What analysts around the baseball world are saying about the Orioles’ selection of Arkansas outfielder Heston Kjerstad with the No.

That was unbelievable that that kid just hit a ball through that marine layer, opposite field, and he’s 19 years old.’” Knight said: “All I remember was the sound of the ball off the bat. “He basically told us he wanted us to keep one thing in mind when we were looking at guys, in addition to working hard, being dedicated and having the work ethic,” Ciolek said. “He’s going to have to prove himself just like he did going into Arkansas,” Dave Kjerstad said. “It’s just a small family business, and very grassroots,” Jody Kjerstad said. After six straight wins led by their offense, the Orioles seemed due for an off night. There was no doubting that he was going places — or why. Don't miss any Orioles news, notes and info all baseball season and beyond. That was pure.’ That was the first one he really, really connected with, that we were all just like, ‘OK, so that’s what this kid can do.’” Arkansas won that day, 1-0. 2 selection in the MLB draft, was always watching his older brother’s play baseball, always internalizing what he was seeing and trying to apply it. 2 overall pick in the 2020 MLB draft.

2 draft pick, selecting Arkansas outfielder Heston Kjerstad on Wednesday night, it was a big moment for the player and his family. That technically put Kjerstad on the Orioles' radar from the age of 11, long before he became a 36th-round pick of the … The first couple of years, he kind of led by example. They were credited with just one error, but the defense was more shoddy than that would suggest.Starting pitcher Tommy Milone threw four innings, allowed nine hits and six runs — but three were unearned as the Orioles fell behind in the second inning and never came back. “We didn’t have a lot of employees when we started. “He never walked around like he was just the man or anything,” said Blaine Knight, an Orioles minor league pitcher who was the top starter on that 2018 Arkansas team.

Just Dave and I and the family with a passion for selling healthy water.” It’s one of the originals in a Texas panhandle drink scene that’s bred plenty of competitors and imitators. “I really appreciated it from him. In between semesters, Heston would go home and work at the company to help out the family business—something he’s been doing since he was old enough to use a stool in order to operate the cash register.Best known for his bat, Kjerstad is expected to be developed as a corner outfielder with an above-average arm capable of gunning down baserunners.

He would’ve gone higher had he not been widely considered set on honoring his commitment to Arkansas.Kjerstad’s parents, Jody and Dave, have owned and operated Amarillo’s Water Still since 1989. Really nice life to his fastball, good tempo, he flashed some decent breaking balls. 1 pick Adley Rutschman atop Baltimore’s farm system as one of the two most important pieces of its rebuild.Here are five things to know about the Orioles’ newest prospect.In an interview MLB Pipeline’s Richard Justice, Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn called Kjerstad “the best left-handed hitter in the country.” He hit .343 with 37 home runs in 150 games over three years for the Razorbacks, earning a second team All-SEC nod in both his freshman and sophomore years.In his first year of college ball, Kjerstad ranked fourth in the SEC in runs scored (65), fourth in RBIs and fifth in total bases (145) on his way to winning SEC Freshman of the Year. This was about 50% of all the recorded Kjerstad's in the USA. “All of a sudden he was the man, and he realized it,” Van Horn said.

“I was really encouraged by how he threw the ball. He grew into a legitimate star, but Jody Kjerstad said that he never acted like one.