Austin

Hays

DHAge : 31Bats : R

#15

Austin Hays

#15DHSan Diego Padres

Height : 5' 10" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2017-09-07

Born in : Daytona Beach, FL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		38	100	28	3	15	.280	.705
2026	San Diego Padres	26	57	18	2	8	.316	.800
2026	Chicago White Sox	12	43	10	1	7	.233	.576
2025	Cincinnati Reds	103	380	101	15	64	.266	.768
2024		85	235	60	5	20	.255	.699
2024	Philadelphia Phillies	22	78	20	2	6	.256	.672
2024	Baltimore Orioles	63	157	40	3	14	.255	.711
2023	Baltimore Orioles	144	520	143	16	67	.275	.769
2022	Baltimore Orioles	145	535	134	16	60	.250	.719
2021	Baltimore Orioles	131	488	125	22	71	.256	.769
2020	Baltimore Orioles	33	122	34	4	9	.279	.721
2019	Baltimore Orioles	21	68	21	4	13	.309	.947
2017	Baltimore Orioles	20	60	13	1	8	.217	.555
Career totals		720	2508	659	86	327	.263	.747

ContractSan Diego Padres payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.2 M$
AAV: 0.21 M$

2026
0.21 M$
Guaranteed
2027
8.00 M$
Mutual option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.303

xwOBA

.295

OPS

.705

AVG

.280

OBP

.305

RBI

105

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.3

Home runs

2026 WAR

-0.1

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-9)

20232.8 WAR · 3.0 per full season
20240.2 WAR · 0.5 per full season
20251.4 WAR · 2.0 per full season
2026-0.1 WAR

Outlook, age included

-9 · 30 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 69
POW: Power; 72
EYE: Eye; 51
SPD: Speed; 74
FLD: Fielding; —
DUR: Durability; 35
EX: Experience; 81

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

-0.1

PAL Rating

26 / 100

Value Rating

24 / 100

Surplus $-1.2M · salary $0.2M

PAL: dimensions

Offense39

Power39

Discipline17

Speed41

Defense31

WAR, in runs

Batting-0.8

Baserunning-0.4

Fielding-1.6

Positional-2.1

Replacement+3.2

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

87.5 mi/h

25th percentile

Max exit velocity

111.9 mi/h

63th percentile

Barrels

4.1 %

18th percentile

Hard-hit

41.9 %

57th percentile

xBA

.278

90th percentile

Bat speed

72.9 mi/h

62th percentile

Sprint speed

27.1 pi/s

43th percentile

Outs above average

-1

43th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	SD	-0.1	26	54	87.5	111.9	4.1	41.9	.278
2025	CIN	1.4	49	58	88.8	109.2	10.4	38.4	.234
2024	PHI	0.2	21	56	88.9	109.9	6.7	40.2	.232
2023	BAL	2.8	56	65	89.4	111.0	8.9	40.1	.238
2022	BAL	1.9	37	64	87.7	109.0	5.2	37.7	.239
2021	BAL	1.9	46	69	88.8	110.3	9.1	39.2	.241

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs AZ	4	2	0	2	1	1	.280
Sep 25	vs AZ	2	0	0	0	0	0	.271
Sep 24	@ LAD	1	1	0	1	0	0	.277
Sep 23	@ LAD	1	1	0	0	0	0	.269
Sep 22	@ LAD	2	0	0	0	0	1	.261
Sep 17	@ COL	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Sep 15	@ COL	3	2	1	1	0	0	.270
Sep 12	@ SF	3	2	0	0	0	1	.256
Sep 9	vs WSH	2	2	0	0	0	0	.241
Sep 8	vs WSH	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222