Hiura reminds me a lot of the players the Brewers would've given a LOT of at-bats to in the early 2000s. High draft choice and potential and the Brewers would pick them off the scrap heap or as part of one of Doug Melvin's one player for six type of trade. We'd hope they'd find something in Milwaukee and then have maybe a nice season with homers but then they'd be junk again.
This is different because it was our first round pick who flashed and then left and other teams that are going nowhere are hoping to catch lightning.
Here and elsewhere, it's crazy how polarizing the overall Hiura topic can be. I don't have a ton of thoughts on it other than I figured he'd get a shot last year but then he got injured. Who knows what would've happened.
No one can swing through a belt-high fastball like Hiura.