Carter Kieboom was 10 for 50 (.200/.359/.200) with no extra base hits, 11 walks, and 20 Ks in 17 games and 64 plate appearances before the Washington Nationals sent the 2016 first round pick down to their Alternate Training Site in Fredericksburg, Virginia on August 26th.
“He was struggling,” Martinez said once the move was made, “... and I want to protect him the best I can.
“I felt like ... he was playing more for results, and when you start doing that, you start getting frustrated when you don’t get the hits.