While the Orioles struggles in the starting rotation are concerning, I’m much more worried about the offense cooling down. I’m not sure that I ever believed that Baltimore’s starting staff could keep up with the amazing pace they set in the first month-plus of the season, but their pop at the plate should remain consistent.
Part of that problem has been Matt Wieters’ latest slump. The O’s catcher hasn’t recorded an extra base hit since May 15 against the Yankees, 14 games ago. Since that time his batting average has fallen from .274 to .226.
On Wednesday in Toronto, Wieters went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and a double play. He saw just 13 pitches.
We saw Wieters snap in game two when he was ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the fourth inning.
Matt weiters despite what most people think is going to go down as one of the most over rated players to hit the scene in the last 15 years. He has made himself a very very good defensive catcher who handles pitchers well and his 39% caught stealing is at the top of the league. Fair or unfair Matt weiters was projected to be the next johnny bench and offensively is very inconsistent and couldn’t hold jonny bench’s jock strap. Alot of scouts said that he would never amount to the player offensively that most everybody thought he would be because his swing is way to long and lazy. They look like they were right. He did hit 22hr’s and knocked in 66 rbi’s last year and look like he was going to take off especially with the way he started the season. He has gone from batting 320 to 226 with just 7 hits in his last 66 ab’s. sorry guy’s no matter hard we try and make him into a star he will never come close.Take the young catcher from Florida in the upcoming draft and trade him now while you can still get plenty. You can never and i repeat never give him the contract extension that boras will seek 100 million for a catch and throw guy. He also loks completely fatigued and we aren’t even at the half way point of the season. Yes expectations can be very unfair but that is why the orioles have had 14 losing seasons in a row the core players that had the high expectations never elevated there game to the next level the level where everybody thought they would. It’s no longer acceptable to be anything else.
He does have a slow bat. He was awesome in college, and during his short time in the minors, but “Mauer with power” was good advertising that hasn’t come close to reality. Unless he finds a way to quicken his swing, he’s more like Dempsey with power.
I thought you were going “inside” his latest slump and actually explain why he was slumping.
Wishful thinking, I guess.
Because pitchers realize that he can’t get around on a good fastball. Any other explanations you want to hear. They put a stat up the other night describing how bad his average is when a pitcher throws him a fastball in April it was bad , and in May it was worse. He can’t run a little bit and looks very tired and slow.
Pointing out that he is in a slump is not what readers expect out of this article. There’s neither an explanation nor a theory. What exactly is the point?
I like Matt,,,,,,,but he is typical of the O’s players,,,,,,,average and ordinary and not capable of going to the playoffs,,,,,,,,,,,baseball is dead in Baltimore………….