Who Should I Draft?
Adalberto Mondesi or Keston Hiura (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC  | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL  | |
Expert |
63% Recommended by 33 of 52 experts |
37% Recommended by 19 of 52 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 29 | # 32 |
| Best Rank | # 7 | # 23 |
| Worst Rank | # 118 | # 116 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 44 | # 51 |
| Best Rank | # 36 | # 40 |
| Worst Rank | # 96 | # 68 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 28 | 31 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 10 |
| RBI | 25 | 32 |
| Stolen Bases | 17 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .254 | .278 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 12 | # 49 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 35 | # 40 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 7 | # 23 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 18 | # 30 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 24 | # 36 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 32 | # 33 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 24 | # 116 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 23 | # 35 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 25 | # 38 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 24 | # 36 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 31 | # 33 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 31 | # 38 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 27 | # 31 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 51 | # 55 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 16 | # 27 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 32 | # 35 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 30 | # 36 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 36 | # 40 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 28 | # 41 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 23 | # 29 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 14 | # 40 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 25 | # 38 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 25 | # 37 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 21 | # 32 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 23 | # 31 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 31 | # 35 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 26 | # 39 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 18 | # 33 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 18 | # 65 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 23 | # 41 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 31 | # 55 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 25 | # 39 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 29 | # 40 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 29 | # 24 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 30 | # 26 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 31 | # 28 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 33 | # 32 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 34 | # 27 |
| 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 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 48 | # 39 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 50 | # 47 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 73 | # 30 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 75 | # 38 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 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 | 198 | 202 |
| Runs | 28 | 31 |
| Hits | 50 | 56 |
| Singles | 31 | 32 |
| Doubles | 10 | 13 |
| Triples | 3 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 10 |
| RBI | 25 | 32 |
| Stolen Bases | 17 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 2 |
| Walks | 10 | 16 |
| Strikeouts | 60 | 61 |
| Batting Average | .254 | .278 |
| On Base Pct | .291 | .330 |
| Slugging Pct | .434 | .506 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .725 | .836 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL | |
| News | ||
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer, and two RBI in a 3-1 win over the Tigers in the regular-season finale on Sunday. Matthew Terelle Mon, Sep 28th | Keston Hiura went 2-for-6 with three strikeouts and a run scored in both games of Friday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. Brad Camara Sat, Sep 26th | |
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk, two runs, and two RBI in a 4-3 loss to Detroit on Saturday. Matthew Terelle Sun, Sep 27th | Keston Hiura went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Monday's 6-3 loss to the Reds. Brad Camara Tue, Sep 22nd | |
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, a run, an RBI, and two steals in a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Friday. Matthew Terelle Sat, Sep 26th | Keston Hiura went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run during the loss to the Cardinals in Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Brad Camara Thu, Sep 17th | |
| Kansas City shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 4-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and two steals in an 8-7 win over the Tigers. Matthew Terelle Fri, Sep 25th | Keston Hiura went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a walk while recording four total RBI in the Brewers' 18-3 Tuesday night victory over the Cardinals. Brad Camara Wed, Sep 16th | |
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 1-for-4 with a steal in a 4-1 win over the Cardinals on Monday. Matthew Terelle Tue, Sep 22nd | Keston Hiura went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Cubs. Brad Camara Sun, Sep 13th | |
| 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 | |
| Currently rehabbing major shoulder surgery. Easy fade at current ADP Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | 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 | |
| Love the player but the price is aggressive. Could be a 30/20 asset with a .300 average if everything breaks right. Could also have a sophomore slump Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
