Phillies: Projected 2020 Starting Lineup, Nos. 7-9 Spots
By Matthew C
9: Adam Haseley
2019 Stats: .266/.324/.396, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 222 ABs
Predicted to bast last for the Phillies this year is outfielder Adam Haseley.
Haseley, who made his MLB debut with the Phillies in 2019, is no stranger to batting at the bottom of the order. Batting ninth, he would be playing an outfield position as typical for him.
Per Baseball-Reference, Haseley is projected to post a .261 batting average with four home runs and sixteen runs batted in. Out of 138 projected at-bats, he is predicted to strike out 33 times and earn 11 walks.
The 24-year-old Haseley is one of the youngest players on the roster and wasn’t far from success in his debut year in 2019. In 67 games and 222 at-bats in his debut season, he racked up 60 strikeouts and got on base via a walk 14 times.
Haseley was drafted by the Phillies in the first round in the 2017 MLB Draft. Spending just a little over two years in the farm system, it is quite apparent that Haseley has proved himself to be on the big-league roster. The 2020 shortened season will be the first season that Haseley has played a full season.
There’s no doubt that Haseley will be able to produce the numbers that he is projected to. Throughout the shutdown, Haseley has continued to workout doing various workouts at his home in order to maintain preparedness for the upcoming 2020 season that starts tonight against the Miami Marlins.
While it will be interesting to see Haseley bat last for the team during the 60-game stretch, it’s certainly something that is doable for both the team and Haseley himself. Last season, Haseley would typically bat in the middle of the order whilst sometimes switching to the bottom of the order.