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Matt Wieters gets Sunday rest

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Orioles catcher Matt Wieters was given Sunday off against the Rays as Tampa Bay looks to sweep with Chris Snyder behind the plate.  Wieters has gone 4 for 24 (.167) over his last seven games with two homers and five RBI. He's struck out five times over that span.  Wieters is hitting .230 on the year with six home runs and 23 RBI over 129 at-bats. 

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Matt Wieters hits one deep

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Orioles catcher Matt Wieters homered Wednesday during a loss to San Diego. Wieters went deep for the sixth time this season in the fourth inning for a solo shot.  The catcher, who is now batting .237 on the year, went 1 for 2 in the game with two walks.  Wieters had gone 0 for 8 in his previous two games and is still trying to find a hot streak for the Orioles. He does have six homers and 21 RBI with 15 runs scored. Wieters is slugging .427 and continues to play stellar defense. 

May 16, 2013

Jason Marquis makes it four straight wins

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Padres starting pitcher Jason Marquis allowed two runs on seven hits and four walks in five-plus innings, leading San Diego to an 8-4 win Wednesday against the Orioles. Marquis, who struck out three, pitched into the sixth inning, but he was pulled after allowing a leadoff double to Chris Davis and walking Matt Wieters. The only runs Baltimore scored off Marquis (5-2) came off solo home runs from Wieters and J.J. Hardy. Marquis' ERA actually rose a fraction from 3.48 to 3.49, but he has won four straight starts. He hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in any of those outings. Marquis is ...

May 16, 2013

Matt Wieters and Freddy Garcia talk about the Royals' four-run fourth inning - Steve Melewski

MASN Sports — Wieters takes blame for poor pitch selection on ball Hosmer hit for home run

Baltimore Orioles May 9, 2013

Matt Wieters comes up big

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Orioles catcher Matt Wieters drove in three runs Tuesday during a 4-3 win over the Royals. Wieters came up with the big hit with an RBI double in the eighth inning to score the go-ahead run. He drove in his other two runs on another double in the first. Both doubles were hit swinging from the left side, though he's been much better hitting from the right side of the plate. Wieters went 2 for 4 but is still batting just .234. Manager Buck Showalter was asked how good a hitter Wieters can be with more nights like Tuesday, MASNSports.com reports. "It's not so much he can be, he is," Showalter sai...

May 9, 2013

Ervin Santana settles for no-decision

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Royals starting pitcher Ervin Santana turned in another decent performance but did not factor into the decision Tuesday night against the Orioles.Santana, who made his sixth start of the season, surrendered a run-scoring single to Adam Jones and a two-run double to Matt Wieters in the opening frame for his only damage of the night. The right-hander was charged with three runs and seven hits over six innings of work in a 4-3 defeat.Santana has allowed just five runs over his last 20 innings of work. He has not lost a decision since his season debut April 3. The 30-year-old veteran is scheduled ...

May 9, 2013

Wieters' double in eighth inning dooms Hochevar, KC

Topeka Capital-Journal —   BALTIMORE — Matt Wieters drove in three runs, including the tiebreaker in the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Tuesday night on a soggy night at Camden Yards. After blowing a three-run lead, the Orioles went back on top in the eighth. Adam Jones drew a leadoff walk from Tim Collins (1-1) and advanced when Luke Hochevar threw wildly to first base on a pickoff attempt. Wieters then lofted an opposite-field fly to left that landed just inside the foul line for a double. read more

Kansas City Royals May 7, 2013

Matt Wieters drives in 3 runs as Orioles beat Kansas City Royals, 4-3

Baltimore Sun — Late nights are nothing new for these Orioles, not after spending their past 11 games on the West Coast.

Baltimore Orioles May 7, 2013

More bullpen miseries in Royals' 4-3 loss to Orioles

Kansas City Star — Matt Wieters flicked a tie-breaking double to left field in the eighth inning against Luke Hochevar that provided the winning run after Tim Collins opened the inning with a leadoff walk.

Kansas City Royals May 7, 2013

Matt Wieters gets day off

CBSSports.com Fantasy — The Orioles gave catcher Matt Wieters a game off Saturday against the Angels. Wieters caught Friday night and generally gets days off following night games.  The 26-year-old backstop went 0 for 2 with a walk on Friday against the Angels and is batting .224 with four homers and 15 RBI.  Wieters is 6 for 21 (.286) over his last six games with a homer, two doubles and five RBI. 

May 4, 2013

Matt Wieters a matchups play?

