FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Hiura, Quantrill, Plesac, Beede, Beaty

First Impressions is a look at recent call-ups, a snapshot of their early progress so far in the majors. Initial BaseballHQ.com minor league write-ups for all of the players in today's column can be found in the News tab on their individual PlayerLink pages. Because the majority of these players have accumulated less than 100 AB or 50 IP, small sample size warnings apply to the analysis here.

 

First Impression: Keston Hiura (2B, MIL)

CALLED UP: 5/14/2019, 6/28/2019
BASEBALLHQ PROSPECT RATING: 9C
CURRENT ROLE: Starting 2B
POTENTIAL ROLE: Starting 2B
2019 MINORS STATS: San Antonio (AAA)—213 AB, .329/.407/.681, 16 2B, 19 HR, 0.36 Eye, 7 SB

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  HctX  GB/LD/FB   PX/xPX  hr/f  Spd/SBO  HR/SB
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