Seems like a lot of posters think Hays is done as a productive MLB player, so I’m asking posters to go on record with how he’ll do for the rest of 2024. For purposes of my question, performance year to date won’t be included.
For convenience, here are Hays’ pages from BB-Ref and Baseball Savant. He’s 28 years old, and has a career OPS of .740 (.769, .719 and .769 in 2021-23). Last year, he slumped in the second half, posting a .667 OPS after the all star break. This year, he had a .539 OPS in 35 PA in spring training and then a .311 OPS in 50 PA prior to going on the IL. His batted ball data has been awful.
So what do you say? Washed up? Small sample size fluke? Illness? What will Hays do when he returns?