Frederick Keys Catcher Matt Wieters Receives Baltimore Orioles Player of the Month Honor for April - Carolina League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Frederick, MD – Frederick Keys Catcher, Matt Wieters has been named  the Baltimore Orioles Player of the Month for April. Wieters, the  Orioles first round selection in the 2007 draft, garnered the honor  in his first professional month batting .338 with five home runs and  15 RBI’s. The numbers were all in the top-5 for Carolina League  hitters. 
 
 
 
 Wieters was drafted fifth overall in last June’s draft and signed to  late to make his professional debut. On opening night his career got  off to a rousing start when Wieters homered twice in a 7-3 victory  over Lynchburg. He was honored as the first Carolina League Player  of the Week after batting .524 (11-21) with three home runs out of  the gate in 2008. 
 
 
 
 In his collegiate days at Georgia Tech, Wieters joined major  leaguers Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek as the third Yellow  Jacket in program history to be a two-time First-Team All American.  He is the first Yellow Jacket to be drafted in the top-5 since Mark  Teixeira was selected by the Texas Rangers with the fifth pick of  the 2001 draft. 
 
 
 
 Bowie Baysox pitcher Chris Waters won Pitcher of the Month in the  Orioles organization for April dominating the Double-A Eastern  League with a 5-0 record and a 1.69 ERA in six starts in the month.