Is Austin Hays Just an OF Version of Jorge Mateo?

[Billy F-Face3]

15 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I like this post but I’m not sure I’d say Hays was “one of our top most consistent hitters.”   He had a stretch of nearly two months where he was awful.  At the end of the day, you look at the overall season, not how he did in part A, B or C.   His overall season was a good one, not a great one.  But good enough where you don’t just bench him for a rookie on opening day.  

That's fair. Just enough mortality in those overall results to breed some healthy competition and give another outfielder like Cowser hope to develop, outwork, and out perform him.

A rising tide lifts all ships.

[btdart20]

MLBTR has quite a few headlines where the players are winning arb cases.  Maybe it’s just today’s headlines…

[Frobby]

By the way, the PECOTA projections assume 560 PA each for Hays, Mullins and Santander, and only 280 for Kjerstad and 105 for Cowser.  https://www.baseballprospectus.com/orgs/baltimore-orioles/depth-charts/

Fangraphs is assuming 609 Mullins, 581 Hays, 644 Santander, 224 Kjerstad, 77 Cowser.  https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=fangraphsdc&lg=&team=2

[interloper]

11 hours ago, Frobby said:

By the way, the PECOTA projections assume 560 PA each for Hays, Mullins and Santander, and only 280 for Kjerstad and 105 for Cowser.  https://www.baseballprospectus.com/orgs/baltimore-orioles/depth-charts/

Fangraphs is assuming 609 Mullins, 581 Hays, 644 Santander, 224 Kjerstad, 77 Cowser.  https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?pos=all&stats=bat&type=fangraphsdc&lg=&team=2

Would love if all those guys stayed that healthy. 609 PA for Mullins? Yes, please. 

[interloper]

20 hours ago, btdart20 said:

MLBTR has quite a few headlines where the players are winning arb cases.  Maybe it’s just today’s headlines…

Players swept their arb cases yesterday. 5-for-5! That has to indicate some kind of shift or the arbitrators considering something that they hadn't before, or something. Interesting.