Best Of 2022: Best Restart
2022 marks PressBox’s sixth annual Best Of edition celebrating the top people, performances and moments of the year.
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Heston Kjerstad
Orioles Prospect Heston Kjerstad Approaching Baseball With Fresh Perspective
For Heston Kjerstad, battling back from myocarditis gave him a new perspective on the game. “At the end of the day, being able to go to the ballpark and have an opportunity to play the game and be able to get paid to play the game is a great thing to do in your daily life,” Kjerstad said.
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Orioles GM Mike Elias: ‘We’ve Got Blue Skies Ahead Of Us’
Orioles GM Mike Elias is confident the Orioles are turning a corner in the rebuild. “We’ve got blue skies ahead of us,” Elias said. “… There is a lot to look forward to. I’m very excited and feel like the most difficult, arduous part of the work that we’ve had to do is kind of behind us.”
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Maryland TE Chig Okonkwo Can Be Inspiration For Orioles Prospect Heston Kjerstad
Maryland tight end Chig Okonkwo, who missed the entire 2020 season with myocarditis but bounced back in 2021, can serve as an inspiration for Orioles prospect Heston Kjerstad, who is hoping to make his pro debut in 2022.
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Orioles To Host Fall Instructional League Camp In Sarasota
Among those participating in the Orioles’ Fall Instructional League Camp are 17 members of the Orioles’ 2021 draft class, as well as Heston Kjerstad, the team’s top pick in 2020.
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For Orioles Prospect Blaine Knight, Infant Son Adds To Motivation
Orioles pitching prospect Blaine Knight has bounced back from a rough 2019 season, earning a promotion to Triple-A Norfolk Aug. 16, just a few weeks after he and his wife welcomed a baby boy. “For me, I think it is another motivation piece,” Knight said.
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Orioles Minor League Notebook: Heston Kjerstad, D.L. Hall, Grayson Rodriguez And More
“This is a bump in the road,” Orioles GM Mike Elias said of Heston Kjerstad, who has experienced recurrent heart inflammation. “… I do expect this will back up our timeline for getting him back on the field, and it’s something we probably can’t put an artificial timeline on.”
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The Athletic’s Joe Posnanski, ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian On Orioles’ Long-Term Outlook
The Orioles enter the 2021 season with minimal fanfare, as the team’s rebuilding process continues. The Athletic’s Joe Posnanski and ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian talked with PressBox about the timeline for the O’s rebuild and the team’s long-term outlook.
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Orioles Open Fall Instructional League Without Top 2020 Draft Pick
Heston Kjerstad, the second overall pick by the Orioles in the 2020 MLB Draft, will not attend the team’s fall instructional league camp because of an undisclosed medical, non-sports reason. “It’s not great,” GM Mike Elias said. “I think the fact that he is an advanced high-level college hitter makes it a little less concerning.”
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Prospect Analysts On Orioles’ Draft, Where Farm System Stands In MLB
The Orioles ranked last in Baseball America’s rankings of which teams extracted the most value out of the 2020 MLB Draft, but MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis believes the organization is heading in the right direction.
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