Matt Wieters

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These five players were once can't-miss kids. They're still kids and (for the most part) still have a chance to bust out like the Royals' Alex Gordon did in 2011

Long-suffering Baltimore fans are thrilled that Matt Wieters (Rare Bird, March 15) is the first Orioles catcher to grace the cover of SI since Rick Dempsey in 1983, when the team won its last championship. I'm hoping...

Highly drafted catchers who can hit and play defense come around less often than playoff games at Camden Yards—which is why Baltimore has built a suddenly promising future around Matt Wieters. No two ways about it:...

Orioles catcher, on Baltimore's having five rookie pitchers win their big league debuts this year, the most in a season since the 1888 Chicago White Stockings had six: