SCV baseball players make their marks in major leagues
Making his MLB debut on July 21 against the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants pitcher and The Master’s University alumnus Conner Menez got the nod once again, starting in…
Making his MLB debut on July 21 against the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants pitcher and The Master’s University alumnus Conner Menez got the nod once again, starting in…
One of the biggest moves before the MLB trade deadline on Wednesday was a three-team deal with the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres. Trevor Bauer, a Hart…
By Signal Staff The Milwaukee Brewers second baseman and former Valencia Vikings Keston Hiura was named the National League Player of the Week on Monday. The rookie had an 11-game…
In Keston Hiura’s senior year at Valencia in 2014, he hit 14 home runs. In his three years playing at the University of California, Irvine, he hit 22 home runs.…
Former Valencia baseball player and Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Keston Hiura was promoted on Tuesday morning and made his MLB debut in Philadelphia against the Phillies. Leading off the top…
Keston Hiura says he focuses on two things in regards to his swing: rhythm and timing. “I want to make sure that I’m in rhythm and not being too stagnant…
Natalie Gilmore For The Signal With the Major League Baseball All-Star break upon us, the league’s top prospects were given the opportunity to compete on the biggest stage in baseball.…
As Kai Caranto’s double found grass down the left field line, Greg Pierantoni hurtled home. It was a Santa Clarita resident driving in a Valencia resident in a seven-run first…
Subtle chuckling permeated the room. Milwaukee Brewers Amateur Scouting Director Tod Johnson smirked. Keston Hiura smiled. Asked at a press conference Wednesday what kind of relief it was to learn…
Valencia High baseball coach Mike Killinger remembers Keston Hiura as an even-tempered player, never too high or too low. Maybe that’s why Hiura initially remained seated as a roomful of…
By all accounts, the Santa Clarita Valley has a rich history in the MLB First-Year Player draft both in quantity and quality. Sixty SCV products have been selected just since…
In a 2016 interview with The Signal, UC Irvine coach Mike Gillespie might have best summed up Keston Hiura’s situation in 2017 with the MLB Draft looming on Monday. At…
In a meaningless late-May game, between two teams with sub-.500 records, UC Irvine junior Keston Hiura still finished his season, and maybe his college career, in a spectacularly fitting way.…
Two Santa Clarita Valley products, each a star in their respective baseball sphere, were among 55 players on the Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List, released on Wednesday. Stevenson Ranch…