Matt Wieters injury update: Orioles catcher will have surgery, miss nine months

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Orioles catcher Matt Wieters will have surgery on his right elbow and be sidelined for about nine months, the team announced Monday.

 

The two-time All-Star catcher was off to a great start to the season, but he went on the DL with stiffness in his right elbow more than a month ago.

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Ryan Fagan, the national MLB writer for The Sporting News, has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2016. He also dabbles in college hoops and other sports. And, yeah, he has way too many junk wax baseball cards.