Keston Hiura Biography
Keston Hiura born as Keston Wee Hing Natso Hiura is an American professional baseball second baseman who plays for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball.
In the 2017 Major League Baseball (MBL) draft, Keston Hiura was selected in the first round, with the ninth overall selection by Milwaukee Brewers.
At first, he was assigned to the Arizona Brewers of the Rookie-level Arizona League, with the Arizona Brewers, Hiura batted .435 with four home runs, 18 RBIs and a 1.339 OPS in 15 games. After his impressive record, he was promoted to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League.
With the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Keston Hiura finished the season, posting a .333 batting average with 15 RBIs and seven walks in 27 games.
The 2018 season for him began with Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League and was soon promoted to Biloxi Shuckers of the Class AA Southern League. He also won the 2018 Arizona Fall League MVP.
In 2019, Keston Hiura began playing with the San Antonio Missions. He signed his contract on May 14 and he was called up to the major leagues. His Major League Baseball (MLB) debut was against Philadelphia Phillies on May 14, 2019.
Keston Hiura Age
Keston was born on 2 August 1996, Valencia, Santa Clarita, California United States.
Keston Hiura Height
He stands the height of 5 feet 11 inches.which is equivalent 1.83 meters tall. Also has a weight 86kg.
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Keston Hiura Family
Hiura was born to Japanese father Kirk Hiura and Chinese -American mother Janice Hiura he also has a sibling sister named Lindsey Hiura.
Keston Hiura Girlfriend
Hiura is not a married man but he is not single. He is in a relationship with a brunette beauty and the two have been dating since December 2018. He shares pictures of himself with his girlfriend on social media but has not revealed her name yet.
Keston Hiura Career
Keston started playing baseball while he was in high school. Hiura batted .500 with 14 home runs and 30 runs batted in (RBIs) in his senior year as the Vikings won the Foothill League.
Undrafted out of high school, Hiura played college baseball at the University of California, Irvine for the Anteaters. As a freshman in 2015, he hit .330 with a .392 on-base percentage (OBP), a .520 slugging percentage (SLG), seven home runs, and 52 RBIs over 56 games.
As a sophomore in 2016, he hit .358 with a .436 OBP, .559 SLG, seven home runs, and 41 RBIs over 53 games. After the season, Hiura played for the United States collegiate national team.
In his junior year, Hiura batted .442 with a .567 OBP. He was named Big West Conference Player of the Year. The Milwaukee Brewers selected Hiura in the first round, with the ninth overall selection, in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
He signed and was assigned to the Arizona Brewers of the Rookie-level Arizona League, and after batting .435 with four home runs, 18 RBIs and a 1.339 OPS in 15 games, was promoted to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League where he finished the season, posting a .333 batting average with 15 RBIs and seven walks in 27 games.
MLB.com ranked Hiura as Milwaukee’s top prospect going into the 2018 season. He began the 2018 season with the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League and was promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers of the Class AA Southern League on June 1 after hitting .320 with seven home runs, 23 RBIs, and a .911 OPS in 50 games for Carolina.
Hiura also won the 2018 Arizona Fall League MVP Hiura finished the year with Biloxi, batting .272 with six home runs, twenty RBIs, and 11 stolen bases in 73 games.
Hiura began 2019 with the San Antonio Missions. On May 14, his contract was selected and he was called up to the major leagues. He made his major league debut on May 14 versus the Philadelphia Phillies.
On June 3, 2019, Hiura was recalled back down to AAA to the San Antonio Missions in order to make room for Travis Shaw.
Keston Hiura Spring Training
Keston Hiura Contract
Hiura, the Milwaukee Brewers’ top prospect, is in the Brewers’ lineup for Tuesday night’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Hiura will start at second base and bat seventh.
The promotion comes less than two years after Milwaukee selected Hiura, 22, with the ninth overall pick in the 2017 MLB draft. Hiura made an immediate impression, posting a 1.339 OPS for the Brewers’ Arizona Rookie League team.
He then slashed .372/.422/.611 with 11 doubles, two home runs, 15 RBIs and a .850 OPS in 27 games for Class A Wisconsin.
