Crooked Pitch

Today’s pitch count is 4.

1. If this is news to you, you need to climb out from under that rock and start paying attention. Baltimore Orioles prospect Matt Wieters is set to make his major league debut tomorrow night. The 23-year-old catcher is batting .305/.387/.504 with five home runs in his second year as a professional. Combining last years numbers with 2009, Wieters has accumulated 578 pro at-bats and is hitting .342 with 32 home runs and 121 RBI. He’s already owned in 69% of Yahoo! leagues without a big league at-bat. That number will skyrocket this weekend.
2. Jake Fox was called up this week and got a base hit in his first big league at-bat this season. Before his call up by the Cubs he was batting .423 with 17 home runs in 149 at-bats. Wow! He’s likely not to get a huge amount of playing time in Chicago, but if he does,and continues with those Triple-A numbers in the bigs, watch out.
3. Rick Porcello won his fifth straight start last night and is 5-1 with a 2.94 ERA over the past month. He’s only owned in 36% of Yahoo! leagues and worthy of mixed-league attention.
4. Nolan Reimold had three at-bats as a pinch hitter Wednesday night, none more important then the three-run walk-off bomb he hit in the 11th inning. He now has four home runs in 13 games and is looking like he may be a fixture in the Orioles outfield.

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