The Cincinnati Reds seem to have something in Rece Hinds.
The rookie outfielder continued a blistering start to his MLB career on Saturday with his first career two-homer game, giving him five in his first six games with the Reds. Overall, he went 2-for-3 with three runs and three RBIs, and also reached base on a hit-by-pitch.
The Reds defeated the Miami Marlins 10-6.
Hinds is now 11-for-23 with three doubles, a triple, five homers, seven runs, 11 RBIs and a .524/.565/1.476 slash line (that’s a 2.032 OPS). With all the caveats that a small sample size isn’t reliable, that’s absolutely what you want to see from a player who was ranked just 15th in MLB Pipeline Reds Prospect List.
The two home runs:
By Sarah Langs of MLB.comHinds’ nine extra-base hits in his first six games are two more than any other player in the modern era of MLB (since 1901). His six home runs in that span are The second most in MLB historyonly behind Trevor Story’s seven in 2016.
What makes Hinds’ start even crazier is that he was struggling in Triple-A for most of the season when he got the call up to the majors, hitting .216/.290/.409 with 13 homers in 77 games for Triple-A Louisville. The Reds selected him in the second round of the 2019 MLB Draft.