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In the Red Sox series, I remember him tattooing some balls that were right at defenders (thinking of the game where he was the only batter not to reach, in particular). Looking at his Baseball Sa

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45 minutes ago, casadeozo said:


this is an incredible stat

That clip conveniently leaves out that Schwarber has 91 more plate appearances than Hays.   I’m pretty sure Austin would get on base more than another 8 times in 91 more PA.

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6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

That clip conveniently leaves out that Schwarber has 91 more plate appearances than Hays.   I’m pretty sure Austin would get on base more than another 8 times in 91 more PA.

Fair enough. I also didnt realize how low Austin's walk total is this year at 19

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9 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

I like Hays but he’s still a hacker (some improvement) who is pretty mediocre IF the average is .280. He’s certainly not going anywhere now but he would be my choice to be moved in the off season.

I agree. If forced to choose Hays or Santander, I prefer Santander. Switch hitter, more dependable for both health and performance. I really like what Hays is doing this year but I just trust Santander more.

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1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

I agree. If forced to choose Hays or Santander, I prefer Santander. Switch hitter, more dependable for both health and performance. I really like what Hays is doing this year but I just trust Santander more.

Hays has been very lucky this year but when healthy he's a pretty good player. He's got a little Mountcastle in him in that he has a hard time identifying breaking pitches.

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1 hour ago, casadeozo said:

Fair enough. I also didnt realize how low Austin's walk total is this year at 19

Hays isn’t walking much but he has cut down at swinging at pitches outside the strike zone, which is one reason he’s having a good season.  

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4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Hays looks really terrible at the plate right now.  We need him to get back in the groove.  

Hopefully he's just in a bit of a slump.  I'd put Gunnar back in the leadoff spot and move Hays back to the 5th spot or even lower down for awhile.  

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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Hays looks really terrible at the plate right now.  We need him to get back in the groove.  

I have not been able to watch games regularly in years until I got cable a couple of weeks ago. Has his swing always been so uncontrolled? He looked like he was going to spin in the ground last night.

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Even before his slump Hays was the worst .300 hitter I'd ever seen. With him slumping (and admittedly hitting into some bad luck) his ABs are almost unwatchable. He looks to be about the last of the old Oriole hackers ala Adam Jones and Jonathan Schoop --  guys who'd swing at anything that didn't swing at them first. I will be eternally grateful to Elias and Mejdal for their laser like focus on acquiring guys who can work the count and take a walk now and then. I like Hays' energy, but the sooner we move on from him and guys like him the better. 

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