Excellent Tom Boswell column on Matt Wieters, Nats and O's

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Emory Eagle said:

The O's need to steal a little of the OBP additive they're putting in the water down in DC.  Wieter's OBP is .373 right now for the Nats.  It was .302 last year w/ the O's.  

I feel like Wieters has often been a fast starter.    

[Ohfan67]

15 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Wieters could have stayed here and signed the same contract he ended up signing with the Nats.  He and Boras tried to hijack our offseason.  He could have easily stayed.  It taints his Oriole legacy just like how Markakis is tainted.  Both could have stuck around and rode things out with the core, but they chose to take the biggest contract out there.  

I don't care for Boswell at all, and for that matter the whole sports team at the washington post.  Let them have MW, Wizards, Redskins, Georgetown, and the fake red nation.  I'll take the O's, Gary Williams and the Terps.  At least the post found their match when it comes to people overrated and terrible at their jobs, Dusty Baker.  

 

Umm. I know I shouldn't ask, but would you mind backing that statement up with some data and not just personal opinion? I'm sincerely curious about how you came to that conclusion. 

[Emory Eagle]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I feel like Wieters has often been a fast starter.    

That may be true.  I wonder if that is the case for most catchers.  It is an exhausting position, especially for someone with a large body type like Wieters.  

[Redskins Rick]

22 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Wieters could have stayed here and signed the same contract he ended up signing with the Nats.  He and Boras tried to hijack our offseason.  He could have easily stayed.  It taints his Oriole legacy just like how Markakis is tainted.  Both could have stuck around and rode things out with the core, but they chose to take the biggest contract out there.  

I don't care for Boswell at all, and for that matter the whole sports team at the washington post.  Let them have MW, Wizards, Redskins, Georgetown, and the fake red nation.  I'll take the O's, Gary Williams and the Terps.  At least the post found their match when it comes to people overrated and terrible at their jobs, Dusty Baker.  

 

Boswell is extremely well respected writer, sad to see your tainted glasses dont allow you to see that.

Funny that College Park is extremely close to DC, but you chose to ignore that tidbit.

I would love to see evidence that MW could have stayed here.

Nothing wrong with opinions, we all have them.

But, you write it as fact and I do not believe it correct.

For years, the Washington Post covered the Orioles, better than the Sun did, but heck, thats just an opinion.

 

[sportsfan8703]

1 minute ago, Redskins Rick said:

Boswell is extremely well respected writer, sad to see your tainted glasses dont allow you to see that.

Funny that College Park is extremely close to DC, but you chose to ignore that tidbit.

I would love to see evidence that MW could have stayed here.

Nothing wrong with opinions, we all have them.

But, you write it as fact and I do not believe it correct.

For years, the Washington Post covered the Orioles, better than the Sun did, but heck, thats just an opinion.

 

I didn't ignore that College Park is close to DC, the washington post did.  

[Frobby]

7 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I didn't ignore that College Park is close to DC, the washington post did.  

That's a surprising take.   Are you suggesting that the Post covers Georgetown more than it covers Maryland, or prefers one over the other?     I've certainly never had that impression.  

[sportsfan8703]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

That's a surprising take.   Are you suggesting that the Post covers Georgetown more than it covers Maryland, or prefers one over the other?     I've certainly never had that impression.  

A lot of Terp fans think this way.  They gave Gary an extremely hard time.  "Cant win the big one" thing.  They loved the JTIII hire and hated Turge.  

I think they've covered the Terps too harshly like a pro team and that contributed to a lot of local kids leaving.  They're a GU paper.  

[Redskins Rick]

Just now, sportsfan8703 said:

A lot of Terp fans think this way.  They gave Gary an extremely hard time.  "Cant win the big one" thing.  They loved the JTIII hire and hated Turge.  

I think they've covered the Terps too harshly like a pro team and that contributed to a lot of local kids leaving.  They're a GU paper.  

Gary did win the big one. and they gave him lots of love for rebuilding the program and with his success, pumped a lot of money back into Terp sports world.

Maryland is always going to have a harder time recruiting against the party schools, free cars, etc.

[Frobby]

15 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

A lot of Terp fans think this way.  They gave Gary an extremely hard time.  "Cant win the big one" thing.  They loved the JTIII hire and hated Turge.  

I think they've covered the Terps too harshly like a pro team and that contributed to a lot of local kids leaving.  They're a GU paper.  

Interesting.   I don't see it that way, but I don't avidly follow the Terps (especially since they moved to the Big 10), though I like to see them do well.  

[wildcard]

I like Matt.   He did a good job for the O's for years.  He couldn't meet the unrealistic expectation that were set for him but he was a Gold Glover, an All Star and a leader that helped the O's turn  into a winner.  His injury hurt him his last few years with the O's.   And his choice of Boras as an agent made it seem in FA that a contract was more important than staying with the O's.

If Boras and Matt would have told the O"s he would sign a one year contract  with a option before the  O's signed Castillo I wonder what would have happened.  But that was not to be.   Boras was going to extend his search for the big Wieters  contract way into 2017 and that put Dan in a position of needing to move on.   

The O's did the right thing is signing Castillo on December 16th and letting Matt and Boras continue to search.  Matt did not sign until February 24th.  I am glad the O's were not in that negotiation.   Matt landed softly with a short term contract with the Nats. Not what Boras planned but a franchise that pays which should be good for Matt in the future.   I wish him well.

[El Gordo]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I feel like Wieters has often been a fast starter.    

Career March/April .801 OPS, Sept/Oct. .840 OPS.