Get To Know A Prospect is an ongoing feature highlighting top prospects from teams around the league. Players discussed are generally close to breaking into the big leagues and tend to have been bad ass mother fuckers in the minors.
When the Baltimore Orioles traded away Ramon Hernandez earlier this winter I just attributed that to the Orioles typically not having any fucking clue what they are doing. Little did I realize that they have the second coming of Joe Mauer in their minor league system.
Matt Wieters is a 22 year-old, 6 foot 5, switch hitting catcher. In one season of advanced Single A and Double A ball he batted a ridiculous combined .355 with 27 homers and 91 rbi's. He attended Georgia Tech where he was a two time First Team All-American.
With the departure of Hernandez, Wieters has been put on the fast track to the majors. With any luck he will be tagging American League East pitching on opening day.
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