After posting a .911 OPS in 50 games for Class A Carolina last season, the Brewers promoted Hiura to Class AA Biloxi at midseason.
His numbers dropped slightly (.272/.339/.416) but he earned Most Valuable Players of the Arizona Fall League after posting a .933 OPS with five home runs and 33 RBIs in 23 games.
Hiura opened the 2019 season at Class AAA San Antonio. He appeared in 37 games for the Missions, batting .333 with a 1.106 OPS and was fourth among Class AAA players with 11 home runs in 147 plate appearances.
To make room for Hiura on the 40-man roster, Milwaukee designated infielder Cory Spangenberg for assignment. Slumping infielder Travis Shaw was placed on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right wrist, clearing space on the Brewers’ active roster.
After sitting out all three games against the Chicago Cubs and their left-handed starters last weekend for what manager Craig Counsell called a “mental break,” Shaw went 0-for-3 in a 7-4 loss to the Phillies Monday night, dropping his average to .163 for the season.
Mike Moustakas, who moved to second base after signing a one-year, $10 million contract at the start of spring training, moved back to third base for Tuesday night’s game, allowing Hiura to take over at second.
Keston Hiura Draft
He was drafted in 2017 for the Brewers being picked as the ninth overall pick with 2B and with the highest number of hits. The Brewers didn’t see UC Irvine’s Keston Hiura throw this season, but they saw him hit. They saw him hit a lot.
Limited to designated hitter duty by a right elbow injury that may or may not require Tommy John surgery, Hiura impressed enough at the plate that the Brewers made the sweet-swinging second baseman the ninth overall pick in the MLB Draft on Monday. It was the first of Milwaukee’s three selections on Day 1 of the Draft.
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Hiura makes big league debut for Brewers
One of the Minors’ best overall hitters is now in the Majors. The Brewers called up top prospect Keston Hiura on Tuesday morning to make his Major League debut.
Infielder Cory Spangenberg was designated for assignment to make room for Hiura on the 40-man roster. Travis Shaw was placed on the injured list with a right wrist strain to clear a 25-man spot for Hiura.
In his debut against the Phillies, Hiura collected two singles and drew a walk in the Brewers’ 6-1 victory.
“My first Spring Training was about meeting everyone, getting acclimated, stayed a little quieter and just observed,” Hiura told MLB.com Tuesday. “Last Spring Training is where I opened up a little more, got a little more involved. It’s a great group of guys. You can tell from the outside looking in that you want to be a part of this team and organization, so I’m happy to be here.”
The 22-year-old second baseman ranks sixth in the Pacific Coast League with a .698 slugging percentage and 1.106 OPS through 37 games with Triple-A San Antonio.
His 24 extra-base hits are second-most on the circuit, and his 11 homers are tied for ninth-best in the Minors. The right-handed-hitting slugger has produced a .333/.408/.698 line overall in 147 plate appearances this season.
Hiura was taken with the ninth overall pick in the 2017 Draft after hitting .442 in his junior season at UC Irvine. Worries about his elbow hurt his stock slightly, but few doubted his future offensive potential.
In ranking him as the No. 15 overall prospect in baseball, MLB.com gave him a 70-grade hit tool and a 60-grade power tool on the 20-80 scouting scale.
After playing mostly designated hitter in his first season, Hiura has become a full-time second baseman, leaving his injury concerns in the past.
Coming off a run to last year’s National League Championship Series, the Brewers are 24-19, 2.5 games behind the Cubs in a crowded NL Central race.
The club has gotten spotty production from third baseman Shaw, who is hitting just .163/.266/.281 with four homers in 40 games. If Hiura is to get regular playing time with Shaw out, free-agent signing Mike Moustakas, who has a .250/.316/.528 line with 10 homers, might move from second base to his natural position at third to allow the top prospect to take over at the keystone.
Hiura became the first position player taken in the 2017 Draft to reach the Major Leagues. Pitchers Kyle Wright, Griffin Canning, Nick Margevicius and Corbin Martin were the only other 2017 picks to get there before him.
