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This is absurd.

Every single outside source said he was one of the best prospects of the last 20 years. He tore up the minors.

Everyone had every right to believe that this guy was going to be a great one.

Folks here assumed he was going to be a great one, is the problem.

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Why should have considered that?

Your thoughts on how we view prospects is just ridiculous. Do you think we are supposed to sit there and talk about everything that is great but always include the caveat that he could be a bust too?

Why even discuss that?

Why consider/discuss that?

Well because it's a possible outcome, obviously. As you are seeing firsthand.

Do you think the O's front office should be incorporating a number of different contingencies in their longterm planning? And if they should, then why wouldn't the OH discuss the same variety of contingencies?

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Wieters looks good behind the plate. I love the way he defends the plate on bang bang plays. He makes guys go around him.

That said I am afraid he has old man skills. This doesnt bode well for a long career. A slow bat at age 24 probably means he is done by 30.

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I think what makes it even more difficult is the fact that we have another guy in Brian Matusz who has also had a disappointing season. The way they have been playing this year, I think Matusz has a better chance of living up to his potential, but it still is difficult to see him having a season that is so disappointing.

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Why consider/discuss that?

Well because it's a possible outcome, obviously. As you are seeing firsthand.

Do you think the O's front office should be incorporating a number of different contingencies in their longterm planning? And if they should, then why wouldn't the OH discuss the same variety of contingencies?

This whole though process is just dumb.

When Wieters came up here, with all the hype, all the fan fare, etc....there is no reason for us to think about him in any way other than future star.

To act as if it was wrong for us to do that is literally one of the dumbest things I have ever heard on this site..and that is saying a lot.

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This whole though process is just dumb.

When Wieters came up here, with all the hype, all the fan fare, etc....there is no reason for us to think about him in any way other than future star.

To act as if it was wrong for us to do that is literally one of the dumbest things I have ever heard on this site..and that is saying a lot.

I think he's bitter that Pie is doing more in Baltimore than he ever did in Chicago, personally ;)

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It's so bad, Buck has Jake Fox pinch run for Wieters to inject speed onto the basepaths.

Wieters has showed better athleticism this year but crstoner and myself commented several times last year on just how surprising his lack of athleticism was.

Again, what has changed? Did always looked like this at the plate and is just now being exposed because of the competition or is this just him doing a poor job of making adjustments?

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Why consider/discuss that?

Well because it's a possible outcome, obviously. As you are seeing firsthand.

Do you think the O's front office should be incorporating a number of different contingencies in their longterm planning? And if they should, then why wouldn't the OH discuss the same variety of contingencies?

You don't sound like you are talking "real", though; you are talking "cynical". Even approaching the truly pessimist.

And by the way, last time I checked none of us are player-personnel people in major league organizations. So equating what they NEED to discuss with what we WANT to discuss is ridiculous.

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