36-year old righty swinging DH Vladimir Guerrero is finally looking like the hitter the O’s thought they were getting when they signed him over the winter. Guerrero has played in 10 games so far in September and he is 16 for 37 (.432 avg, 1.204 OPS) with 8 runs scored, 2 homers and 7 RBIs. He has now played in 127 games overall this year and he is 141 for 490 (.288 avg, .733 OPS) with 52 runs scored, 12 homers, 53 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Guerrero probably won’t be back in 2012, but he could finish the year strongly and leave Orioles’ fans with a good impression of him.

25-year old switch-hitting catcher Matt Wieters has been hot with the bat for the Orioles so far in August. He has played in 22 games in August for the O’s and he is 24 for 79 (.304 avg, .932 OPS) with 13 runs scored, 4 homers and 13 RBIs. Wieters has now played in 114 games overall this year for the Orioles and he is 108 for 408 (.265 avg, .753 OPS) with 55 runs scored, 14 homers, 50 RBIs and 1 stolen base. The Orioles have to be pleased with Wieters so far this year as he has bounced back from a rough year in 2010.

27-year old righty swinging Robert Andino is getting most of the P.T. at 2B for the Orioles right now. He has played in 13 games so far in August and he is 11 for 46 (.239 avg, .612 OPS) with 10 runs scored, 0 homers, 5 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Andino has now played in 96 games for the Orioles so far this year and he is 76 for 291 (.261 avg, .658 OPS) with 41 runs scored, 2 homers, 17 RBIs and 6 stolen bases. Andino is getting to showcase his talents as he hasn’t played much in his major league career until 2011.

27-year old righty swinging 3B Mark Reynolds had a tough first two months with the Orioles. But in June and July he heated up. In the last two months, Reynolds was 42 for 171 (.246 avg) with 29 runs scored, 16 homers, 31 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. I know, the average isn’t great but the Orioles didn’t trade for him for that and they have to be pleased with his power production lately. Reynolds has now played in 104 games for the Orioles this year and he is 76 for 347 (.219 avg, .807 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 23 homers, 55 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Reynolds is leading the Orioles in runs scored, homers, walks (58) and strikeouts (117) so far this year and he’s 2nd in RBIs and he is tied for 4th in stolen bases for the O’s so far this year. The Reynolds of the last two months is the player the Orioles expected him to be when they dealt for him last winter and they hope he stays hot the rest of the year.

28-year old righty swinging shortstop J.J. Hardy has really been impressive this year for the Orioles. He has played in 72 games for the O’s so far this year and he is 79 for 284 (.278 avg, .830 OPS) with 40 runs scored, 16 homers and 42 RBIs. Hardy has been so impressive that he got a nice 3-year contract extension a couple of weeks ago. Playing half his games at Camden Yards could net Hardy 25-30 homers a year if he can just stay healthy. The Orioles were very smart to bring him back as he’s a good defensive shortstop with a lot of pop in his bat.