Adapted from:www.milb.com
Keston Hiura Stats|Keston Hiura College Stats
Game stats
Game
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
HR
|
SB
|
Avg
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
02/06@Pirates
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.281
|
01/06@Pirates
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
.300
|
01/06@Pirates
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
.296
|
31/05@Pirates
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.260
|
29/05@Twins
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.261
|
28/05@Twins
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
.256
|
26/05vsPhillies
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.256
|
25/05vsPhillies
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
.256
|
25/05vsPhillies
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
.270
|
22/05vsReds
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
.273
|
Regular Season
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64
|
8
|
18
|
9
|
3
|
23
|
5
|
1
|
.281
|
Career Stats
Year
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Team
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GP
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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SO
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HR
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Avg
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2019
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Brewers
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17
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64
|
8
|
18
|
9
|
3
|
23
|
5
|
.281
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Career
|
17
|
64
|
8
|
18
|
9
|
3
|
23
|
5
|
.281
|
Keston Hiura Call Up
Keston Hiura Scouting Report
A quick scouting report on Milwaukee Brewer’s call-up Keston Hiura
He was proclaimed as the purest collegiate hitter in the 2017 MLB Draft class. He’s been called a hitting savant. He has been awarded as the Most Valuable Player in the Arizona Fall League. The consensus among every scouting service is that he is one of the top prospects in all of baseball. And now, Keston Hiura is a big leaguer.
Third baseman Travis Shaw of the Milwaukee Brewers has been in a horrendous hitting slump all season long, and today it was revealed that he is dealing with a wrist issue significant enough to warrant a stint on the Injured List.
That will shift Mike Moustakas back to his natural position at the hot corner, opening up the keystone for the player some have dubbed as the best positional prospect to come through Milwaukee’s farm system since Ryan Braun.
When Hiura makes takes the field tonight — he is batting 7th for the Cream City Nine — he will become the first positional player from his draft class to make his MLB debut, completing a meteoric rise through the minor league ranks that lasted all of 202 games over the span of a year-and-a-half.
So what can we expect from the former 9th overall pick who has spent the last six weeks laying waste to Pacific Coast League pitching?
Keston Hiura Signing Bonus|Keston Hiura Salary
The Milwaukee Brewers have reportedly signed the 9th overall pick of the draft, Keston Hiura of UC-Irvine, to an under-slot bonus of $4 million.
Keston Hiura Mlb The Show 19
MLB The Show 19 New Future Stars, Headliners Set 9 Revealed
It is hard to believe, but very quietly we are less than one month out from the halfway point of the 2019 MLB season. MLB The Show has done a great job staying on top and converting the latest moves on the field right into the game.
With the latest Moments Mode update arriving, it is now time to look at the latest Future Stars and Headliners Set 9. Headliners Set 9 has arrived.
The latest Headliners set includes two Signature Series studs in Enos Slaughter and Brian McCann. McCann has been one of the best catchers in the big leagues since he broke in back in 2005.
McCann is just 17 home runs short of 300 for his great career. At a solid 95 OVR, he has one of the top marks for any catcher in the game on MLB The Show.
They don’t come any tougher than Enos Slaughter. The Hall of Famer was a 10-time All-Star, 4-time World Series champion and at the age of 26, in the prime of his career, he left the game to defend the United States.
Source:/www.vgr.com
Keston Hiura Prospect
Brewers promote top prospect Keston Hiura, add a right-handed bat to Craig Counsell’s lineup
The Milwaukee Brewers have called up their top prospect, second baseman Keston Hiura from Triple-A San Antonio, the team announced Tuesday.
Hiura, 22, is ranked as the No. 15 overall prospect in baseball by MLB.com. The Brewers drafted Hiura as the ninth overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft.
Hiura will likely replace the third baseman Travis Shaw in the Brewers’ lineup. Entering Tuesday, Shaw is hitting .163/.266/.281 (46 OPS+).
The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports that Shaw is likely heading to the injured list with a wrist issue.
Hiura is hitting .333/.408/.698 with 11 home runs over 37 games at Triple-A, and last season, he hit .293/.357/.464 between High-A and Double-A.
