Obviously Tucker is optimistic about his ability since he's an Orioles fan. I personally don't think he'll be a $20m type player though tbh. If all the big market teams are completely fucked at catcher by this time, then who knows. But I find that very doubtful.

according to tucker he's already top 5. if his offense continues to improve he should at least be top 3 i'd imagine. how much will a top 3 catcher be worth you think?

Weiters is elite in every aspect of the game except when hitting vs LHP-- which obviously is a very real flaw lol. If he ever figures that out, he can realistically become an elite player.

He's definitely top 5 right now. But really, how impressive is being top 5 at that position right now? There's still guys like Posey, Santana (are they keeping him at C?), Montero/Montero (?), etc. that are going to improve. Look at it this way, Joe Mauer is the highest paid catcher right now at $23m/year. He got that contract after a ridiculously productive season with an MVP to go with it. To break $20m Wieters is going to have to do basically the same unless the market for catching is extremely poor at this time.

This post was edited by Frazzles on Nov 15 2011 11:32pm

i agree with what you are saying frazzles i wouldnt give him that contract either

then again, i wouldn't have given howard 25M per year either

I think everyone in the world agrees that the Howard contract is lulz.

Really? Why not bro?

because there is no way he is going to be worth 25M per year over the next 5 years

wat

how do you figure? he is a perennial 40HR 140RBI machine year in year out

hasn't hit 40hr or 140rbi since 2009