Who Should I Draft?
Adalberto Mondesi or Keston Hiura (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC  | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL  | |
Expert |
64% Recommended by 29 of 45 experts |
36% Recommended by 16 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 31 | # 33 |
| Best Rank | # 7 | # 19 |
| Worst Rank | # 118 | # 67 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 43 | # 49 |
| Best Rank | # 36 | # 42 |
| Worst Rank | # 93 | # 66 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 28 | 31 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 11 |
| RBI | 26 | 32 |
| Stolen Bases | 17 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .282 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 12 | # 49 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 35 | # 40 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 7 | # 24 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 24 | # 36 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 32 | # 33 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 27 | # 39 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 26 | # 38 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 25 | # 40 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 31 | # 33 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 30 | # 31 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 51 | # 55 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 15 | # 19 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 32 | # 35 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 30 | # 36 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 34 | # 37 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 21 | # 44 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 29 | # 40 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 24 | # 42 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 23 | # 29 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 14 | # 40 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 19 | # 27 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 25 | # 37 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 27 | # 37 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 33 | # 34 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 26 | # 39 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 19 | # 67 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 23 | # 41 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 31 | # 55 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 26 | # 39 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 34 | # 29 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 34 | # 32 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 35 | # 31 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 36 | # 25 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 39 | # 37 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 39 | # 29 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 40 | # 31 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 41 | # 27 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 44 | # 36 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 45 | # 38 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 46 | # 40 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 49 | # 40 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 73 | # 30 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 75 | # 38 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 79 | # 36 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 118 | # 39 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 416 | 314 |
| Runs | 58 | 51 |
| Hits | 110 | 95 |
| Singles | 71 | 51 |
| Doubles | 20 | 23 |
| Triples | 10 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 19 |
| RBI | 62 | 49 |
| Stolen Bases | 43 | 9 |
| Caught Stealing | 7 | 3 |
| Walks | 19 | 25 |
| Strikeouts | 132 | 107 |
| Batting Average | .264 | .303 |
| On Base Pct | .293 | .368 |
| Slugging Pct | .426 | .570 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .718 | .938 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 197 | 202 |
| Runs | 28 | 31 |
| Hits | 50 | 57 |
| Singles | 30 | 32 |
| Doubles | 10 | 13 |
| Triples | 3 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 11 |
| RBI | 26 | 32 |
| Stolen Bases | 17 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 2 |
| Walks | 10 | 15 |
| Strikeouts | 60 | 61 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .282 |
| On Base Pct | .292 | .333 |
| Slugging Pct | .436 | .512 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .728 | .845 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL | |
| News | ||
| Royals manager Mike Matheny says Adalberto Mondesi (shoulder) "looks good" in the workout videos he has seen of him. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Jun 27th | ||
| Adalberto Mondesi told reporters that he "feels great" and is on track to play Opening Day for the Royals. Blaine Blontz Thu, Feb 20th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Bold prediction time: Mondesi won't be a thing in 2021. Mondesi showed last year that he wasn't worth grabbing in the first three to four rounds of your draft, yet here we are again, with Mondesi going off the board 40th overall per FantasyPros' ADP. He's not a complete zero at power, but you're drafting him for speed only, essentially. If you look at his xwOBA (6th percentile), xSLG (16th percentile), and xBA (14th percentile) and pair that with his 29.8 K% and 4.3 BB% (both bottom 6 percent of baseball), what's to like? Oh, that's not to mention that he's recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. Unless you're in a big tournament-style league where you need to look for the splash play, avoid Mondesi this year and find your steals elsewhere where you don't have to make quite the investment. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | Keston Hiura was my favorite player to go after in 2018 first-year player drafts who wasn't named Shohei Ohtani. Yes, more than Luis Robert. I compared him at the time to prime Dustin Pedroia but with more power. Hiura's early returns were better than I had imagined. He's in the perfect ballpark, and he's at the shallowest position outside of catcher to justify this ranking - even with the high strikeout marks. Hiura is going to be a top-three second baseman in fantasy for the next decade." Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Mondesi had a ridiculous 43 steals last year but he did it in just 416 at-bats. If he can stay on the field for a full season, 60 is not only a possibility, but likely. Add in 15 homers and we are talking about a potential first round value, albeit one with great risk. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | In his first year with the big league club, Hiura was every bit as good as advertised, going for 19 homers, 9 steals and a .303 BA in just half a season. We could very well see him among the top three in the position by year's end, but he isn't quite as safe as any of the options above him. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| Keston Hiura is one of my most owned players and one of my favorite picks at ADP this season. You are getting what I call the "Sophomore Discount," which is when rookies blow up on to the scene and people are hesitant to fully buy into it. Hiura is a pure hitter, hits the ball ridiculously hard, and will bat in the heart of a solid lineup. Sign me up as he has clear 30/15 upside and room for more. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
