Even during a power outage Aaron Judge continues to light up box scores on a nightly basis. He finds himself on his usual throne atop our #HighFive list despite a rare week where he did not homer.
1. Aaron Judge
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Judge added to his case for being the best pure hitter in the Majors this week with three multi-hit games and an average above .400 with four RBI. All this without adding to his home run total since last Wednesday.
He made the most of his first trip to Cleveland since clinching the American League pennant last October with a 4-for-4 showing Tuesday night. Then Wednesday he hit his first triple of the season, putting his average at a Major League leading .415 and his American League leading RBI total to 27.
Judge also has an On Base Percentage of .500 in his last seven games entering the Yankees weekend series against Toronto.
2. Cedric “CM Storm” Mullins
There is still a lot of baseball to be played, but up to this point of the season Baltimore should regret not having offered their longest tenured player Cedric Mullins a contract extension in what is slated to be his final year wearing the O’s orange. Mullins is at a crossroads in his career after the Birds showed a lack of confidence in him. Now he is setting himself up for a nice payday elsewhere.
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He entered Thursday with hits in five straight games and seven of his last eight. Mullins homered in back-to-back games against the Cincinnatti Reds over the weekend giving him six on the year, which ranks in the top 10 in the American League, while his 19 RBI have him tied for fourth. Over his last seven games Mullins is batting .292 and has drawn seven walks, helping him boost his On Base Percentage to .460.
3. James Wood
James Wood balled out on his bobblehead night and is improving with every game as he takes the three spot on Week 4 of our #HighFive list.
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On Tuesday night Wood went 3-for-5 with two doubles and scored two runs in the first of what will be many bobblehead nights for the former Nationals top prospect.
He followed that performance with a towering 431 ft home run in Wednesday’s game. It had an exit velocity of 116.3 mph, making it the hardest hit homer in Nationals Park by one of their players in the Statcast era (since 2015). Wood now has eight home runs this year, just one off of his rookie total.
4. “Black” Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty pitched a solid outing Tuesday night against the Padres despite taking home his second consecutive loss.
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He matched a season-high with nine strikeouts in six innings giving up two earned runs, allowed just five hits and not issuing a walk for the first time this year. Flaherty’s ERA now stands at 2.63 which ranks eighth among all A.L. pitchers while his 34 strikeouts through five games rank fifth.
His next start will be Monday night in Houston against the Astros.
5. “Money” Michael Harris
“Money” Mike makes his 2025 #HighFive debut this week as he and his ATL Braves team begin to heat up. Harris had three multi-hit games this week, two of which came against the Cardinals who the Braves defeated in the series 2-1. In his last seven games he is batting .333 with a home run and two stolen bases.
With Ronald Acuna out for the foreseeable future and some slow stars for some of Harris’s teammates, “Money” Mike is going to have a major say in whether or not Atlanta can stay afloat in the NL East before reinforcements arrive.
