Tonight is the night Baltimore fans have been waiting for since they passed on Tim Lincecum for Billy Rowell in the draft. Matt Wieters is making his MLB debut tonight vs. Willis and he has lofty expectations as some are comparing his offense to Piazza and his defense to Pudge. Anyone who follows prospects has to be excited to finally see this kid play against the top competition. Wieters went on a tear in his final 10 AAA games hitting .368, including a 4-4 night in his last AAA game, pulling his overall average to .308.
The Mets have called up top prospect Fernando Martinez to replace Church, who is on the DL, in RF. I think that this move is temporary until they get healthy but if he hits Church could lose his spot or at least some ABs.
With the movement of Wieters and Price, the demotion of Matt LaPorta and Travis Snider slipped many radar screens. Both were struggling as LaPorta was hitting .190 with 1 HR, 4 RBI and a .547 OPS while Snider was hitting .242 with 3 HR, 12 RBI and a .686 OPS. I was very surprised to see the Jays demote Snider because he is a major head case and this may rattle him a bit.
Other News:
Brett Myers may be out for the year
MLB.com predicting top 20 picks in June Draft
Posada to return on Friday
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