Rece Hines Deals With The Super Highs & Sudden Lows Of MLB

Rece Hines Deals With The Super Highs & Sudden Lows Of MLB

Rece Hinds was breaking records upon his call-up and, amid a small slump, has the thump in his bat to propel the Reds to a potential postseason spot.

Since opening his big-league career earlier this month with nine extra-base hits and two stolen bases in his first six games, Hinds’ sizzling bat has cooled. In his last three starts, he has gone 1-for-12 with three strikeouts

 

#HIGHFIVE (WEEK 15):  Rece Hinds Climbs Into MLBbro Kingdom…”I Made My Dream Come True”

#HIGHFIVE (WEEK 15): Rece Hinds Climbs Into MLBbro Kingdom…”I Made My Dream Come True”

Byron Buxton turnt’ his game up another level to close out the first half of the 2024 season, posting an average above .440 with a .778 slugging percentage in his last seven games. 

 

A healthy Buxton is great for baseball and is crucial if the Minnesota Twins want to make it to the playoffs. He takes the top spot in Week 15 of our #HighFive list.

 

1. Byron Buxton

Injuries suffered early this season stood in the way of Buxton making his second career All-Star team, which is a shame, as he is one of the games most talented players when on the field.

 

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In a larger sample size over his last 15 games, Buxton has a .414 average with an .862 slugging percentage, five home runs, 16 RBI and 18 runs scored.

 

He has hits in seven straight games entering Thursday and in nine of his last 10 total.

 

Buxton scored the game-winning run in game two of Wednesday’s double-header against the White Sox, helping the Twins to a record of 7-3 over their last 10 games as they try to chase down the Cleveland Guardians for the American League Central crown.

2. Hunter Greene “Machine”

Hunter Greene’s seven shutout inning, seven strikeout performance where he gave up just three hits last Saturday earned him the second spot on Week 15 of our #HighFive list as well as his first career All-Star selection.

 

Alongside teammate Elly De La Cruz, he and Greene are the first pair of teammates under 25 to be All-Stars in the same season since 1999.

 

He ranks in the top 10 in strikeouts for the National League and has a 5-4 record with a 3.45 ERA.  

 

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Greene battled through injuries and has worked a lot on control as well as the development of his secondary pitches to get to where he is at now.

 

Him being on the mound during the Mid-Summer Classic is going to do wonders for Black baseball.  Kids across the nation will see the tall 6 ‘5 righty throw a fastball that touches over 100 mph.

3. Josh Naylor

Josh Naylor was snubbed from an All-Star berth last season, but now everything is right in the world as he was one of five Guardians selected to the American League roster last Sunday.

 

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Naylor, who has the third most RBI in the American League, trailing only Aaron Judge and his teammate Jose Ramirez, will get to show on the national stage what we at MLBbro have seen from him for the past two seasons: he is a hitting machine.

 

In his last seven games he has a .333 average with nine RBI, a stolen base and two home runs, one of which came in the first of Tuesday’s win over the Tigers.

 

4. Taj Bradley

Taj Bradley added another solid start to his sophomore campaign to take the fourth spot on Week 15 of our #HighFive list.

 

In his start last Saturday against the Texas Rangers, he went six innings and gave up only one run on five hits.  He was poised to come out for a seventh inning of work after throwing only 79 pitches, but after two pitching changes he had sat the bench too long.

 

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“I throw my game no matter the opponent,” said Bradley after his start. “I had to be efficient. They put the bat on the ball. I had some quick innings, which helps because one of my goals is to start going further into games.

 

Bradley will take the mound Friday night against fellow #HighFive member Josh Naylor and the Guardians.

5. Rece Hinds

Rece Hinds had a hell of a first week in the Big Leagues, hitting a record five extra base hits in his first two games.

 

Hinds was a second-round pick for the Reds back in 2019 out of IMG high school in Florida who was called up to a Reds team stacked with prospects.

 

He was 2-for-3 with a double and homer in his debut and then followed the next day with a 3-for-5 showing where he fell just a single short of a cycle.

 

“I made my dream come true and now it is time to keep it going,” Hinds told reporters after his debut.  “Everyone knows there are a lot of highs and lows in baseball.  You need to keep that even keel the whole time, stay as humble as possible and just breathe.