Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez talked over the final weekend of the 2020 regular season about what he saw from rookie infielder Carter Kieboom during the 60-game COVID campaign, (which saw the 23-year-old, 2016 1st round pick post a .202/.344/.212 line, one double, 17 walks, and 33 Ks in 33 games and 122 plate appearances), and what Kieboom needed to work on as he prepared for 2021.
Kieboom struggled at the plate, experienced some growing pains as he adjusted to third base, and was sent down to the Alternate Training Site in Fredericksburg, VA at one point, but Martinez said it was a good learning experience for the top prospect in the Nationals’ system going into the 2020 season.