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Love this guy.   He’s a really fiery player who so obviously loves playing baseball.    Was watching his homer on the highlights and he was just grinning ear to ear as he crossed home plate.    I really like his skill set, but beyond that he’s just fun to watch.    I’m really hoping he can stay healthy and show us what he’s capable of.   

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Love this guy.   He’s a really fiery player who so obviously loves playing baseball.    Was watching his homer on the highlights and he was just grinning ear to ear as he crossed home plate.    I real

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John Means post-game comment on Hays: “Once he gets hot he usually doesn’t stop.   I’m looking forward to watching him over the next month.” Hays on getting in the groove: “Before my last at bat

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It tells me that they believe these are very good players and that our organization has the ability to develop them well.   They can sort out who to keep and who to trade for other assets later.  

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2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Love this guy.   He’s a really fiery player who so obviously loves playing baseball.    Was watching his homer on the highlights and he was just grinning ear to ear as he crossed home plate.    I really like his skill set, but beyond that he’s just fun to watch.    I’m really hoping he can stay healthy and show us what he’s capable of.   

Did you read how his Dad came up with his HR ball?   The whole family couldn't sit together because of Covid restrictions so Dad was out in the outfield and everyone else from his family that came to the game was behind home plate.   And somehow his Dad wound up with the HR ball.

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9 hours ago, Frobby said:

Love this guy.   He’s a really fiery player who so obviously loves playing baseball.    Was watching his homer on the highlights and he was just grinning ear to ear as he crossed home plate.    I really like his skill set, but beyond that he’s just fun to watch.    I’m really hoping he can stay healthy and show us what he’s capable of.   

I think he's shown us the 2nd part of the bolded, it's just a matter of him succeeding with the 1st part. 

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Yep..I have full confidence that he is the best CFer on the team and in the organization and that if he stays healthy, he will be an asset.

 

I do not have any confidence that he can stay healthy and become the asset he can be.

Hoping he proves that wrong because, like Frobby, I’m a big fan.

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5 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Other than the injuries whats not to like? Hays has got speed and power and plays a premium defensive position. Now If they could find a SS with those attributes. 

I’d love to see a little more plate discipline.    That’s his one weakness, other than injuries.   But I feel if he can make modest strides in that area he could be an outstanding player.   

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I’d love to see a little more plate discipline.    That’s his one weakness, other than injuries.   But I feel if he can make modest strides in that area he could be an outstanding player.   

I'd hope to see a little more power this year. Pretty small sample size for him last year but he didn't really tap into the power he's displayed at times. He only had 6 extra basehits.  I think he has the raw power and bat speed to improve those numbers. 

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I’d love to see a little more plate discipline.    That’s his one weakness, other than injuries.   But I feel if he can make modest strides in that area he could be an outstanding player.   

In an ideal world that would be nice if Hays could draw walks in addition to all his other skills. But as it is, I think hes a solid player. Probably not an All Star. unless the O's have no better options, but still a valuable player. 

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10 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Hayes is projected to OPS .770 Austin Hays Stats | Baseball-Reference.com (baseball-reference.com)  If he does that and stays healthy, we got ourselves a good situation in CF going forward - with more upward potential.    

Adam Jones' career OPS is .771. If Hays can throw in some plus defense he could stick as part of the next core and replace Jones' production. Some of his antics are a little much but I'd rather have too much energy than too little.

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