Christopher L. Heston (Hesto Presto)

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 10, 1988 in Palm Bay, Florida, US
High School: Bayside HS (Palm Bay, FL)
Schools: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC), Seminole Community College (Sanford, FL)

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 47th round of the 2007 from Seminole Community College (Sanford, FL), the Washington Nationals in the 29th round of the 2008 from Seminole Community College (Sanford, FL) and the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round of the 2009 from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC).

• 5/17 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Starting Pitchers: Drew Pomeranz is making a strong case for the Rockies to give him a shot. He is 4-10 with a 5.01 ERA in 26 career MLB starts,...

• 4/11 Mets Merized: Mets Minors: 51s Can’t Overcome Bad Start From Chris Schwinden in 6-3 Loss: Fresno Grizzlies 6, Las Vegas 51s 3 The 51s (4-3) dropped a game to the Grizzlies on Wednesday night after Chris Schwinden was...
• 4/1 Splash Hit Blog: #SFGiants Minor League Rosters as Spring Training ends: Some of the minor league rosters from the San Francisco Giants affiliates are being released. I’ll put on here what I’m...

• 3/17 Indians Baseball Insider: Spring Training Game #23: Indians 4, Giants 3: West Coast night games were always a bit of a pain for me as a fan and now as a baseball writer. For natives of the Eastern Time...

• 2/21 Splash Hit Blog: Lots of Future in MLB settling in, but for #SFGiants, their “Future” is very much now: With Spring Training happening now, prospect lists are coming out, from Baseball America and MLB most notably, fans start to...

• 12/11 Splash Hit Blog: Grading the Latest “Giants Inbox”: Here’s the latest inbox where Giants fans write to beat writer Chris Haft from MLB.com and he takes the time to answer...
• 12/10 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Farm System All-Stars: Ashley Marshall of MILB.com names the San Francisco Giants farm system All Stars. Marshall breaks it down by the best player at...
• 12/6 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Risk Mitigation: Giants Style: There is a good quote of Bobby Evans by Chris Haft on mlb.com/sfgiants.com: "The work's never done. There are too many ways...
• 12/3 Seedlings to Stars: Ruf, Olt, Profar Land on Topps Double-A All Stars: Each fall an all star roster of the top players from each level of the minor leagues is named, something done in conjunction between...
• 12/1 Splash Hit Blog: #SFGiants Non-Tender Brian Wilson, Becomes a Free Agent: The deadline was 9:00PM PST, and by that time the Giants had made a decision after efforts to come to an agreement with the one...

• 11/27 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Wilson Decision Looms, World Series Money, Down On The Farm: Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle points out that if the San Francisco Giants don’t tender a contract to Brian...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: #SFGiants Set 40-Man Roster: The deadline was Midnight EST or 9:00PM PST,  but the Giants have announced their roster additions and those details are starting...
• 11/21 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Bochy Talks To Pagan And Scutaro Next, Players Added To 40-Man Roster: Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News says (via Twitter) it’s a slow time for free agency, but San Francisco Giants...

• 7/10 Seedlings to Stars: Mid-Season Risers: Pitchers: As I promised in my list of six under-appreciated hitters, here are six less-heralded pitchers who had excellent first halves...

• 5/30 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: May 30: Top stories MiLB honors Player of the Week recipients: Every Monday, or Tuesday in this case because of the holiday weekend, Minor...

• 11/1 22gigantes.com: San Jose Giants win MiLBY for Top Class-A team: Led by fellow 2011 MiLBY winner Gary Brown, the San Jose Giants were named the minors’ top Class-A Advanced team Tuesday....

• 10/28 22gigantes.com: Giants’ Gary Brown wins MiLBY for top Class-A hitter: Top Giants prospect Gary Brown was honored Thursday with the MiLBY for Best Class A Advanced Hitter. The San Jose Giant’s...
• 10/6 22gigantes.com: 2011 MiLBY Award nominees feature many Giants minor leaguers: The annual Minor League Baseball Awards (The MiLBYs) will be announced in a few weeks and fans have a chance to vote for their...