This past week’s most important news regarding the continued progress of the Orioles’ rebuild should have been the return of former #2 pick Heston Kjerstad (couldn’t let your fellow outfielder hog the limelight, huh, Kyle Stowers). Even with some of the luster of Kjerstad’s debut now somewhat diminished, it still marks another important milestone in the brick-by-brick rebuild that will (eventually, hopefully) turn the Orioles into a warehouse-sized baseball power.
At the time of his drafting, Kjerstad ranked as the Orioles’ #3 overall prospect—ahead of the likes of Ryan Mountcastle, DL Hall, and Gunnar Henderson.