Davey Martinez was asked in his pregame press conference on Wednesday afternoon if he thought 22-year-old third baseman Carter Kieboom, (whose 0 for 4 game on Tuesday night left him with a .200/.359/.200 line after 64 PAs this season), was fighting his own approach, in his own head, or pressing, as he drew walks (11), but struggled to hit for power, with no extra base hits, and 20 Ks over his first 17 games this season.
“A little bit. A little bit,” Martinez acknowledged. “As a young kid, you want to go out there, you want to impress, you want to help your team win, and then sometimes you get results-driven and you just want to get hits.