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Frobby
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What a blast by Hays tonight — 464 feet into the second deck in left field, and in the rain, no less.   Just crushed.   Oh, and he also had an RBI double, alertly advancing to 3B on the throw hom

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Love to see that 3/4/5 line!    In the 2020s that is analagous to what ".300, 30 HR, 100 RBI" was in the 70s to set apart a star player.

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Hays is so fun to watch.   The throw he made tonight was outstanding, then the hits a bomb over the LF wall for the go ahead run.   He has fun playing the game, too.   

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17 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Hays is good but tell me what he does better than Mullins. Other than arm strength, I can’t think of anything. 

Depends what version of each player you believe in.  If you believe Mullins can replicate last year regularly (more or less), there’s probably little Hays can do that’s better.   But if you believe in the 2022 version of Hays (so far) and think Mullins topped out last season and will take a step backwards as he has so far this year, then there’s lots of things Hays might do better.   I’m just rooting for both to play as well as we hope they can.  

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40 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Hays is good but tell me what he does better than Mullins. Other than arm strength, I can’t think of anything. 

So far, Hays and Mullins have very similar career hitting stats. 

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54 minutes ago, Frobby said:
1 hour ago, waroriole said:

Hays is good but tell me what he does better than Mullins. Other than arm strength, I can’t think of anything. 

Depends what version of each player you believe in.  If you believe Mullins can replicate last year regularly (more or less), there’s probably little Hays can do that’s better.   But if you believe in the 2022 version of Hays (so far) and think Mullins topped out last season and will take a step backwards as he has so far this year, then there’s lots of things Hays might do better.   I’m just rooting for both to play as well as we hope they can.

I was about to provide a similar response as Frobby.  There is probably nothing, other than throwing, that Hays can really do “better” than Mullins if Mullins is a 30/30 5-6 WAR player.  With that said, up until last year Hays had displayed more power and potential to hit for a higher average.  

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Hays LF/RF ratio holding about 2-to-1 just like last year.    Somewhat same as with Gunnar-Westburg, I've wondered if they are ever going to pick one and stick with it.

But that might just be my brain over-anchoring on the concept of regulars on the corners of the diamond.   Up the middle still has some integrity (not 2B so much), but everything else flexibility plays big.

I still mostly believe a fractional minor league shortstop isn't really a MLB shortstop at all, but would love to be very wrong.

Guys like to self-identify as shortstops and you want their confidence good.   It would be interesting to see if Hays returned to CF if one of him or Mullins ever got on another team.

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1 minute ago, jdwilde1 said:

I was about to provide a similar response as Frobby.  There is probably nothing, other than throwing, that Hays can really do “better” than Mullins if Mullins is a 30/30 5-6 WAR player.  With that said, up until last year Hays had displayed more power and potential to hit for a higher average.  

Yes. And it has to be noted that up until last year, Mullins just could not hit. He sure turned it around. 

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Quite the day for Hays today, 5 for 7 with two walks.  He’s showing way better plate discipline this year.  I feel like he’s bought into what Fuller and Borgschulte are selling.  OPS to .876.   

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Welcome to the Cedric Mullins Honorary Splash Pool of league-wide leaderboards!   Go, Austin, go!   Offensive WAR:

Offensive WAR
1. Ramirez • CLE 1.9
2. Crawford • SEA 1.8
3. Trout • LAA 1.7
4. Ward • LAA 1.7
5. Franco • TBR 1.7
6. Judge • NYY 1.4
7. Buxton • MIN 1.4
8. Anderson • CHW 1.3
9. France • SEA 1.3
10. Hays • BAL 1.3

Either B-Ref hates Hays' defense, thinks Trevor Larnach fields OF like peak Ozzie Smith, or something may still be updating as Overall WAR gives Larnach in the Top 10 with 60% of the PA and a worse OPS+.

 

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I just picked him up in my fantasy league due to injuries to all my RF's. He will probably go on a prolonged slump starting today. 

I am thrilled to see him producing. I wonder if the sneaky move might be to keep Santander and trade Hays when Stowers is ready. Depending on return of course.

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Just now, btdart20 said:

So far Hays has me eating crow!  I honestly thought the LF wall would impact him the most.  Glad to see him thriving!

Well he hasn’t hit a ton of homers - three so far.   He’s cleared the wall once and hasn’t had one taken away yet so far as I know.  

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