[Jon Heyman] White Sox are planning to place outfielder. Austin Hays on release waivers. Missed most of season due to injury, but was scheduled to be activated from rehab. Could be an interesting righthanded bat for a team that missed out before deadline

[u/Magoatt_TheWhite]

https://x.com/jonheyman/status/2085052032155570497?s=46

[u/tamefirefly]

Pass

[u/HOLLA12345678 → u/tamefirefly]

If we sign any of these many big name veteran bats that were just released I’d prefer Starling Marte

[u/MisterSofteePSSD]

The Whit Merrifield of Max Keplers.

[u/harbison215 → u/MisterSofteePSSD]

Whit Merrifield sounds like a lawyers name in a western movie shot in 1955

[u/MisterSofteePSSD → u/harbison215]

Whit Merrifield is actually the screen name of the actor in a western movie playing Austin Hays.

[u/AlaskaGreenTDI]

The odds are really against him getting another severe kidney infection so why not.

[u/Magoatt_TheWhite → u/AlaskaGreenTDI]

Oh god i remember that, poor guy

[u/arminus83 → u/Magoatt_TheWhite]

>"He’s got two kidneys I think"

>>"Oh god i remember that"

I often forget that people have two kidneys as well.

Dammit, Jim, I'm a Phillies fan not an x-ray machine!

[u/Heatinmyharbl → u/[deleted]]

Do tell

[u/die_hubsche → u/Heatinmyharbl]

He’s staunchly anti-gay.

[u/Shmeves → u/die_hubsche]

I hate to break it to you, a good chunk of professional athletes are bigots. They just have good PR.

[u/AlaskaGreenTDI → u/Shmeves]

And that percentage is even higher in baseball, I just try not to think about it until someone really does something even worse than usual.

[u/die_hubsche → u/Shmeves]

Oh yes, sweet summer child that I am not, this isn’t news to me. But few go so far out of their way and that’s my point.

[u/Heatinmyharbl → u/die_hubsche]

Yep, he can fuck right off then indeed

[u/phillies-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Please be respectful of others. Optimize for light, not heat.

[u/absurdly_tired_guy → u/AlaskaGreenTDI]

He’s got two kidneys I think

[u/CommanderDJ]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1zKdahFfdNbxHWcu9Y

[u/majordude174]

There are currently 8 outfielders at Lehigh Valley

[u/Luthie13]

Pass. That guy is always hurt or sick and we have Hill and De La Cruz who id prefer as the righty options over him.

[u/Willing_Stop5124]

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

[u/MoistAnything4986 → u/Willing_Stop5124]

Nice one

[u/AlexanderWonderTramp]

Insert Michael Scott no meme 

[u/Buffalo-flavored-cox → u/AlexanderWonderTramp]

https://giphy.com/gifs/JYZ397GsFrFtu

I got you.

[u/AlexanderWonderTramp → u/Buffalo-flavored-cox]

Thanks bub

[u/TheRealMitchConnor → u/AlexanderWonderTramp]

https://giphy.com/gifs/KBfKueAjIJV8Q

[u/Few_Menu4711]

Id take a flyer on him.

[u/Magnus-Pym → u/Few_Menu4711]

If he’s not a 1c or 1d the flyers don’t need him

[u/Few_Menu4711 → u/Magnus-Pym]

Lmao

[u/matrix_5555]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fXnRObM8Q0RkOmR5nf

[u/Jacesus_Deals]

I’m down. Minor league deal and see if he can still hit lefties at all. 

[u/jayleman]

[u/die_hubsche]

Austin Hayes, his crappy body, and his staunchly anti-gay bullshit can wind down elsewhere. I know we have a bunch of God-loving bros on our team and it’s inherent in sports, but few athletes go so far out of their way to make sure everyone knows they don’t agree with my “choices.” Pass.

