I believe trackman had this ball EV of 103 with a distance of 425’ to LF……. #WreakHavoc | @Rclose_9

How about 3⃣different camera angles of 2028 OF Reid Close's absolute BOMB yesterday at the Release World Series? @WreakHavoc | @Rclose_9

16U-Jones sits at the top of the Release WS Leaderboard after going unbeaten today! ‘28 Griffiths: 4H, 2RBI, R ‘28 Close: 2H, 2B, 💣, 3RBI, 2R ‘28 Murphy: 2H, R, BB, HBP ‘28 Johnson: 2H, 3R, 2SB, RBI ‘28 Ziance: 2IP, 0R, 0BB | 2H, R ‘28 Wolf: 3IP, 0R, 4K | 2H, HBP ‘28 Glinsky: 3IP, ER, K | H, RBI ‘28 Hodgen: 4IP, ER, BB, 4K #WreakHavoc

16U Jones takes ✌️ more wins in the Diamond League Tourney on Sunday! ‘28 Conyers: 3H, 2B, 4RBI, 2R ‘28 Johnson: 3H, 3B, 3R, 2RBI, 4SB ‘28 Allen: 3H, 2 2B, 3R, 2RBI ‘28 Griffiths: 2H, 3B, 2RBI, 2R ‘28 Close: 2H, 2HBP, RBI, R ‘28 Murphy: 2H, 2B, 4R, 2BB ‘28 Ziance: 6IP, ER, BB, 5K ‘28 Roberts: No Hitter, 5Ks ‘28 Wolf: IP, 0R, 3Ks | 2H, HBP #WreakHavoc

Well…16U-Jones had fun today 😳 ‘28 Wolf: 3H, 2B, 3B, 2R, RBI ‘28 Griffiths: 3H, 3B, 4RBI, 2R ‘28 Ziance: 2H, 3R, RBI, 3SB ‘28 Allen: 2H, 2RBI, 2BB ‘28 Conyers: 2H, 2B, 3B, 3RBI, 2R, 2BB ‘28 Glinsky: 2H, 2B, 3B, 2R, RBI, SB ‘28 Murphy: 💣, 4RBI, R ‘28 Johnson: 3IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 7K ‘28 Close: 2IP, 0R | 3B, 3R, 2SB #WreakHavoc

Had a great junior season with @wadsbaseball these are my stats! ⭐️Uncommited⭐️ .394 AVG. .511 OBP 1.032 OPS 28 Hits 8 XBH 26 Runs 15 BB @weldyprep @ReleaseBaseball @WCH_06

Man, we’re good at baseball! ⚾️ ‘26 Hart (Marietta): CG, 2H, 0ER, 10K ‘26 Davis (YSU): 3H, 💣, 3B, 3RBI, 3R ‘27 Verderber: 2H, 💣, 2B, 4RBI, 2R ‘27 Legato: 2H, 💣, RBI, 2R ‘28 Milnar: 2H, 💣, RBI, 2R, 2SB ‘28 Whitney 2H, 2B, 2R, 2SB, BB, 2RBI ‘28 Close: 2H, 3RBI, R, 3SB ‘28 Benson: 2H, 2B, R, RBI #WreakHavoc

Release Scout Day | 2/8/26 2028 RHP/OF Reid Close Wadsworth HS FB: 83-85 T: 85.8 SL: 70-71 CB: 69-70 #BeSeen

Release Scout Day | 2/8/26 2028 RHP/OF Reid Close Wadsworth HS Max EV: 91.5 #BeSeen

HOW ABOUT COACH JONES’ 2028s!! 8️⃣6️⃣ from Reid Close 8️⃣5️⃣ from Jon Glinsky 8️⃣4️⃣ from Braylon Benson 8️⃣3️⃣ from Jake Hodgen 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #WreakHavoc x @CoachJones___

2-hit Reid👀 2028 OF Reid Close staying on this baseball collecting his second knock of the day #WreakHavoc | @Rclose_9

Lead off guy on! 2028 OF Reid Close with a barrel to get the top of the 7th going #WreakHavoc | @Rclose_9

15U-Jones caps off an impressive 2-0 day with an 8-0 takedown of Force Ohio! ‘27 Close: No Hitter, 5K 💎 ‘27 DeLury: 2H, 💣(GS), 3B, 4RBI, 2R 🚨 ‘27 Griffiths: 2B, RBI, SB ‘27 Suarez: 2H, RBI, R #WreakHavoc

Huge 2nd inning for 15U-Jones! ▪️Brody Conyers walk ▪️Dom Daetwyler single ▪️Kyle Delury single ▪️Reid Close triple ▪️Wes Harcula walk ▪️Owen Murphy Sac Fly ▪️Tommy Schmidt single Release leads 9-0 after two, looking to advance to semis! #WreakHavoc

2028 OF/RHP Reid Close gets in on the barrel party for 15U-Jones and goes high of the wall in right-center! #WreakHavoc | @Rclose_9

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 2028 OF/RHP Reid Close Another strong freshman showing for Release. The 6-foot leanly built OF/RHP ran the 4S up to 81 in his pen with the 2S climbing a bit higher to 82. 2S had up to 17.8 inches of HM. CB/CH secondary still developing. Showed really well at the plate with a plenty of barrels in the mid 8s and topped at 91.4. #ReleaseScoutDay | @ReleaseBaseball

Up Next: The Young Guns 💪 2028 Reid Close starts the show with an impressive 8️⃣2️⃣ off the mound! #WreakHavoc | @Rclose_9