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How is Teagarden doing these days.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs occurred in Triple A last night.... The third of which was by a former Oriole. <a href="http://t.co/nYb0wFbcvk">pic.twitter.com/nYb0wFbcvk</a></p>— Daniel Clark (@DC_TBLDaily) <a href="

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They don't have the arm. Remember Buck has a thing about suppressing stolen bases.

As well he should. I think the Orioles want to stronger defender to back up Wieters. Wieters' elbow problem may be recurring, I can believe that they have this in mind and are looking for help behind the plate.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Have heard repeatedly in recent days that <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orioles&src=hash">#Orioles</a> are aggressively looking for backup catcher.</p>? Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="
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Will Matt catch again in 2014 ?

Trade Hunter for back up catcher and solve two problems with one move.

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I can't really blame Clevenger or Joseph, who has a very decent 34% caught stealing percentage in the minors. All of Houston's stolen bases were the result of an inattentive pitcher (Hunter last night), or a slow , predictable delivery to the plate (Gonzalez tonight). And if Clevenger hadn't momentarily bobbled the ball on one, the runner would have been out at third.

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When Rosenthal says they are looking for a backup catcher, does that mean they are looking for a backup to Wieters or to Clevenger? If Wieters can't catch for an extended period, Clevenger is the catcher and an adequate backup for him would be required.

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