Jorgan Posted: May 27, 2009 at 06:01 AM (#3195160)

#11
Great post, but man you have way too much time on your hands.

At least it now answers the "can anyone hit .400" question...why Wieters of course.

37. CW hits the pinata for the candy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 06:18 AM (#3195165)

Am I the only one who hopes that he fails miserably?

Yes. I don't see why anyone would want to see Wieters fail.

38. HGM Posted: May 27, 2009 at 06:29 AM (#3195169)

At least it now answers the "can anyone hit .400" question...why Wieters of course.

It also answers the question of whether or not we will ever see another 300 game winner - yes.

39. RollingWave Posted: May 27, 2009 at 06:34 AM (#3195170)

But can he teach the O's pitchers how to pitch?

40. Lassus Posted: May 27, 2009 at 07:11 AM (#3195176)

Am I the only one who hopes that he fails miserably?

I'm worse. The opposite of love is not hate.

At this point, I'm simply indifferent.

41. larkin4HoF Posted: May 27, 2009 at 08:55 AM (#3195182)

Personally, I am pissed off. I was going to go see him play in Columbus this weekend.

42. PanRains Posted: May 27, 2009 at 09:30 AM (#3195184)

Personally, I am pissed off. I was going to go see him play in Columbus this weekend.

As was I (on Saturday). Oh well, at least I get to see Kirk Saarloos vs Chris Waters.

43. karkface killah Posted: May 27, 2009 at 09:43 AM (#3195186)

So how long into his career do we have to put up with these Wieters/Norris posts?

44. Athletic Supporter leads the nation in drifters Posted: May 27, 2009 at 10:04 AM (#3195188)

Matt Wieters doesn't make Chuck Norris posts. Chuck Norris makes Matt Wieters posts.

45. GotowarMissAgnes Posted: May 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM (#3195199)

But can he teach the O's pitchers how to pitch?

Lesson 1: Release Adam Eaton.
Lesson 2: Release Mark Hendrickson

Voila.

46. Answer Guy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM (#3195218)

Hmm..maybe I'll hit the ballpark Friday night now.

47. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: May 27, 2009 at 01:37 PM (#3195249)

Am I the only one who hopes that he fails miserably?

Nope. I'm thoroughly sick of him, and I've never even seen him once.

I don't wish him long term suckitude, just a nice two year breaking in period with a 250/320/400 line would be fine.

48. JJ1986 Posted: May 27, 2009 at 01:39 PM (#3195251)

Are they home this weekend? I could look it up, but I'm sure one of you knows.

49. Answer Guy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 01:41 PM (#3195252)

The Orioles are home this weekend, playing Detroit.

50. DKDC Posted: May 27, 2009 at 01:51 PM (#3195264)

This could also spell the end of Jamie Walker's Oriole career.

Walker wears #32, which Wieters wore for his entire college career and most of his professional career.

He's also terrible, and the Orioles need to make a roster move to bring Scott off the DL, but the uniform number angle is more fun.

51. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:03 PM (#3195274)

Matt Wieters owns the number 32. Jamie Walker is through.

52. JJ1986 Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:17 PM (#3195287)

The Orioles are home this weekend, playing Detroit.

Hmm. I'll try and make it to the game.

53. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 02:31 PM (#3195307)

It'll be interesting to see if the attendance is up Friday. Has to be better than last night, which I'm pretty sure was watched by 90 people and a pigeon.

54. Dingbat_Charlie

Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:08 PM (#3195354)

any word on which catcher will go? I think Moeller is a better fit for the situation but my guess is they'll keep Zaun.

55. Bad Doctor Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:09 PM (#3195357)

Even if he never sees the minors after his weekend debut, he'll accumulate just 129 days of service time this year and won't have enough experience to become a Super Two after 2011. Every player to become a Super Two in the last three offseasons has had at least two years, 130 days service time.

Every player who has become a Super Two in the last three offseasons has debuted in 2004 through 2006. Doesn't it seem like teams have gotten much more savvy with avoiding Super Two status for their stud players in the last few years, meaning that the Super Two designation post-2011 is likely to hit players with less than two years, 130 days service time? Although ...

Berken made his debut tonight, David Hernandez will be up on Thursday, Wieters on Friday,

Throw in the quick ascensions of Reimold and Bergesen, and a cynic might say that the Orioles are trying to flood the 2009 rookie pool with players who debuted before Weiters, thus increasing the amount of service time that will be likely to lead to Super Two designation post-2011.

56. DKDC Posted: May 27, 2009 at 03:24 PM (#3195394)

Throw in the quick ascensions of Reimold and Bergesen, and a cynic might say that the Orioles are trying to flood the 2009 rookie pool with players who debuted before Weiters, thus increasing the amount of service time that will be likely to lead to Super Two designation post-2011.

I guess calling those guys up first couldn't hurt, but it only really helps with Wieters if Bergesen, Berken, Hernandez, and Reimold stay in the majors for good.

Chances are pretty good that some (or all) of them will struggle and spend some more time in the minors over the next couple years.

57. Gamingboy Posted: May 27, 2009 at 05:28 PM (#3195599)

I have to think they'd keep Zaun, Charlie.

58. baudib Posted: May 27, 2009 at 05:47 PM (#3195628)

Walker wears #32, which Wieters wore for his entire college career and most of his professional career.

His number has already been retired by all 30 teams.

I've heard that the Orioles have quite a few good pitching prospects in the low minors. With Wieters, Markakis, Reimold...is it possible they're going to be competitive within the next three years?

59. cardsfanboy

Posted: May 27, 2009 at 06:06 PM (#3195667)

It'll be interesting to see if the attendance is up Friday. Has to be better than last night, which I'm pretty sure was watched by 90 people and a pigeon.

is the hype in Baltimore as big as the hype on the web? I know when Wallace gets called up, he'll get a rousing applause but I doubt it will increase attendence in St Louis(although to be fair St Louis attendence is always high)

60. Davo Malvolio Posted: May 27, 2009 at 06:12 PM (#3195675)

#5:

WTRS.

Winner!

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