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Wieters - HR Video
Not sure I'm buying Hit Tracker, though the camera man may have made this homer look longer than it was by panning the upper deck at first. Looking at the Hit Tracker diagram of the play, I think they have it going more towards RF than it actually went -- it was a bit more towards CF, and that makes a pretty big difference in the distance. But I retract my 420 foot estimate.
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Exactly. Talk to me when he shows he can do it on a consistent basis.

Until then, he is a Molina brother.

Well, you could do worse, you know. Yadier is a 3-time gold glover and 3-time all-star at age 28. Wieters has hit more HR this year than Molina has ever hit in a season. He's a much better hitter at this stage of his career than Molina was. As I said, I will take my chances with Mr. Wieters. I understand you're bitter that he's not McCann or VMart with the bat. He's still better than average with the bat for a catcher and is turning out to be a tremendous defensive player. And, I still feel the bat will improve over time. The fact that he has hit well from the RH side for the first time this season encourages me. He also hasn't been as prone to prolonged cold spells, though he has had prolonged stretches of mediocrity.

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I'm not at all an expert on hitting mechanics, but the more I watch him hit the more I hate that leg kick of his. His whole style seems conducive to endless repetitions of weak ground outs to second base punctuated occasionally by a home run or extra base hit. I don't know that his bat is slow but I think he needs to streamline his approach at the plate, and get rid of any unnecessary movements.

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With Martin, a healthy Mauer and Avila in this league, I'm not sure Wieters' path to the ASG is a clear cut as you make it out to be.

He is the best defensive catcher in baseball though.

Martin and Avila are not real. Mauer's the only real threat, and soon Wieters will drink from his skull.

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Not sure I'm buying Hit Tracker, though the camera man may have made this homer look longer than it was by panning the upper deck at first. Looking at the Hit Tracker diagram of the play, I think they have it going more towards RF than it actually went -- it was a bit more towards CF, and that makes a pretty big difference in the distance. But I retract my 420 foot estimate.

It's very possible that they screwed it up. I know I had to email them to fix that home run that Berkman hit onto Eutaw Street off Simon.

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Well, you could do worse, you know. Yadier is a 3-time gold glover and 3-time all-star at age 28. Wieters has hit more HR this year than Molina has ever hit in a season. He's a much better hitter at this stage of his career than Molina was. As I said, I will take my chances with Mr. Wieters. I understand you're bitter that he's not McCann or VMart with the bat. He's still better than average with the bat for a catcher and is turning out to be a tremendous defensive player. And, I still feel the bat will improve over time. The fact that he has hit well from the RH side for the first time this season encourages me. He also hasn't been as prone to prolonged cold spells, though he has had prolonged stretches of mediocrity.
I like that you are trying to find the silver lining.

But the fact that we have to talk about his defense, as if it is that big of a deal, is terrible.

We have to put his defense on a pedestal because his offense is so bad. That's not a good thing.

ITs great that he can throw runners out...Whoopee! The staff still blows. The team ERA still sucks.

BTW, I don't want to hear he tired excuse either. Avila has caught like 16 straight games and is hitting great in that stretch and he has been their everyday catcher and has consistently hit better than Wieters all year.

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Are you seriously insinuating that Wieters is at fault for our ERA or that he hasn't helped it? Like you said, our pitching staff blows.

I want to see more at the plate from him but he's an above average hitting catcher and is the best defensive catcher in the league by leaps and bounds. It's not even close. He is Johnny Bench level good behind the dish.

I am as pissed off about this team as anyone (see my posts from yesterday) but I don't see the need to go out of my way to criticize players. I mean, "But the fact that we have to talk about his defense, as if it is that big of a deal, is terrible," come on, that's just a ridiculous thing to say. Are you telling me if he had 25 homers we wouldn't ALSO be talking about his defense?

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