Heston Kjerstad 2022

[MDtransplant757]

Happy to see him out there.

[OriolesMagic83]

14 hours ago, connja said:

Be interesting to see how fast he can progress.  He'll be 24 when the season starts next year.   Hope he can start in the upper levels of the system, with some taste of the MLB end of the season.  Make him a good candidate to make the 2024 OD roster when he will be 25. That type of schedule will require some immediate success at each stop.

I don't see the need to rush him.  He's either a major leaguer or not.  There's nothing the O's can do to bring back 2 years he lost to myocarditis and the hamstring injury.  The good news is he's only 1 level behind Cowser.  Not necessarily good news for Cowser. 

[eddie83]

 

[sportsfan8703]

I was watching. In his 2nd AB with Bases Loaded and nobody out. He took a 1-1 meatball hanging slider. Then on a 3-2 fb hit a weak GB to the 2nd basemen for a GIDP. 

[joelala]

55 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I was watching. In his 2nd AB with Bases Loaded and nobody out. He took a 1-1 meatball hanging slider. Then on a 3-2 fb hit a weak GB to the 2nd basemen for a GIDP. 

Can’t win ‘em all. 

[IPlayGM]

Cut him.

[byrdz]

Two walks and a hit yesterday

[interloper]

On 6/14/2022 at 11:54 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

I was watching. In his 2nd AB with Bases Loaded and nobody out. He took a 1-1 meatball hanging slider. Then on a 3-2 fb hit a weak GB to the 2nd basemen for a GIDP. 

He hasn't played in literally 2 years. The only thing I'm checking in the box score is, did he play in the game. The goal for this year is: he plays baseball. That's it. 

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, interloper said:

He hasn't played in literally 2 years. The only thing I'm checking in the box score is, did he play in the game. The goal for this year is: he plays baseball. That's it. 

That, and has an OPS over 1.000.   That’s it.  

[Mooreisbetter27]

Kjerstad 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Ops up to 982.  With Cowser hitting, you would think the natural progression is Cowser up and Kjerstad to Aberdeen. But I’d guess it will be after the AS break. 

[OriolesMagic83]

13 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Kjerstad 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Ops up to 982.  With Cowser hitting, you would think the natural progression is Cowser up and Kjerstad to Aberdeen. But I’d guess it will be after the AS break. 

Pretty impressive that he hasn't lost his stroke with the long layoff.  If he does well in Aberdeen, maybe he starts in Bowie next year.

[Mooreisbetter27]

4 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Pretty impressive that he hasn't lost his stroke with the long layoff.  If he does well in Aberdeen, maybe he starts in Bowie next year.

That’s my thought/hope. Get his feet wet in Delmarva. Let him hit Aberdeen for a few months and have a real regular offseason and then Bowie next year if not to start, maybe a month in. 
 

Would love to see him start staying healthy and slowly ascending. 

[Frobby]

On 6/17/2022 at 10:38 AM, interloper said:

He hasn't played in literally 2 years. The only thing I'm checking in the box score is, did he play in the game. The goal for this year is: he plays baseball. That's it. 

 

On 6/17/2022 at 1:29 PM, Frobby said:

That, and has an OPS over 1.000.   That’s it.  

 

26 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Kjerstad 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Ops up to 982.  

Getting close!  So exciting to see him hitting out of the gate like this.   

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

https://twitter.com/mlbpipeline/status/1538324843149541381?s=21&t=RO-zf6W9JPaHIHhjXNqntQ

[OriolesMagic83]

Kjerstad's swing looks really smooth.  Effortless power.  I don't think he'll need the swing rework that Cowser got/needed.