The type of hot streak Malcolm Moore finds himself on is rare and it's certainly opening a lot of eyes.
Texas' No. 18 prospect homered for he fourth consecutive game and collected three extra-base hits to power High-A Hub City to a 7-0 win over Rome on Tuesday night at Fifth Third Park.
The reigning South Atlantic League Player of the Week and one of the Minors' hottest hitters in May has put together eight straight multihit performances, vaulting him into the upper echelon of the circuit's league leaders.
Moore sandwiched a pair of doubles around his seventh roundtripper of the season in the sixth, a solo jack to center field off righty Colin Daniel (Braves). It was the fifth homer in the past six games and 29 at-bats for the lefty-swinging backstop, who went deep just twice in his first 88 at-bats of the season.
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Moore's longball total this season already exceeds the combined number from his first two years as a pro (six) in nearly 200 fewer at-bats. But the recent power surge tells only part of the story.
The 22-year-old was batting .174 with a .552 OPS when Moore took the field on April 21. Beginning with that game -- a two-hit performance against Winston-Salem -- he arguably has been the best overall hitter in the Minors.
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The California native leads the Minors with a 1.357 OPS and is tied for second with a .444 average with 16 extra-base hits and 16 RBIs while hitting safely in 17 of 18 games over that span.
Moore's numbers since the calendar flipped to May are even more impressive: a .469/.544/.918 slash line with 12 extra-base hits and 13 RBIs in 12 contests. In less than a month, he has raised his average 159 points to .333 and his OPS 485 points to 1.043.
In simpler terms, he's gone from struggling hitter to one of the toughest outs an opposing pitcher can face.
Taken 30th overall in the 2024 Draft, Moore struggled during his first two pro seasons, but his recent hot streak is providing plenty of hope the Stanford product can live up to his first-round billing. Known as a power-hitting catcher, Moore slugged 31 homers and drove in 99 runs in 118 games for the Cardinal.
A rocky 2024 debut and an injury-plagued 2025 behind him, Moore appears to be settling into his life as a pro as his performance begins to match the pre-Draft hype.