{"id":15757,"date":"2019-04-26T11:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15757"},"modified":"2019-04-26T11:13:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:13:23","slug":"kieboom-up-for-how-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15757","title":{"rendered":"Kieboom up; for how long?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kieboom<\/a>

Kieboom up. Photo via PerfectGame<\/p><\/div>\n

The demands and prayers of many of the readers here were answered (albeit a bit late for some) when it was announced that\u00a0Carter Kieboom<\/strong> is getting the call-up.<\/p>\n

Clearly, the team has decided:<\/p>\n

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  1. they’ve seen enough incompetence from\u00a0Wilmer Difo<\/strong> both in the field and at the plate.<\/li>\n
  2. they’ve run out of excuses as Kieboom continues to destroy AAA pitching as a 21 yr old<\/li>\n
  3. they’ve passed the critical 180 service time day that typically happens mid April to ensure a full extra year<\/li>\n
  4. and, apparently, they’ve decided that (unlike nearly every other scouting report I’ve read on Kieboom) Carter can indeed play SS at the major league level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, we’re going to see him get a run.\u00a0 As others note, the team generally doesn’t promote top prospects like Kieboom in order to have him ride the pine.\u00a0 So he’s going to play.<\/p>\n

    For how long remains to be seen.\u00a0 Turner is likely out until at least late May, so Kieboom could have about a month-long run at Short.\u00a0 But the team has expensive veterans now at 3b, SS and 2B, so when all three guys (Rendon, Turner, Dozier<\/strong>) are healthy its hard to see a spot for Kieboom to play.\u00a0 So perhaps this is a month-long tryout.<\/p>\n

    That being said, Dozier has really, really under-performed so far.\u00a0 He looks to be a far ways away from his 42-homer form from just a couple years ago.\u00a0 He has heated up a bit in the last week (helped by Colorado’s thin air of course), so maybe it was just a slow spring, but it goes without saying that Kieboom as a SS can more than ably play 2B … so perhaps this is also a month-long trial for Dozier to prove he is worth the roster spot.\u00a0 Like\u00a0Trevor Rosenthal<\/strong>, Dozier is basically on a one year expensive deal ($9M with some deferrals to 2020), so cutting him in May would be a big decision … but this team is built to win now and needs to start winning now.<\/p>\n

    Here’s to seeing how our next big prospect plays.<\/p>\n

    Oh; his call-up needs some corresponding moves (a 25-man and 40-man).\u00a0 We’ve already heard that\u00a0Jake Noll<\/strong> is back in Fresno, so there’s the 25-man move.\u00a0 I predict they stick\u00a0Koda Glover<\/strong> on the 60-day DL for the other.\u00a0 I don’t think anyone is getting the chop right now (as much as you may want to “chop” Rosenthal right now).<\/p>\n

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    The demands and prayers of many of the readers here were answered (albeit a bit late for some) when it was announced that\u00a0Carter Kieboom is getting the call-up. Clearly, the team has decided: they’ve seen enough incompetence from\u00a0Wilmer Difo both in the field and at the plate. they’ve run out of excuses as Kieboom continues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[185,1942,3186,3345,2827,2426,1261,2650],"class_list":["post-15757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsgeneral","tag-anthony-rendon","tag-brian-dozier","tag-carter-kieboom","tag-jake-noll","tag-koda-glover","tag-trea-turner","tag-trevor-rosenthal","tag-wilmer-difo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15757"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15761,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757\/revisions\/15761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}