For those of you who thought that Matt Wieters, the catcher everyone thought ex-Pirates G.M. Dave Littlefield should have drafted instead of pitcher Dan Moskos, wouldn't ever really hurt the Pirates because he's on an American League club, think again.
Wieters, drafted by Baltimore immediately after the Pirates took Moskos, went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI Friday for Frederick, Baltimore's Class A team, against Lynchburg. Wieters hit both home runs off Brian Holliday, a Moon High School product.
In fairness to Moskos, Wieters only went 1-for-3 off Moskos Thursday night.
Wieters, who was deemed a sure-fire major league prospect before he was drafted, is batting .340 in his first full season in the minors with five home runs and 18 RBI in 31 games. While Moskos is off to a nice start (3-1, 3.72 ERA), he isn't the kind of prospect that Wieters is, at least not yet.
Just one more reason why Littlefield left the Pirates, and their minor league system, in dismal shape and why it will take new G.M. Neal Huntington years to fix all of Littlefield's mistakes.
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