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Here are some highly unsurprising roster moves for your enjoyment:
The Orioles have placed Rich Hill on the 15-day disabled list with a sore elbow. Jim Miller has been optioned to the Triple-A Norfok rosters. And, drum roll please, Matt Wieters has been reassigned to the minor league facility in Sarasota.
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Comments
As soon as I pick myself up off the floor,I'll be expressing my shock over Matt being sent out.
Posted by: John | March 29, 2009 12:41 PM
They needed to send Weiters down to the minors. There is no need to rush the kid because they are not going to be contending anytime soon with the starting pitching they have. I really hope these pitchers in the minors are real.
Posted by: Sean | March 29, 2009 1:47 PM
John (and anyone else professing to be shocked at Wieters' demotion): Why are you shocked? Regular readers of this blog knew Matt was going to start the season at Norfolk. He'll be back to stay no later than June 1, probably sooner. 2009 is going to be another train wreck for the O's anyway, so relax. The real fun starts next year.
Posted by: dave taylor | March 29, 2009 2:35 PM
Honestly, I am worried more about the starting pitching rather when Mr. Wieters will be called up for duty....You know he will be but the question is when.....
Posted by: Kevin Rineker | March 29, 2009 3:54 PM
The way the pitching is shaping up, sending Wieters to AAA will save a couple years' worth of wear-and-tear on his knees and keep that shell-shocked look off his face that Oriole catchers develop by mid-May.
Posted by: The Big E- | March 29, 2009 5:33 PM
Dave,
Hate to be the bubble buster, but can you say some year between 2011-2013! We lose our 3b and 1b next year and maybe one of our 4 pitching prospects will be up and if were lucky for first year starting pitchers one of them might go .500. There is a reason the Rays sent Price back this year. So don't buy the 2010 World Series tickets or plane tickets just yet, most realistically 2013 once all the baby birds arrive and we find some replacement corner players!
Posted by: Keith Rowe | March 29, 2009 6:29 PM
Keith: Thanks for the totally unnecessary lecture. All I said was the fun starts next year. I didn't say anything about a World Series in 2010. But those young pitchers will be ready sooner than you think. So thanks for the thoughts, but I'll guarantee you I'm not the moron you apparently think I am.
Posted by: dave taylor | March 29, 2009 9:41 PM