Orioles C Matt Wieters to visit Dr. James Andrews

[OFFNY]

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A line-drive single up the middle in his first plate appearance tonight.

If Matthew is hurt, he's going out in style.

In style would be a bases empty grand slam.

If Robin Ventura can hit a grand-slam single, anything is possible.

[scOtt]

Who is the Orioles 3rd catcher? Flaherty?

Flash was rumored to be the emergency catcher.

I guess Caleb Joseph is really the backup.

[TGO]

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A line-drive single up the middle in his first plate appearance tonight.

If Matthew is hurt, he's going out in style.

He led things off in the 8th and scored the game winning run.

[scOtt]

Clevenger is going to carry us to the playoffs. Keep on keeping on, my friends...

If there can be a silver lining to the worst case scenario... Clevenger is the best backup, and best hitting backup we've had in a long time!

[OFFNY]

A line-drive single up the middle in his first plate appearance tonight.

If Matthew is hurt, he's going out in style.

He led things off in the 8th and scored the game winning run.

Yes.

I wasn't necessarily insinuating that he isn't hurt. He very well could be.

I was just saying that if he is hurt, he's going out in style.

[scOtt]

It's amazing what one month can do. In March about half this board thought Wieters was an important piece and the other half would have traded him for a bag of balls. The mob sure is fickle.

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[murph]

So wait....the MRI was yesterday and not tomorrow and Wieters's may be catching tomorrow not next year? That would be great news if true

[scOtt]

On a decision like that, Boras will use every ounce of influence he has to convince Wieters that waiting until after the season would be insanely against Wieters' self/interest -- and he'd be right.

Or, we can extend Wieters now and then tell him to postpone the surgery...

:scratchchinhmm:

[scOtt]

So wait....the MRI was yesterday and not tomorrow and Wieters's may be catching tomorrow not next year? That would be great news if true

I'm guessing MRI yesterday, Andrews looks at it tomorrow.

[Moshagge3]

They just said Wieters to DL on MLB Network... false report?

[Guest]

They just said Wieters to DL on MLB Network... false report?

yes he was wrong

[scOtt]

yes he was wrong

Certainly not before Dr. Andrews' verdict.

[SteveO]

Oh I am sure he has input. It just burns my biscuits when folks act like players with Boras as an agent have no say in their own careers.

Yea I agree with ya in principle.

Elbows can be very murky though. I think Matt will listen to what the doctors say, he will certainly listen to what Boras thinks or he never would have hired him and based on that will likely make an informed choice.

In all honesty if one specialist says he needs surgery and another says well...u could try to rehab it I cannot see a much benefit to Matt of putting it off. Have the surgery now and come back next year ready to go or take a chance that the rehab does not work out and end up having in it in July or something and thus potentially spilling into next year. I love Matt but at the end of the day he will do what is best for him just as any of us in his position would. Lets just hope its not the worst case scenario ....

[scOtt]

Matt hitting so well this year... This sucks so bad! God dammit!

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[SteveO]

Matt hitting so well this year... This sucks so bad! God dammit!

No doubt. Its gonna hurt a lot if he is gone. Especially given the strong start he had.

Gonna need other guys to step up their game some and I do believe that can happen.

I know some will start clamoring for a trade to get a C. I really would like to see how Cleavenger and Caleb Joseph do first. Panicking is not DD style so I think we will get to see what they can do.