2014 Phungo #32 Matt Wieters

Phungo cards are not just for Phillies, We try and spread them around. To get some of the AL players we try and get down to Baltimore every once in a while, consequently we have several Orioles cards each year. 

2014 Phungo #32 Matt Wieters

Matt Wieters has not been issued a Topps card yet. The 2014 Series 1 checker is out and once again Wieters is not part of Topps. He signed an exclusive contract with Razor who is no longer in the baseball card business (Weiters does have card in Panini). 

Fortunately Phungo doesn't deal with all that mumbo jumbo. We just make cards and today we have Matt Wieters. For a variety of reasons we end up with a lot of catcher photos: They are in most shots of batters, catchers are viewable from almost any seat, and I like catchers.

The Orioles made Matt Wieters the 5th pick of the 2007 draft. He has had modest success at the toughest everyday position in the sport. Last year the 27 year old backstop knocked out his usual 22 homers, unfortunately he batted only .235. His low BA/OBP numbers will need to improve if Wieters is to be the offensive force that the Orioles expect - and the O's will need production from somewhere, their off-season moves to this point aren't really exciting anyone.

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2013 Phungo Cards Matt Wieters

The other team I get to see frequently is the Baltimore Orioles.  For our 2nd Phungo Card of the year we would like to feature one of the O's

2013 Phungo #32 Matt Wieters

This is a photo taken at the Orioles Opener back in April of last year.  We had perfect weather and the O's beat the Twins 4-2. It was a great start to a fun season. Wieters was 0-3 that day but did collect an RBI on a fielders choice ground out. Matt made his first all-star team in 2012 and has had respectable numbers in four big league seasons.

The Phungo card features a decent pix from the left field stands - you can only get usable photos from that distance if your at a day game. It's not perfect but it is better then a lot of early 80s Fleer. The Card number is 32 which also happens to be Wieters uni number.  In the bottom right you can see the team and position listed.

You may notice that the photo extends below the player name. This gives me some options with different photo sizes.  A lot of batting stance Photos I place the feet below the nameplate, while with catchers squatting I basically just use the upper square.