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Orioles diehard and news aggregator extraordinaire Jeff Lippman recently suggested that switch-hitting catcher Matt Wieters become strictly a right-handed hitter "because he actually has a plan at the plate" from that side. The numbers kind of prove it. This year, he's batting .167 with a .520 OPS from the left side compared to .300 and .930 from the right side. Over 526 at-bats last year, he hit .224 with a .715 OPS from the left side compared to .323 and .908 from the right side. Obviously, Wieters isn't going to abandon switch-hitting at this stage of his career, but the splits might explai...

April 30, 2013

Matt Wieters carries Orioles' offense

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Orioles catcher Matt Wieters drilled his fourth home run of the season during a 6-2 loss at Seattle Monday night. He finished 1 for 3 and accounted for all of the team's runs with his two-run blast off Mariners starter Joe Saunders in the fourth inning. Wieters' homer halted a nine-game stretch without going deep as his last homer came April 18 against Tampa Bay. Last season, he belted six homers during the month of April.

April 30, 2013

Luis Exposito summoned by Orioles

CBSSports.com Fantasy — The Orioles recalled catcher Luis Exposito from Triple-A Norfolk Sunday before a game against Oakland with Taylor Teagarden going on the disabled list, MASNSports.com reports. Exposito will back up Matt Wieters behind the plate.  He was batting .218 at Norfolk with three doubles and six RBI over 55 at-bats. Exposito made several poor fielding plays during spring training, MASNSports.com reports. He is the best among very few options at the catcher position in the Baltimore organization. 

April 29, 2013

Matt Wieters starts as designated hitter

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Orioles catcher Matt Wieters got a start as the designated hitter on Saturday following a night game Friday against Oakland. Taylor Teagarden will start as catcher. Wieters, a switch-hitter, is batting .219 this season over 73 at-bats with three homers and 10 RBI. He's hitting .292 as a right-handed batter and .184 as a left-handed batter.

April 27, 2013

Wieters on Arrieta - School of Roch

School of Roch | MASN Sports — The day after the Orioles optioned pitcher Jake Arrieta to Triple-A Norfolk, manager Buck Showalter sought out catcher Matt Wieters to discuss the right-hander and bounce ideas about what went wrong. "Very frustrating for Matt," Showalter said. "He's as good as there is at putting fingers down. Most of us...

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Matt Wieters Photos

  • Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter, left, and catcher Matt Wieters walk to the mound for a pitching change against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, May 17, 2013, in Baltimore. The Rays won 12-10 The Associated Press
    Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter, left, and catcher Matt Wieters walk to the mound for a pitching change against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, May 17, 2013, in Baltimore. The Rays won 12-10. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
  • Minnesota Twins center fielder Wilkin Ramirez, right, watches as left fielder Oswaldo Arcia makes a futile dive for a shallow fly ball hit by Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters in the seventh inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 8-5 The Associated Press
    Minnesota Twins center fielder Wilkin Ramirez, right, watches as left fielder Oswaldo Arcia makes a futile dive for a shallow fly ball hit by Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters in the seventh inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 8-5. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters, right, is greeted in the dugout after his solo home run off Minnesota Twins pitcher Vance Worley in the fourth inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Minneapolis The Associated Press
    Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters, right, is greeted in the dugout after his solo home run off Minnesota Twins pitcher Vance Worley in the fourth inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters runs the bases on a solo home run off Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Vance Worley in the fourth inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Minneapolis The Associated Press
    Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters runs the bases on a solo home run off Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Vance Worley in the fourth inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, right, congratulates pitcher Jim Johnson after the Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6 in 10 innings of a baseball game Friday, May 10, 2013 in Minneapolis. Johnson picked up the save The Associated Press
    Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, right, congratulates pitcher Jim Johnson after the Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6 in 10 innings of a baseball game Friday, May 10, 2013 in Minneapolis. Johnson picked up the save. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • Wieters carries Orioles over Royals 4-3 The Associated Press
    Baltimore Orioles' Nick Markakis, center, high-fives teammate Adam Jones after they scored on a single by Matt Wieters in the first inning of a baseball game in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Wieters carries Orioles over Royals 4-3 The Associated Press
    Kansas City Royals shortstop Miguel Tejada, left, speaks with starting pitcher Ervin Santana after Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters batted in two runs in the first inning of a baseball game in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Los Angeles Angels' Alberto Callaspo, right, scores past Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters on a hit by Mike Trout during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013 The Associated Press
    Los Angeles Angels' Alberto Callaspo, right, scores past Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters on a hit by Mike Trout during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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