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Odds and Ends: Wieters, Varitek, Ohman

By Tim Dierkes [February 3, 2009 at 12:54pm CST]

Links for Tuesday...

Chat today, 2pm CST.
RotoAuthority explains why Matt Wieters is a good fantasy pick even if he doesn't debut with the Orioles til mid-May.
Baseball America's Jim Callis has the updated '09 June draft order.
Cristian Guzman was wise to sign a two-year, $16MM extension when he did, his agent tells MLB.com's Bill Ladson.
An agreement to sell the Padres to Jeff Moorad could be done by mid-month, says Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Jason Varitek doesn't need to worry about regaining Type A status, says Rob Bradford of WEEI.
Nothing appears imminent with the Phillies and Will Ohman, David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News writes.

Comments

It's probably because any catcher that projects similar to Mark Teixeira as a hitter has HUGE value, in both fantasy and reality.

Every team that passed on Wieters has to be knocked their heads on some sort of hard object. The Pirates actually chose Moskos over him, because of money. THAT is a major flaw in the draft.

Posted by: scribbletone | February 03, 2009 at 01:02 PM

I liked that flaw.

I think Wieters could get 350-400 ABs between C and DH. Of course that might have taken a hit with the addition of Wigginton.

Posted by: XD23 | February 03, 2009 at 01:11 PM

That non-choice has a chance to be one people will talk about to death for a long time. If you want to look closer at Wieters, look at Baseball Prospectus' historical analysis on his minor league career. I want to keep my enthusiasm in check with Wieters because he still is a "prospect" afterall, but his minor league career thus far is on historic levels.

Posted by: basemonkey | February 03, 2009 at 01:13 PM

Here's a link to that Baseball Prospectus material. This is a Oriole blog that cites the BP info:

http://www.camdenchat.com/2009/1/30/742358/wieters-hype-train

Posted by: basemonkey | February 03, 2009 at 01:21 PM

Wieters hit a combined .355-27-91-89 between highA and AA. I belive he is ready. And Wren needs to sign Ohman if he is going to. Will could get sick of the F.A expierience and sign cheap somewhere.

Posted by: Tomahawk368 | February 03, 2009 at 01:43 PM

The bradford piece is flawed. He forgot to consider the guys above varitek that are relying on great 2007s and bad elias 2008s.

Posted by: walkoffblast | February 03, 2009 at 04:49 PM

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