Austin Hays off to a good start at Aberdeen

Game 1: 3 for 4 with a triple and a stolen base

Game 2: 2 for 4 with a double and two stolen bases

Nice start for our 3rd round pick. He was highly rated before the draft so maybe he can be a fast mover.

I hear a COF spot just opened in Delmarva.

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He is very athletic. The run, defense, and arm tools are legit. Looks the part, full of energy. If you told me he was our first rounder, I'm not sure I'd be disappointed.

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We've been hitting on our top picks recently. It's just a matter of having them. Hope this draft can restock the minors a little.

I'm going to try to temper my enthusiasm. But Hays was probably my favorite pick of the draft. I couldn't believe he fell into our laps in the 3rd round. Pretty near a 5 tool player. Hope his plate discipline and contact abilities transfer to the pro level.

A COF with all the goods. Sounds too good to be true. Hope this kid is the real deal.

Yeah I'm just going to go pull a Rip Van Winkle and come back in Sept and see how he did. I don't think I can bridle my enthusiasm about this guy.

I don't want to sound any alarm bells because I don't know the reason, but Hays is not in the starting lineup again tonight

He slid into the base hard on Thursday, and seemed to hurt his hand and/or wrist.

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He slid into the base hard on Thursday, and seemed to hurt his hand and/or wrist.

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Bummer, just when he had peaked my interest.

Outfielder Austin Hays, taken by the Orioles earlier this month in the third round of the draft, has missed a few Aberdeen games with a sprained wrist. He got hurt sliding head first into a base. The injury does not appear to be serious and X-rays were negative. Hays made a strong debut, going 5-for-8 with a double and triple in his first two IronBirds games.

http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2016/06/notes-on-dj-stewart-hunter-harvey-chris-lee-and-more-plus-draft-notes.html

That's good to hear that the x-rays were negative. Depending on the severity, sprains can be just as bad as a break because of the stretched ligaments. As with all our players, I hope he heals quickly.

He slid into the base hard on Thursday, and seemed to hurt his hand and/or wrist.

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Yet another reason not to steal bases.

Yet another reason not to steal bases.

Well, he appears to be really really good at it. Injury slide notwithstanding. He gets a great read and jump.

Well, he appears to be really really good at it. Injury slide notwithstanding. He gets a great read and jump.

Great to hear. I hope he does it in high leverage situations.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's a WALK OFF for Austin Hays!!!!! He hits a single to right field to give Aberdeen the win in game 1 of the doubleheader! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YouGottaScore?src=hash">#YouGottaScore</a></p>— Aberdeen IronBirds (@IronBirds) <a href="

Hays also had an OF assist throwing out a runner at home!

http://aberdeen.ironbirds.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2016_07_05_wevasx_abeasx_1&t=g_box&did=milb&sid=t488