Once Hiura joins the team, Mike Moustakas will likely see more time at third base while Hiura takes over at second.
After losing three straight, Milwaukee (24-19) sits two-and-a-half games out of first place in the NL Central and the team has been struggling offensively away from Miller Park.
They’ll continue a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday — the game can be streamed regionally via fuboTV (Try for free).
Source:/www.cbssports.com
Keston Hiura Highlights
Keston Hiura Fantasy Baseball
I’ve often said that the prospect who gets sent back down generally isn’t as worth stashing the second time around. It has nothing to do with ability or probability and everything to do with perception. He already has the stench of failure on him, so your opposition won’t be as eager to scoop him up the next time he gets the call.
Keston Hiura might be an exception. For one thing, it’s not so clear he actually did fail. For most of Travis Shaw’s absence with a strained wrist, yes, it looked like Hiura was overmatched, with a 23-to-3 strikeout-to-walk ratio summing up much of his big-league experience. That’s over 17 games, so yeah … not good.
But in the days leading up to Shaw’s return, Hiura caught fire, homering three times in his final five games.
Keston Hiura Projections
Team
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POS
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AB
|
R
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
BB
|
K
|
FVal
|
|
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MIL
|
2B
|
238
|
32
|
9
|
30
|
5
|
0.269
|
0.327
|
0.450
|
0.777
|
17
|
67
|
$0.77
|
|
Composite
|
MIL
|
2B
|
68
|
8
|
2
|
7
|
1
|
0.294
|
0.338
|
0.471
|
0.809
|
4
|
17
|
($27.48)
|
RotoChamp
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MIL
|
2B
|
135
|
15
|
3
|
14
|
2
|
0.259
|
0.313
|
0.393
|
0.706
|
10
|
31
|
($27.87)
|
Steamer
|
MIL
|
2B
|
19
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0.258
|
0.304
|
0.316
|
0.620
|
1
|
4
|
($28.12)
|
ZIPS
|
MIL
|
2B
|
491
|
57
|
12
|
49
|
11
|
0.259
|
0.315
|
0.409
|
0.724
|
31
|
125
|
($8.02)
|
ATC
|
MIL
|
2B
|
100
|
12
|
2
|
9
|
2
|
0.255
|
0.299
|
0.370
|
0.669
|
6
|
23
|
($31.69)
|
THE BAT
|
MIL
|
2B
|
19
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0.247
|
0.298
|
0.316
|
0.614
|
1
|
5
|
($37.70)
|
2019
|
MIL
|
2B
|
64
|
8
|
5
|
9
|
1
|
0.281
|
0.333
|
0.531
|
0.864
|
3
|
23
|
($16.29)
|
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Keston Hiura Latest News
Keston Hiura Heads Back To Triple-A, But Probably Not For Long
David Stearns has no doubts that Keston Hirua will be the Milwaukee Brewers’ starting second baseman someday very soon.
Tuesday, however, will not be that day.
Stearns, the Brewers’ President of Baseball Operations, optioned Hiura, Milwaukee’s top prospect, back to Triple-A San Antonio, clearing a roster spot for infielder Travis Shaw to return from the injured list Tuesday when the Brewers open a three-game set against the Marlins at Miller Park.
Hiura looked every bit the part of a top prospect — and the No. 15 overall prospect in baseball, according to MLBpipeline.com — during his first taste of big-league action. In 17 games, he slashed .281/.333/.531 with a .865 OPS. And while he did strike out 23 times in 69 plate appearances, he also hit five home runs and drove in nine.
So why, then, would first-place Milwaukee send a bat like that back to the minor leagues in favor of Shaw, who was batting a paltry .163 when he landed on the injured list? Or, instead of jettisoning first baseman Jesus Aguilar, who has come nowhere close to replicating the numbers of his breakout 2018 season?
The answer, though not popular, is simple: depth preservation.
“We always have to keep in mind that this is a long season, and preserving organizational depth, preserving options throughout the entirety of the season is something that we think is really important, Stearns said. “It’s something that we have focused on over the last couple of years, and it has served us well. We have players who are either performing well now or have performed at a very high level in the past, and it behooves us to make sure we have as much depth and as much flexibility as possible.”
