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Carter Kieboom To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

By Anthony Franco | May 20, 2022 at 5:02pm CDT

Nationals infielder Carter Kieboom will miss the entire 2022 season, as he’ll undergo Tommy John surgery next week, manager Dave Martinez told reporters (including Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post). The 24-year-old has been on the 60-day injured list since Spring Training because of a UCL sprain in his throwing elbow.

It’ll be a lost critical development year for Kieboom. A former first-round pick, the righty-hitting infielder later developed into one of the sport’s top prospects. He reached the big leagues late in 2019, his age-21 season. The following winter, Baseball America ranked the Georgia native as the most promising player in the Washington farm system and named him the #15 prospect league-wide. The hope was that he’d cement himself as the third baseman of the future after Anthony Rendon departed in free agency, but he’s not yet staked a claim to that job.

Kieboom didn’t hit for any power in 33 games in 2020, finishing the shortened season with a modest .202/.344/.212 slash line. His 13.9% walk rate was strong and reinforced a patient plate approach, but the lack of results on batted balls was jarring. That more or less continued over a larger body of work last year, as he posted a .207/.301/.318 line with six home runs through 249 trips to the dish. Kieboom again drew a fair share of free passes, but he also saw his swinging strike rate jump and posted well below-average exit velocities.

The Nationals’ summer sell-off and retooling year afforded a perfect opportunity to give Kieboom everyday run at the hot corner this season. Washington presumably won’t embrace a multi-year stepback with Juan Soto only controllable through 2024, but the Nats were clearly not positioned to compete this year. Giving 600 plate appearances to a talented but unproven player like Kieboom makes sense for a team in their position, and he’d have probably been the primary third baseman if healthy.

The injury will deprive him of that chance, and it remains to be seen if the Nationals can afford to be so patient in 2023. They’ll presumably be more aggressive in trying to compete next season, and bringing in a more proven option at the hot corner seems plausible. Kieboom, who will collect a full year of MLB pay and service time while recovering, is controllable through 2026 and won’t be arbitration-eligible until the end of next season. The Nationals are hopeful he can be ready for Spring Training.

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  1. KingRyan227

    10 months ago

    Non tender?

    Reply
    • dominikk85

      10 months ago

      Why? They can keep him on the IL so he doesn’t block a roster spot.

      Reply
      • KingRyan227

        10 months ago

        Talking in the off season. Think he needs a change of scenery

        Reply
    • Dorothy_Mantooth

      10 months ago

      No reason to non-tender him at such a low salary. He’ll make $750K? next season.

      Reply
  2. FatChance65

    10 months ago

    Where’s the Kieboom? There’s supposed to be an earth-shattering Kieboom!

    Reply
    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      10 months ago

      Poor Carter, can’t even throw himself under the bus,
      I’ve been following him for the last few years, this stinks so bad. Hope he recovers

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        10 months ago

        Is Tommy John Surgery to become a prerequisite for baseball? Not sure I like the idea of cutting every young ball player. What say the rest of you?

        Reply
        • miltpappas

          10 months ago

          The “glory” and “prestige” of being able to whip a baseball at 100+ MPH has brought this about. Nobody just “pitches” or “throws” anymore. Look at guys like Warren Spahn. He threw junk for over 20 years but was effective and never had major issues. Even guys like Nolan Ryan got power from his legs, not his elbow. I doubt the younger players will ever be taught that again.

  3. Pedro Martinez’s Mango Tree

    10 months ago

    Dude is only 24? Feels like he’s been around for 10 years

    Reply
    • HidekiMatsuimalemodel

      10 months ago

      He was drafted out of middle school at 13

      Reply
      • Dom2

        10 months ago

        WRONG! He was drafted out of kindergarten after a scout saw his impressive Tee-ball game.

        Reply
  4. Yanks4life22

    10 months ago

    I truly feel bad for the prospects going down with injuries either last year or this one. Most of these guys already lost a year of development in 2020 and losing a second year is usually a kill shot on a young career. So much of your game has to be developed in those crucial years.

    Reply
    • Samuel

      10 months ago

      Kieboom played in 2020.

      For years he was regarded as the Nationals top prospect. A big SS that could field; hit; and hit with power. A future Cal Ripken type.

      He couldn’t play SS, was moved to 3B. Isn’t particularly good there. Hasn’t hit particularly well. Maybe another team can rework him. Heaven knows that with the exception of Soto and Harper the Nationals have had major problems for years developing their top prospects to play at the ML level. Victor Robles was supposed to be the prototypical 5 tool player in CF. They’ve been particularly awful working with young pitchers.

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      • believeitornot

        10 months ago

        Victor Robles was for a couple of years their highest rated prospect. Ahead even of Juan Soto. And he is just a fourth outfielder. Kieboom was also their number one prospect. He has turned out to be a bust. His brother Spencer retired three years ago. Carter should think about it also.

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        • Lol Trumpets mad

          10 months ago

          Yeah retire at such a young age after being good at something your whole life. People just say anything on this site.

        • believeitornot

          10 months ago

          .197, .304 and .285 over more than 400 MLB plate appearances is not good at all. Your saying he has been good at baseball his whole life is just saying anything and Trumpspeak.

        • Holden Bases

          10 months ago

          Check to see how many all stars started their careers with those type of numbers. I’ll wait.

  5. 1986

    10 months ago

    Should be expected , nats going to nats

    Reply
    • gbs42

      10 months ago

      Yeah, they really nats in 2019.

      Reply
  6. VonPurpleHayes

    10 months ago

    The Nats WS win feels like it was a thousand years ago. I mean my team stinks so I’m not trying to insult the Nats or anything, but it feels crazy that they were so stacked a few years ago.

    Reply
    • Samuel

      10 months ago

      Yes…..

      Mostly they wrapped experienced – and often expensive – FA’s around Harper, Strasburg and some so-so prospects that the incoming vets replaced….. along with stealing Trea Turner from Preller.

      Over the years their highly rated farm systems have produced little – and since they’re not unique in this regard I’d suggest fans get off of the farm system rankings done by people that can’t get jobs with MLB franchises.

      Reply
      • Holy Cow- Wasn’t Watching

        10 months ago

        To be fair they traded prospects year after year. And won a World Series- the ultimate goal. Kieboom is the reason you trade ‘prospects’

        Reply
  7. secretsatan

    10 months ago

    I guess that “big year” Nats fans have been predicting since he was 21 will come when he’s 25

    Reply
  8. henrys27

    10 months ago

    Kieboom goes the dynamite

    Reply
  9. Baseball Babe

    10 months ago

    Poor kid 🙁

    Reply
  10. Old York

    10 months ago

    Too many screwballs thrown to 1st base.

    Reply
  11. You Can Put It In The Books

    10 months ago

    Harper will be next

    Reply
    • VonPurpleHayes

      10 months ago

      His injury isn’t surgery related and he’s been hitting well. Despite your best wishes, I don’t see it happening.

      Reply
  12. Datashark

    10 months ago

    his career .197 will be missed in that lineup

    Reply
  13. dclivejazz

    10 months ago

    If this young man didn’t have bad luck, he would have no luck at all..

    Reply
  14. pwndroia

    10 months ago

    Can’t catch a break

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