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Those were two crappy plays and each one resulted in a runner advancing to 2B. The burden of proof is on Kjerstad to show he’s better than O’Hearn out there. He sure didn’t prove it last night.
Nothing was working yet he threw a lot of strikes, had 7 Ks, only walked 1 and had a swingstr% of 25%.
Plenty was working. However, he had way too many hittable pitches as well. Wild in the strike zone.
6 days rest may have been a little too much as well.
Well, given his injury history, please put me down in the camp for a big no to any extension for John Means. If we are going to pay for pitching beyond this season (which we should and probably will have to) I am very confident that we will be able to find better than I guy who hasn’t been healthy since 2021. Extending him after 2 or 3 starts after he has missed 2 years seems to be the definition of unwise.