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Odubel Herrera Has Quietly Become One of Baseball's Hottest Hitters

The Philadelphia Phillies' former All-Star center fielder has overcome a slow start and is mashing everything in sight.

For a little while this season, it seemed as though Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera was hopelessly lost at the plate. There was talk of sending him down to the minors at one point as he struggled through a vicious slump that ate up the entire month of May.

.183/.196/.257 in May and entering June with a slash line of .218/.262/.326, Herrera has batted .338/.380/.571 with 22 doubles and 9 home runs.