Keston Hiura Stats
- Height / Weight
- 5' 11" / 208 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/2/1996 (27)
- Experience
- 4
- College
- UC Irvine
Keston Hiura Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Keston Hiura News
Detroit Tigers first baseman Keston Hiura has been doing everything he can to stay on the active roster. On Friday, Hiura went 2-for-4 with a grand slam in the victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. This spring, Hiura is hitting .304 with two homers and nine RBI in 23 at-bats. The 27-year-old is coming off a season where he slashed .226/.316./.449 with 14 home runs and 32 RBI with the Milwaukee Brewers. The good news for Hiura is that he's able to play multiple positions. He always had the potential to do big things at the MLB level but has never been able to put it together. Hopefully, Hiura is ready to take the step forward in 2024.
Free-agent infielder Keston Hiura signed an undisclosed deal with the Detroit Tigers on Friday. Hiura, once a former top prospect of the Milwaukee Brewers, will likely be joining the Tigers in spring training as a non-roster invite. The 27-year-old came up as a second baseman but was eventually moved to first base in Milwaukee. He didn't play in the majors at all in 2023 after being designated for assignment by the Brewers shortly before Opening Day. The former first-rounder hit .238/.318/.453 with a .771 OPS, 50 homer, 132 RBI, 20 steals and 131 runs scored in his four seasons in Milwaukee but ultimately fell out of favor because of a high strikeout rate. Hiura still has pop in his bat, but he struck out over 40 percent of the time in the big leagues in 2022.
Milwaukee Brewers infielder Keston Hiura cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday. Hiura will remain in the Brewers organization after he was designated for assignment, but he'll begin the 2023 season in the minor leagues. The 26-year-old right-handed slugger was once one of the team's top prospects, but he hasn't been very successful in the big leagues thanks to high strikeout totals at the plate. In 80 games for the Brew Crew in 2022, Hiura slashed .226/.316/.449 with a .765 OPS, 14 home runs, 32 RBI, 34 runs scored and five stolen bases in 266 plate appearances. He could eventually returned to the big-league roster this year, but it would only be in a part-time role at first base.
Batting Order
1 | Riley Greene |
2 | Mark Canha |
3 | Spencer Torkelson |
4 | Kerry Carpenter |
5 | Zach McKinstry |
6 | Colt Keith |
7 | Javier Báez |
8 | Parker Meadows |
9 | Jake Rogers |
Keston Hiura Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Riley Greene |
2 | Mark Canha |
3 | Spencer Torkelson |
4 | Kerry Carpenter |
5 | Zach McKinstry |
6 | Colt Keith |
7 | Javier Báez |
8 | Parker Meadows |
9 | Jake Rogers |
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.