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Rece Hinds, OF
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Hinds is quite similar to a pre-draft Bobby Dalbec: a huge-framed power bat with a 70 arm, but big swing-and-miss risk. Hinds has improved as a defender. His arm is an antidote for some of what he lacks in flexibility and range, and he can make a subset of plays at third base pretty well. On hotshots and anything that requires him to bend or vary the pace of his footwork, he struggles. I wrote him up as a right fielder last year, and I still think either that or first base are his ultimate destinations, but he's upped his chances of staying at third in the last year and it's important to note things are moving in that direction. The hit/power strengths and weaknesses looked the same during instructs. Hinds had the best raw power in the 2019 high school class (so ridiculous he hit a broken bat homer during instructs) but struck out a lot in the showcase setting. He has fair barrel control but stuff on the inner half ties him up due to length in his swing, especially when he tries to get the barrel to something down, and that length and middling breaking ball recognition drive the swing and miss issues. The corner fit and strikeout issues ordinarily place a prospect like this in the 40+ FV tier while they're in the lower levels, but I like some of the underlying hitting elements and the way he's worked to stay alive at third enough to slide him into the tier above that. (Alternate site from mid-August on, Fall Instructional League)