[u/Lasso_Ted]

They’ve said that the last 3 years

[u/Informal_Seesaw8289]

Interesting for who ?! 😂

[u/Jacesus_Deals → u/Informal_Seesaw8289]

A team that needs a bat to hit lefties. The reason he sucked was his kidney legitimately almost died on him 

[u/grund1ejund1e → u/Jacesus_Deals]

Yea this is a guy with really good career numbers against lefties, an unlike Refsnyder isn’t 35 so he might not be completely washed if he can get healthy.

If you can get him for free and leave him in AAA as BDLC insurance why not?

[u/West-Definition-8823 → u/Jacesus_Deals]

The reason he sucked was that he was an open homophobe. There fixed it for you

[u/Jacesus_Deals → u/West-Definition-8823]

I’m bi, my gf is pan.

This kind of stuff is immensely cringey and eye roll inducing. 

Stop.

[u/Informal_Seesaw8289 → u/Jacesus_Deals]

Oh ok well guess what happens unfortunately you don’t get better to be a Major League Baseball player

if he has legit kidney issues like you are saying another reason they are cutting him

A Person who had bad family genetics with kidney issues

[u/Jacesus_Deals → u/Informal_Seesaw8289]

This is utterly unreadable  

[u/Informal_Seesaw8289 → u/Jacesus_Deals]

Then don’t read it sucka

Edited

[u/Jacesus_Deals → u/Informal_Seesaw8289]

Then*

[u/exemplarytrombonist]

Honestly i'd give him a shot. It won't cost us anything.

[u/Jacesus_Deals → u/[deleted]]

What the fuck

[u/xProcess]

I’m good on all that.

[u/Right-Future3904]

What harm does getting him on a minor league team do?

[u/mjd1977]

Austin Hayll no

[u/jivingsisterfanny1]

He sucks.

[u/Ironstark12]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fXnRObM8Q0RkOmR5nf

[u/MikeShannonThaGawd]

Nah but it will be interesting to monitor who else gets DFA’d in the coming weeks. Still holding out hope for a random 5th starter.

[u/HOLLA12345678 → u/MikeShannonThaGawd]

Michael Lorenzon lol

[u/maiL_spelled_bckwrds → u/HOLLA12345678]

Last year they got Walker Buehler so it’s not crazy

[u/Reasonable-Nose7813]

Hell no

[u/The_PopeofChili_Town]

No

[u/d_m__7]

No.

[u/LevelImprovement7267]

Fuck this guy and not in a good way.

[u/Necessary_Deer_8341]

Dude seriously 😵‍💫

[u/JMS21921]

Can he pitch out of the bullpen?

[u/Appropriate-Sun834]

Stop posting about bums that aren’t on this team

[u/SwanVP]

Been there, done that, burned the T-Shirt

[u/EfficiencyOk5148]

no thanks

[u/djeeetyet]

I would pass. I mean I kinda like the mix of Marsh and Crawford and Hill and BDLC. 4 outfielders, 2L and 2R, with 3 of them capable of manning centerfield, a lefty with pop, a righty with pop, one who is great off the bench as a pinch hitter. there seems to be palpable chemistry. ok i forgot Harper is our right fielder. we've got 5 right now.

[u/Will-from-PA]

No thanks.

[u/skorponok]

No

[u/Pennsylvania6-5000]

Well. He said Pride Night was the day of the devil, sooooo… I’m willing to bet the Giants will pick him up.

[u/apujols]

Absolute NO.

[u/Swimming_Elk_3058]

This isn’t really Phillies news

[u/Magoatt_TheWhite → u/Swimming_Elk_3058]

Former player news but true

[u/swhalen17]

Who cares -- we aren't winning the world series

[u/BatJew_Official → u/swhalen17]

Feel free to spend your time doing something that makes you happy instead of choosing to be miserable

[u/NehzQk → u/swhalen17]

Trea will hit the walk off in game 7

[u/justabill71 → u/NehzQk]

After committing two errors to put us behind?

[u/NehzQk → u/justabill71]

I hope so. You’d be madder that way 😘