Wieters has gotten hot and has distanced himself from Caleb Joseph as the best catcher on the team. He needs to play more, and he probably will.
When Matt Wieters signed the Orioles' $15.8 million qualifying offer in November, it seemed like the team was spending a good chunk of their budget in exchange for a very small improvement. Caleb Joseph was coming off a decent year offensively, and Wieters had been only marginally better at the plate in 2015 (.741 OPS to Joseph's .693). Beyond that, it looked like Wieters would only catch a little more than half the games anyway, based on his usage in 2015.