Expectations of Eleven: Scott Hairston

[Edgy MD]

For the first time in Expectations of Eleven history, we have to back up to cover a player signed in the offseason.

Scott Alexander Hairston



Pos: LF-CF-2B-RF; BR-TR

Born: 5/25/1980 in Fort Worth, Texas (he'll be 31 in 2011), as the Mets were being shut out by future-Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven.

Acquired: Signed as a free agent with the Mets on January 20, 2011

Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	BB-R WAR	FG WAR
Lake�Elsinore	CALL (A+)	3	11	7	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	.571	.727	.714	1.442		5	0	0	0	0	0
SDP	NL	104	336	295	34	62	10	0	10	36	6	1	31	69	.210	.295	.346	.640	80	102	3	6	0	4	1	LF, CF, RF, DH	-0.4 (0.0 Off)	0.4
Total	All	107	347	302	35	66	11	0	10	37	6	1	35	70	.219	.305	.354	.659		107	3	6	0	4	1	LF

Wife: Jill, right.

Nickname: Hairball

Best Day in 2010: On May 7, Scott helped demolish the Astros with two homers. His OPS would be .966 at the end of the game and would never be that high again. A hamstring injury a week later was diagnosed as a strain, but his season never quite recovered.

Last Word: Fangraphs advocated for Hairston being an overlooked opportunity for a smart team, comparing him favorably to Matt Diaz.

What do you expect of Scott Hairston in 2011?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I already compared a righthanded hitting reserve outfielder favorably to Matt Diaz: His name was Nick "Blinky" Evans.

I guess you could consider Hairston Bad News for the Nick Evans Fan Club. His ability to play CF is a bonus for sure.

Rico Brogna, 1996: 7/30/ .255/.318/.431 in 55 games/211 PA

[Fman99]

Somehow I missed that the Mets ever signed this guy. This is the first I've heard of it.

[Edgy MD]

Joe Orsulak 1993: .284 / .331 / .399 // .730

[ashie62]

Edgy DC wrote: Joe Orsulak 1993: .284 / .331 / .399 // .730

I went to high school with Joe Orsulak and Scott Hairston is no Joe Orsulak.

Hairston will Shuffle off to Buffalo with Teufel.

[Frayed Knot]

I expect Keith to refer to him as 'Jerry' at least once for every three days he's up with the big club.

[Valadius]

Fman99 wrote: Somehow I missed that the Mets ever signed this guy. This is the first I've heard of it.

Lost in the Chris Young shuffle. He'll be the fourth or fifth outfielder.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Thanks to Perfesser Debus, Lil' Hairy puts up a Shane Spencer 2000:

276 PA
9 HR
23 XBH
33 R
40 RBI
.282/.330/.460
.336 wOBA
4 SB/1 CS
1.6 WAR

Gets a bump in playing time after the Beltran trade.

[G-Fafif]

Frayed Knot wrote: I expect Keith to refer to him as 'Jerry' at least once for every three days he's up with the big club.

I spent the first several days of his Met association certain he was Jerry Hairston.

[Ceetar]

I don't expect him to end up a long term part. minimal time in NY, minimal impact. maybe..25 AB, 5 hits, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2BB .1 WAR

[TransMonk]

I expect he will make the team and be a let down in a lot of crucial spots off the bench.

Fans will be booing him by May 15th.

[smg58]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Thanks to Perfesser Debus, Lil' Hairy puts up a Shane Spencer 2000: 276 PA 9 HR 23 XBH 33 R 40 RBI .282/.330/.460 .336 wOBA 4 SB/1 CS 1.6 WAR Gets a bump in playing time after the Beltran trade.

Something like this. He'll probably get some starts in rightfield against lefthanded pitching, and will see more action if Beltran and/or Bay gets moved later.

[seawolf17]

Frayed Knot wrote: I expect Keith to refer to him as 'Jerry' at least once for every three days he's up with the big club.

You mean once every three innings.

[Vic Sage]

his presence on the roster out of ST will cost N.Evans a job in the Mets org (Nick will have to get DFA'd to be sent down, and we'll lose him on waivers). Then, Hairston will suck continuously before a season-ending injury (of which he's had many) right after we trade Beltran. We'll end up playing a career IFer in RF (moving Pagan back to CF) and wishing we had a Nick Evans to plug in. Lack of production from a corner OF slot will cost us 5-6 games in the 2nd half, and we'll finish under .500.

for lack of a nail, a kingdom was lost... well, not a kingdom exactly. but a fair claim on mediocrity.

[Edgy MD]

What would make this photo better would be if the photo of Scott and Jill behind Scott and JIll showed another photo of them on the wall behind them.

[Benjamin Grimm]

75 games. 200 plate appearances. 4 homers. .235 batting average.

It will be his only season as a Met, and by 2012 most fans will have forgotten him.

[Guest attgig]

starts off in flushing.
lack of quality at bats pushes him behind evans as the primary PH at the end of may.
by mid season, he's barely being played. He gets in a few starts when we have an injury at 2b, but it's only a few extra games, and he never finds a rhythm.
after some deadline moves, he gets few PH at bats, but not much more because the organization is trying to play their younger players.


55 games.
.238 ba
1 hr
29 rbis

[Fman99]

Thanks to Perfesser Debus, Lil' Hairy puts up a Shane Spencer 2000:

You mean Fmeat's making the roster this year?

Oh, wait, what?