Keston Hiura Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 0" / 202 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/2/1996 (26)
- Experience
- 1
- College
- UC Irvine
Keston Hiura Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Keston Hiura News
The Milwaukee Brewers and infielder Keston Hiura avoided salary arbitration on Friday by agreeing to a one-year, $2.2 million deal. Hiura was once one of the Brew Crew's better infield prospects, but the 26-year-old just hasn't been able to put much together after his rookie season in 2019 when he hit .303 and clubbed 19 home runs in 84 games. In 2022, he slashed .226/.316/.449 with a .765 OPS, 14 home runs, 32 RBI, 34 runs scored and five stolen bases in 266 plate appearances over 80 games. He struck out over 40 percent of the time and should open the 2023 campaign as a bench bat with pop for Milwaukee, leaving him little fantasy value outside of NL-only leagues.
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Keston Hiura was the hero on Monday in the 7-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 1-for-3 with a walk-off two-run home run. Hiura isn't an everyday player for the Brew Crew, but he's been decent in August with a .256 batting average (11-for-43) with six home runs, 11 RBI and seven runs scored in 15 games played. Overall in 2022, he's hitting .242/.346/.509 with an .855 OPS, 14 home runs, 28 RBI, 27 runs scored and five stolen bases in 191 plate appearances over 58 games. That's certainly useful for fantasy managers in deep mixed leagues.
The Milwaukee Brewers optioned infielder Keston Hiura to Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday and selected right-hander Connor Sadzeck's contract from Nashville in a corresponding move. Hiura's demotion is a bit curious, as he had started in five of the team's last seven games while going 8-for-21 (.381) with two home runs and three RBI in seven games over the last two weeks for the Brew Crew. There's a good chance we'll see the 25-year-old back with Milwaukee to open the second half of the season after the All-Star break. Overall in 2022 in 122 at-bats, Hiura is hitting .238/.354/.451 with an .805 OPS, eight home runs, 17 RBI, 20 runs scored and four stolen bases.
Batting Order
| 1 | Christian Yelich |
| 2 | Willy Adames |
| 3 | Rowdy Tellez |
| 4 | Luis Urías |
| 5 | Jace Peterson |
| 6 | Garrett Mitchell |
| 7 | Keston Hiura |
| 8 | Victor Caratini |
| 9 | Tyrone Taylor |
Keston Hiura Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Christian Yelich |
| 2 | Willy Adames |
| 3 | Rowdy Tellez |
| 4 | Luis Urías |
| 5 | Jace Peterson |
| 6 | Garrett Mitchell |
| 7 | Keston Hiura |
| 8 | Victor Caratini |
| 9 | Tyrone Taylor |
It was pretty easy to predict the regression that hit Milwaukee Brewers second basemanKeston Hiura hard in 2020. He struck out at a high rate in his rookie season (30.7%) and benefited from an unsustainable BABIP (.388). In 2020, the strikeouts remained high and the BABIP came down, resulting in Hiura hitting just .212. He did still manage to club 13 homers in 246 at-bats -- a near 40-home run pace over a full season -- while attempting five steals, but overall he was quite a disappointment. That bad season only made a minor difference on his ADP, as Hiura is still being drafted in the top-70 picks. There are reasons to pull the trigger that early; second base is again pretty shallow and there are not many guys with this kind of power/speed combination. However, it really does not seem likely that Hiura will be anything but a black hole for your team's batting average, and that is hard to swallow in rotisserie leagues. Hiura is a good guy to draft if you are focused solely on power/speed upside, but otherwise the price just seems too high.
