[2020 1st round pick (2): Heston Kjerstad - OF - (Junior) (Arkansas)]

21 minutes ago, murph said:

Not sure what to make of Kjerstad throwing the first basemen to the ground on the first play.  The first baseman was not giving him access to the bag, but not sure that warranted the shove.   Although the Texas players didn't seem to upset about it surprisingly.   I was expecting the benches to empty.   Niche highlight reel regardless.  

 

Kjerstad as his bat flip down already as well, so there is that. 

He's a shorthorn probably deserved it haha. There's no love lost for Arkansas when it comes to Texas.

[Kjerstad comes in at #99 on BA Top 100]

Posted this in the draft forum but someone made a career college highlight video for Kjerstad a few weeks ago that I haven't seen posted yet.

 

[2020 1st round pick (2): Heston Kjerstad - OF - (Junior) (Arkansas)]

Someone made a career college highlight video of him FWIW. Hadn't seen it posted:

 

[2020 1st round pick (2): Heston Kjerstad - OF - (Junior) (Arkansas)]

Just for reference, Kjerstad had more HR, more RBIs, and almost identical OPS (1.011-1.007) to Martin. Hitting nearly .350 career in the SEC isn't easy to do.

He's a bit of an awkward athlete but for his size he isn't slow at all once he gets going. Long, lanky strides. He still looks like he could add on to his frame and has room to grow some more. Still looks like he's about 16 in the face lol.

He does have some weird mental baserunning errors and he made some mistakes defensively when he was in LF that made you scratch your head, but he seemed much better in RF. Played a little bit of 1B too. He also made some outstanding plays in the outfield so you can tell he has the athleticism to make them just doesn't do it consistently. Robbed a home run against Dallas Baptist a few years ago in the Regional by climbing the outfield wall.

Also plays with a bit of an attitude: