Who Should I Draft?
Adalberto Mondesi or Keston Hiura (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC  | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 8 of 8 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 8 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 19 | # 40 |
| Best Rank | # 12 | # 39 |
| Worst Rank | # 30 | # 57 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 27 | # 65 |
| Best Rank | # 21 | # 65 |
| Worst Rank | # 41 | # 67 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 80 | 83 |
| Home Runs | 18 | 30 |
| RBI | 69 | 85 |
| Stolen Bases | 52 | 11 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .258 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 21 | # 41 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 12 | # 39 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 18 | # 42 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 25 | # 57 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 14 | # 41 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 22 | # 41 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 30 | # 41 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 23 | # 51 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 219 | 217 |
| Runs | 33 | 30 |
| Hits | 56 | 46 |
| Singles | 36 | 29 |
| Doubles | 11 | 4 |
| Triples | 3 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 13 |
| RBI | 22 | 32 |
| Stolen Bases | 24 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 8 | 2 |
| Walks | 11 | 16 |
| Strikeouts | 70 | 85 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .212 |
| On Base Pct | .294 | .297 |
| Slugging Pct | .416 | .410 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .710 | .707 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 549 | 551 |
| Runs | 80 | 83 |
| Hits | 141 | 142 |
| Singles | 88 | 82 |
| Doubles | 27 | 27 |
| Triples | 8 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 18 | 30 |
| RBI | 69 | 85 |
| Stolen Bases | 52 | 11 |
| Caught Stealing | 14 | 5 |
| Walks | 30 | 44 |
| Strikeouts | 168 | 182 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .258 |
| On Base Pct | .295 | .312 |
| Slugging Pct | .431 | .474 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .726 | .786 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Keston Hiura 2B - MIL | |
| News | ||
| Adalberto Mondesi agreed to a one-year, $2.525 million deal with the Royals to avoid arbitration. Jon Mathisen Fri, Jan 15th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Even in a shortened year, it was a tale of two seasons for Mondesi. In 35 games in July and August, he batted just .186 with 11 runs, two RBI, no home runs, and eight steals. In his final 24 games, he batted .356 with six home runs, 22 runs scored, 20 RBI, and 16 steals. In the end, Mondesi delivered exactly the type of season that fantasy managers have come to expect, and his 24 steals were eight more than the next highest total. Mondesi won't help in batting average and offers minimal power, but he's an unmatched source of steals. And given that much of his lackluster first month can probably be written off to offseason shoulder surgery, fantasy managers should be able to expect closer to the second-half version of Mondesi rather than the firs this year. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Hiura looked to be on the verge of superstardom heading into 2020, if he could just cut back on his bloated 30.7% strikeout rate. Instead, he struck out more than ever (34.6% of the time), en route to a league-leading 85 strikeouts. That led to a massive drop in production, notably in batting average, which fell from .303 in 2019 to .212 last year. Hiura was mever a high-strikeout player in the minors. He never struck out more than 26.3% in any level and he had an overall strikeout rate of just 21%. If he can manage to cut down on the whiffs, he should be a top option at second base given his power and speed, but for now, drop him down your draft board a bit from where he was heading into 2020. He's still a borderline top-five option, but exercise more caution. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Overall the final three weeks of the 2020 season, Mondesi was the hottest hitter in baseball. After failing to live up to his preseason expectations for most of the year, Mondesi hit .376 with 16 (!!) stolen bases over his final 93 plate appearances. It would be easy to argue that he won fantasy leagues down the stretch if it wasn't for such a brutal showing at the plate leading up to it. Still, this is the type of monstrous stolen base upside that'll keep us invested entering 2021. It goes without saying that Mondesi's value increases in roto leagues. He should be viewed as a wildly volatile player to draft. Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
