2022 DH, 1B and OF

[Sports Guy]

8 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I think he probably will, too.  But he has the profile of an Oriole prospect: Adam Jones' plate discipline.  That can work out, but he's going to have to hit almost .300 to have a good OBP.  In today's game hitting .300 is like hitting .325 10 years ago.

Yea I agree with this.  I tend to think his ceiling is something around an 850 OPS but that he will more likely be around 800 or so.

Jones is actually a pretty good comp imo. 

[interloper]

23 hours ago, jamalshw said:

They seem to be trying really hard to put Mountcastle in the OF rather than 1B. I'd rather see him at 1B, but I think we see this:

DH- Renato Nunez

1B- Trey Mancini

LF- Ryan Mountcastle

CF- Austin Hays

RF- Anthony Santander

I am not banking on Diaz right now, but if he out-performs someone on this list, then great.

This is how it appears to shake out right now with the current roster and goals for Mountcastle. 

[DrungoHazewood]

55 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yea I agree with this.  I tend to think his ceiling is something around an 850 OPS but that he will more likely be around 800 or so.

Jones is actually a pretty good comp imo. 

As a overall player type it's pretty good.  But at the end of his age 24 season Jones had played almost 500 MLB games.  Hayes won't have 100.

[TommyPickles]

I would be THRILLED if Austin Hays matches Adam Jones' career numbers.

He's got a lot of catching up to do.

Before he was 25, Adam Jones already had:

-An All Star nod

-A Gold Glove

-50 HRs

-32 SBs

-Over 400 games played 

-Multiple seasons with an OPS+ over 100 (105, 108)

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, TommyPickles said:

I would be THRILLED if Austin Hays matches Adam Jones' career numbers.

He's got a lot of catching up to do.

Before he was 25, Adam Jones already had:

-An All Star nod

-A Gold Glove

-50 HRs

-32 SBs

-Over 400 games played 

-Multiple seasons with an OPS+ over 100 (105, 108)

Very unlikely because of Adam's 2-3 year head start, and Hays' inability to stay healthy.  At the moment Hayes is more Pete Stanicek than Adam Jones.

[MountUrCastle]

On 8/21/2020 at 9:38 AM, TommyPickles said:

So you don't see any of these players on the team in 2022?

Anthony Santander- 25 years old, not a free agent until 2025, leading the AL in RBIs while playing +defense.

Renato Nunez- 26 years old, not a free agent until 2025, coming off a 31-homer season, currently has a 133 OPS+

Austin Hays- 25 years old, not a free agent until 2026, just getting his first real crack at the majors.

 Trey Mancini- 27 years old, not a free agent until 2023, coming off a 35 Homer/.899 OPS season.  Arguably the team leader and most popular player in the organization.

Anthony Santander- 25 years old, not a free agent until 2025, leading the AL in RBIs while playing +defense. (in a tiny sample size)

Renato Nunez- 26 years old, not a free agent until 2025, coming off a 31-homer season, currently has a 133 OPS+ (in a small sample size, OPS'ed .771 last season and was worth less than 1 win despite 31 HR and 91 RBI's)

Austin Hays I just don't think is the best possible outcome for the field, but i'll happily be proven wrong.

Mancini likely gets moved.

 

 

[Sports Guy]