Orioles Catcher Matt Wieters May Not be Ready for Opening Day
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Robbie Rogers/MLB Photos via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Still recovering from Tommy John Surgery he underwent last season, Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter acknowledged catcher Matt Wieters will likely start the season on the disabled list.
Wieters underwent the surgery back on June 17, and was making steady progress in spring training. He caught on Tuesday for the first time since the surgery, but was shut down on Wednesday for a week. He will be reevaluated on March 25.
“This is usually a 10-month [process] at least, especially with catchers. You’re hearing people go down with this and you are talking 12 to 14 months. We’re on if not ahead of schedule. A lot of people when it originally happened though even May 1 was a push,” Showalter said via CSNBaltimore.com.
“I think from Matt’s standpoint I don’t want him to have some false deadline where someone would view it as [a setback]. I’m excited about where we are with it. It is going to happen, it’s just a matter of when.”
The 28-year-old Wieters was in the midst of having the best season of his career in 2014 before undergoing surgery, hitting .308 with five home runs and 18 RBIs in 26 games.
He has spent his entire six-year career with the Orioles.
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