Austin Hays is healthy and nearly ready for the big leagues again. Injuries have stunted the outfielder’s career. 72)...Played in 66 games for Double-A Bowie and nine rehab games for Short-Season A Aberdeen, hitting a combined .235 (73-for-310)...Hit a combined .273 (27-for-99) with eight doubles, six home runs, 12 runs, and 25 RBI in 23 games in August and September...Homered in back-to-back games (9/2 and 9/3) to finish the season...Placed on the minor league disabled list on 5/29 (retroactive to 5/26); reinstated from the DL on 8/7...Recalled from Double-A Bowie on 9/24 and placed on the 60-day disabled list (right ankle surgery).Ranked as the No. Hays' value has peaked twice as a pro, first after a monster 2017 when he laid waste to High-A and Double-A pitching, and most recently after logging a 146 wRC+, .265 ISO and career-high 9.3 BB% in 75 MLB plate appearances to close the 2019 season. Austin Hays is healthy and nearly ready for the big leagues againTuesday Bird Droppings: Where the Orioles’ roster has a different lookThe Orioles are making their way back to Baltimore after a woeful road trip and a trade-deadline frenzy.Orioles make wise decision to be sellers at trade deadlineA hot start and expanded playoff field made trying to bolster the roster a tempting challenge, but Mike Elias made the right call to continue the rebuild.The Orioles got their two deadline trades out of the way on Sunday. New ... he missed half of 2018 with an ankle injury and more than a month so far in 2019 due to issues with his thumb. He made his MLB debut in 2017. It’s not necessarily the ones I swing at, but the pitches I need to take that I swing at. Baltimore Orioles (2017, 2019–present) Austin Charles Bryan Hays (born July 5, 1995) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Instead, he can focus on his style of play and still be a valuable member of the lineup. It’s not necessarily the ones I swing at, but the pitches I need to take that I swing at. Now healthy, he is nearing a big league return.Orioles general manager Mike Elias has made his approach to handling the team’s top prospects quite clear, and it’s a departure from how his predecessor did things. The same will be asked of It’s easy to forget that Hays is only 23 years old (he will turn 24 next month). But he walked just twice in 39 plate appearances, a 5.1 percent walk rate, against what was typically minor league competition.Since returning from his latest spat of injuries, Hays has played at three levels in the O’s minor league system. ... Josh Donaldson 2019 Home Runs (37) - Duration: 16:50. But it’s a matter of choosing which ones you recognize that you want to swing at. He made his MLB debut in 2017. He owns a solid-enough .332 career on-base percentage as a minor leaguer, but that is mostly buoyed by a .294 batting average. It’s incremental and it’s a super small sample size, but it’s an improvement.If you are waiting for Hays to suddenly become a different type of player, you may be disappointed. 16:50. The injury continues that has been a rough 2020 season for Hays, who has batted only .203/.273/.246 through his first 77 plate appearances. Long a top prospect in Baltimore’s farm system and even a top-100 ranked prospect in all of baseball prior to the 2018 campaign, the O’s were hopeful that Hays could establish himself as an everyday player this season. Expectations were high after Hays hit .309/.373/.574 over 75 PA during a September call-up in 2019.dropping like flies. The same will be asked of It’s easy to forget that Hays is only 23 years old (he will turn 24 next month). And whomever the O’s select in the first round next summer could also be a fast riser.
1 prospect in the Orioles organization, according to Baseball America...Entered the season as a top 100 prospect according to Baseball America (No. That makes for an impressive core of talent all emerging at similar times.The recent fortification of the O’s minor league system does not necessarily mean that Hays has less of a ceiling than once expected. Elias is not interested in promoting players until they have totally proven themselves at a lower level for an extended period of time. While his aggressiveness may be frustrating, it is also part of what gives him the chance to be a dangerous hitter. Because he was the first player selected in the 2016 Plate discipline is the term that has swirled around Hays since 2017. I just need to have more plate discipline and use the aggressiveness that I have only for pitches I can do damage with instead of pitcher’s pitches.”The previously mentioned injuries prevented that plan to improve plate discipline from ever fully coming to fruition last season.However, Hays did bounce back and was impressive at the plate during this past spring training. Baltimore Orioles (2017, 2019–present) Austin Charles Bryan Hays (born July 5, 1995) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). BALTIMORE -- The future is here. June 22, 2019: Norfolk Tides placed RF Austin Hays on the 7-day injured list retroactive to June 21, 2019.
21) MLB.com (No. Because he was the first player selected in the 2016 Plate discipline is the term that has swirled around Hays since 2017. They got one more in on the final day. If you are aware of any other unusual, less known, not as publicized baseball awards won by Austin Hays please contact us with details. It’s part of the reason that Keegan Akin has remained in Triple-A Norfolk despite the big league team’s thin rotation, and why Ryan Mountcastle has continued to plug away with the Tides despite his impressive stat line. Hays has gotten near-everyday playing time, but has struggled to make much of it by posting a .214/.286/.268 line in 63 plate appearances. 98 prospect in Baseball America's Midseason Top 100 Prospect rankings...Entered 2017 as the No. :: Top 10 Prospects by Position :: I just need to have more plate discipline and use the aggressiveness that I have only for pitches I can do damage with instead of pitcher’s pitches.”The previously mentioned injuries prevented that plan to improve plate discipline from ever fully coming to fruition last season.However, Hays did bounce back and was impressive at the plate during this past spring training.