They say he's the greatest Orioles catcher ever. They say the greatest catcher prospect since Yogi Berra. They are talking about Matt Wieters. "They" are Keith Law. He's not the only one. I went back to the 2009 prospect guys to see what people were saying about Matt Wieters and found, "Has the power of Mark Teixeira," and "a bat so potent he could be a two-time batting champion and one of the game's biggest stars in almost two years." Okay, I lied, those are all Keith Law quotes! Good for baseball that Wieters wasn't its biggest star. Others were just as complimentary to Wieters with Kevin Goldstein, who got a job with the Astros and now the Twins said, "Wieters, Chris Tillman and Brian Matusz are can't miss." They had great things to say about Matt LaPorta too. Who? Not sure, I think Matt LaPorta is French for doormat. From that draft alone, there was no mention of Madison Bumgarner, Giancarlo, Freddie Freeman, Josh Donaldson, or even Travis d'Arnaud, all guys drafted after Wieters and LaPorta. Why mention any of this? Just tamping down
Adley Rutschman enthusiasm with this hype-cleaver. That's my Tamp-ax! Wait, maybe it's not a good idea to say that. So, this is a weird way to start a post where I say I'd absolutely pick up Adley Rutschman in every league. Killing enthusiasm with my Tampax. Yikes, need to stop saying that. The Tampax (this is not a sponsored post, by the way) is simply to stop up hype that Rutschman will be a top five catcher as soon as he's called up. I don't think he will, but he could be. Think 15 HRs and .280 for four months. It's irrelevant what he was even doing in the minors. He was ready two years ago. He's worth adding in all leagues if you're struggling at catcher, Tampax be damned. Period. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
