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Austin Hays for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS  | Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 263 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 627 | # 1245 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 25 | 8 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 2 |
| RBI | 26 | 9 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .248 | .238 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 224 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 280 | ‐ |
| Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS | Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 43 | 12 |
| Runs | 3 | 2 |
| Hits | 10 | 3 |
| Singles | 8 | 2 |
| Doubles | 1 | 0 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 1 | 1 |
| RBI | 7 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 1 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 13 | 3 |
| Batting Average | .233 | .250 |
| On Base Pct | .250 | .308 |
| Slugging Pct | .326 | .500 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .576 | .808 |
| Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS | Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 196 | 69 |
| Runs | 25 | 8 |
| Hits | 49 | 16 |
| Singles | 31 | 11 |
| Doubles | 10 | 3 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 2 |
| RBI | 26 | 9 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 14 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 53 | 16 |
| Batting Average | .248 | .238 |
| On Base Pct | .306 | .300 |
| Slugging Pct | .410 | .379 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .717 | .678 |
| Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS | Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB | |
| News | ||
| Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th | Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Monday's 9-7 loss against the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, May 26th | |
| Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | The Rays recalled OF Victor Mesa Jr. from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | |
| The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th | The Rays reportedly plan to promote Victor Mesa Jr. from Triple-A Durham on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | |
| Austin Hays will not start till Wednesday despite being activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th | Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash said that Victor Mesa Jr. is trending in the right direction and will hopefully see some game action soon. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Mar 5th | |
| The White Sox activated Austin Hays from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th | The Tampa Bay Rays claimed Victor Mesa Jr. off waivers from the Miami Marlins on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 6th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS | Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TOR | Mason Fluharty | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs TB | Cole Sulser | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ LAA | Sam Aldegheri (1-0) | #422 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #309 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #118 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs DET | Ty Madden | #279 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #118 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs ATL | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs LAD | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs LAD | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs LAD | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ NYY | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ NYY | @ LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ BAL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ BAL | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ BAL | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CLE | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CLE | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CLE | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs BOS | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs BOS | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs BOS | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATH | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATH | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATH | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ TOR | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ TOR | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ TOR | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs NYY | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs NYY | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs NYY | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ BOS | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ BOS | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ BOS | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CLE | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CLE | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CLE | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs CIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs CIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs CIN | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CHC | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CHC | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ HOU | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ HOU | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ HOU | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ HOU | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ STL | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ STL | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ STL | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ CLE | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ CLE | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ CLE | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs DET | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ KC | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ KC | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ KC | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs COL | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs COL | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs COL | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | |||||
