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Nationals’ prospect Carter Kieboom out for year; headed for Tommy John surgery…

The last mention of Carter Kieboom before Friday night, was in Davey Martinez’s pregame press conference last Friday (the 13th), and it was just the manager saying he had nothing new to report on the 24-year-old, 2016 1st Round pick, who was shut down early in Spring Training with a flexor mass strain in his right elbow.

“Nothing,” Martinez said when asked if there was any update. “Carter, still we have nothing on him yet, so we’ll see what happens.”

Kieboom put up solid numbers on the way up through the Nationals’ system, but struggled in limited exposure in a total of 106 major league games played so far, since debuting in 2019, with a .