Hiura hits .866 against RHP and it’s all about him striking out too much or how he cannot play defense. Just put him at DH and hit him low in lineup. Fairly sure he can strike out 50% of the time and hit 200 points better than our current DH OPS numbers .561… I fully expect him and Frelick to hit in the middle of the lineup come August and September. Are they so great? No. Just a low bar in our organization.
And, of course again, I’d like to again point out Hiura, his warts and all, had a better OPS than Adames, our #2 or #3 hitter,last year. And Hiura has a .331 avg, 12 HR in 112 AB, 1.074 OPS this year in AAA. Just let this guy play DH everyday low in order for a month and give this guy some confidence. Jerked around constantly by organization.