Source:www.forbes.com
Josh Hader, Keston Hiura leads the way in the 4-1 win over Cardinals
The Milwaukee Brewers’ chances of repeating as NL Central champions might have looked bleak had they been swept by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Thanks to Keston Hiura and Jordan Lyles, they bounced back.
Hiura homered and drove in three runs, Lyles turned in another strong start and Milwaukee snapped St. Louis’ six-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory Wednesday at Miller Park.
The Cardinals had won 15 of 18, including two at Miller Park this week in matching their longest winning string of the season.
The Brewers ended a three-game skid. Third, in the division, they trail the Cardinals by 5½ games.
“We needed a win,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “We played a nice game, but we would have taken any kind of win.”
Milwaukee got off to a fast start against Jack Flaherty (8-7), who had given up a total of just one run in his previous five starts.
Trent Grisham led off the first inning with a single, went to third on a throwing error by second baseman Kolten Wong and scored on a groundout by Hiura. Milwaukee made it 2-0 in the second when Ryan Braun doubled and later scored on Orlando Arcia’s sacrifice fly.
Hiura hit a solo home run in the fourth, sending a 3-0 fastball from Flaherty into the left-field seats. Hiura added an RBI double in the eighth.
“It was big. Salvage the series, get the last win, and take it into the off-day,” Hiura said.
Lyles (9-8), acquired from Pittsburgh in a trade on July 29, set the tone for Milwaukee. The right-hander, who had held Arizona hitless in a six-inning outing in his previous start, struck out five of the first seven Cardinals he faced. He fanned nine in 5⅓ innings.
Junior Guerra relieved Lyles in the sixth with two on and got Yadier Molina to hit into a double play. Josh Hader struck out three in two scoreless innings to earn his 26th save.
Molina hit two singles and went 7-for-11 in the series. He homered three times in the first two games — the veteran catcher has just seven home runs this season.
“We can’t ignore the fact that that’s a lot of games in a row and we played really well the whole stretch,” said Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, noting his team had played 16 games in a row without a day off. “This group likes to play, though. This group will play in a backfield or a parking lot if that’s where you tell us to play.”
Wong hit his 10th homer, connecting in the sixth off Lyles. He also doubled and singled.
“To expect a sweep at this level is tough,” Wong said. “Getting them is amazing, but winning series, that’s the No. 1 goal.”
Christian Yelich singled and walked in four plate appearances. The reigning NL MVP hasn’t hit a home run in 10 games, his longest drought of the season for Milwaukee.
Moustakas still out
Brewer’s third baseman Mike Moustakas, second on the team with 31 homers, said there is no timetable for his return. He has been out since leaving Monday’s game in the third inning with pain in his left palm and wrist after being struck by a hard-hit ground ball.
“He’ll be back this weekend [against the Cubs], I’m fairly confident of that,” Counsell said. “At some point. I don’t know about Friday for sure.”
It’s been a painful season for Moustakas, whose hands have taken a beating. He has played most of the year with a fracture in the tip of the middle finger on his throwing hand.
“I feel like I can play through a lot of stuff, and we’ll see how quickly I can come back from this,” he said. “This is a first for me. But our training staff’s been doing a great job all year with all the stuff that I’ve been throwing at them. They’ve got me on the field, ready to play as quick as they can, and I feel like we’ve been doing a pretty good job of that.”
Houser OK
Brewers right-hander Adrian Houser expressed some confidence Wednesday morning about the likelihood he’ll make his next scheduled start after he exited Tuesday’s no-decision against the Cardinals after five innings because of left hip discomfort. Houser is penciled in to pitch again Monday against his former organization, the Astros.
“It feels a little better,” he said. “That’s definitely a good sign. I’m just trying to stay on top of it and get it stretched out. … It’s kind of jammed up in there. We just kind of loosen it up by pulling on it. It sounds worse than it is. It actually feels really good when they do it. [A chiropractic adjustment] is basically what it is.”
Source: Madison
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