Kjerstad On The Way?

[Aristotelian]

Just now, Rbiggs2525 said:

Not advocating it but it could be reasonable to send Cowser back down. This would ensure Kjerstad is playing and Cowser could work a few things with daily starts. That would also leave Maton available for a Mayo call up.

Going into the season I figured Kjerstad and Cowser would alternate between MLB and AAA to keep them both getting reps. Kjerstad deserves an opportunity. 

[Jagwar]

Heston had 3 HBP on 3 consecutive pitches in yesterday's game. Has to be some sort of record. 

[sportsfan8703]

Maton was just a temp move while Westburg was banged up. Remember we had been rotating Ljerstad and Stowers through AAA/MLB to keep them getting regular ABs. 

Really a vet RH OF that can play CF fits this role much better. If Daniel Johnson were RH he’d be up. If Daz Cameron were still here, he’d be up. 

[rm5678]

3 hours ago, Jagwar said:

Heston had 3 HBP on 3 consecutive pitches in yesterday's game. Has to be some sort of record. 

And then getting ejected after getting hit by a pitch 3x is almost certainly something that has never happened before.

[Just Regular]

9 hours ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Not advocating it but it could be reasonable to send Cowser back down. This would ensure Kjerstad is playing and Cowser could work a few things with daily starts. That would also leave Maton available for a Mayo call up.

You know if SIGBOT's new forecast is all its rookie candidates have surely failed vs. Luis Gil, Wyatt Langford and Ceddanne Rafaela, a nice thing about having two of something is you can use each half a season and then they enter 2025 under 1.000 year of service.

Honestly it might be completely irresponsible for a club not to maximize an asset, and Kjerstad might not have the same glaring vulnerability to curves and changes.   With Mullins, Santander and the Ryans holding 4 positions, LF it is Kjerstad as well as Cowser challenging for Austin Hays' old job.     Both Cowser and Kjerstad can use everyday play practicing their life mastery of the game of baseball.

[rm5678]

They announced that Nick Maton DFA is the corresponding move.

[1fingerwillie]

17 hours ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

Why he is even on the team kind of blows my mind.  He is not now nor will he ever be part of the future.

Because we needed someone to play 3rd when Westburg was potentially out for a while. Now he is not so Maton goes.

[Greg Pappas]

2 hours ago, rm5678 said:

And then getting ejected after getting hit by a pitch 3x is almost certainly something that has never happened before.

What happened with this whole thing?  Kjerstad was hit on three straight at bats but got ejected?

Edited Monday at 16:43 by Greg Pappas

[interloper]

Glad he's back, but the revolving prospect roster spot (Holliday, Kjerstad, Stowers, Norby, Kjerstad again) is not really making a big impact on the club. 

Still, it's nice they are trying to get each guy some time - it's kind of the best they can do right now. Bit surprised it's not Mayo though. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

20 minutes ago, interloper said:

Glad he's back, but the revolving prospect roster spot (Holliday, Kjerstad, Stowers, Norby, Kjerstad again) is not really making a big impact on the club. 

Still, it's nice they are trying to get each guy some time - it's kind of the best they can do right now. Bit surprised it's not Mayo though. 

Same. A RHB is a bigger need for the lineup at the moment. If Kjerstad is going to be up then they need to give him at bats weekly instead of using him like  Benny Ayala back in the day. 

[Sports Guy]

So now how much does he play?  Is he taking time away from Cowser or the vets? 

[Malike]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

So now how much does he play?  Is he taking time away from Cowser or the vets? 

I'll be interested to see if he starts tonight over Cowser against Bibee, who dominates with offspeed but has a bad fastball.

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, Malike said:

I'll be interested to see if he starts tonight over Cowser against Bibee, who dominates with offspeed but has a bad fastball.

They'll play him tonite, IIRC they play all the call-ups the first day they're up...or in this case, back up...and then he'll sit until the weekend or something.

[LGOrioles]

8 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

So now how much does he play?  Is he taking time away from Cowser or the vets? 

Hays should pretty much never play against RHP’s. It should be Mullins AB’s he is eating into but we will see. 

I’m pretty interested to see how he does if he gets regular playing time though, both offensively and defensively. In his very SSS so far, he has chase and whiff rates over 37%. No qualified MLB hitter is over 37% in each category and nobody is really even close. 

Edited Monday at 17:22 by LGOrioles

[LookitsPuck]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

So now how much does he play?  Is he taking time away from Cowser or the vets? 

Kjerstad does bring the ability to hit both righties and lefties. So I'm thinking it'll be at the expense of Cowser and a little bit of the vets.

Against righties

• LF: Cowser/Kjerstad
• CF: Mullins
• RF: Santander/Kjerstad

Against lefties

• LF: Kjerstad
• CF: Hays
• RF: Santander