Pittsburgh Pirates third-baseman prospect Ke’Bryan Hayes walks into the post-game media scrum with a tentative gait. Having just finished his first multi-hit game since being being called up to the New York-Penn League’s West Virginia Black Bears, one might expect Hayes to show more assured steps.
The realization that comes soon after his approach to the makeshift podium arrives at the same lightning speed that it had several times that same night.
Hayes is still just 18 years old.
The son of former major leaguer Charlie Hayes, the younger Hayes already strikes a profile.