The Orioles have placed C Matt Wieters on the 15 day disabled list with a strained hamstring and recalled 3B Josh Bell from AAA Norfolk.
The Orioles were hoping Matt Wieters’ hamstring injury wasn’t serious enough to land him on the disabled list but he still wasn’t feeling 100% so they decided to play it safe. Better safe than sorry. I’d rather them be cautious and let him heal all the way than rush him back into action and have him re-injure himself or make it worse. Its a shame though because he was finally starting to hit after a prolonged slump. Hes eligible to come off the DL on the 24th so hopefully he only has to miss the minimum amount of games. At least with the all-star break he won’t have to miss as many games as he would without it. I don’t know if we should’ve called Josh Bell back up. He should be getting regular at bats and he didn’t get that when he was up here the first time. He didn’t even have time to play in Norfolk when he was sent down before getting called back up. If hes going to be up here he needs to be used or else his development could be hindered. He hasn’t had much success at the major league level but in very limited at bats and in sporadic playing time. I’d like to see him prove himself and be able to stick after Miguel Tejada and/or Ty Wiggington are traded before the deadline.
