The Orioles announced Friday that they’ve traded outfielder Austin Hays to the Phillies in exchange for right-hander Seranthony Dominguez and outfielder Cristian Pache . Baltimore is designating righty Levi Stoudt for assignment to open a 40-man roster spot, the team announced. We have made the following trade: pic.
twitter.com/RCYU2TOJT9 It’s a rare swap of major leaguers between a pair of World Series hopefuls. Hays will give the Phillies a more impactful right-handed bat in their outfield mix than they had in the glove-first Pache.
Hays isn’t having his best season, but was a 2023 All-Star and has pounded left-handed pitching both in 2024 and throughout his career. Dominguez, similarly, is having a down season but sports a much better track record. He’s still a hard-throwing reliever with high-leverage experience and has at times operated as the Phillies’ closer.
Hays, 29, is hitting .255/.316/.
395 this season in 175 plate appearances. He missed nearly a month with a calf strain earlier this season, and it’s certainly possible that injury impacted his production; Hays hit just .111/.
200/.111 in 50 trips to the plate prior to that IL stint, but has returned with an excellent .313/.
363/.509 slash in 125 subsequent plate appearances. That slash is perhaps partially attributable to the fact that Hays has been platooned more than in seasons past, thanks to the emergence of lefty-hitting outfielders Colton Cowser and Heston Kjerstad in Baltimore.
Between that pair, ce.