Hilliard is a lefty outfielder who has played parts of seven seasons in the major leagues. Most of that time was with the Rockies, for whom he kept separate stats on a 2023 season in Atlanta. Hilliard has more raw power and speed, but has never made enough contact to remain as a regular. He has yet to appear in more than half of a team’s games or in the top 238 plate appearances in an MLB season.
The 31-year-old Hilliard is a lifetime .218/.298/.437 hitter in just under 1,000 career trips to the plate. The former 15th-round draftee has struck out 34.3% of those plate appearances. He is a much more accomplished Triple-A performer. Hilliard has a .275/.356/.563 slash across six Triple-A campaigns. That includes a .288/.367/.565 mark with 17 home runs in 91 games for Colorado’s top affiliate this past season.
This is Hilliard’s first trip to Asia, where he will take home a higher salary than he would have received on a minor league deal. Hilliard completes the Wiz trio of foreign-born players. The team signed right-handers Matt Sauer And Caleb Boushley earlier in the low season.
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