Dodgers' Cody Bellinger and Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich were top MVP candidates in the NL last season, but both this season have fallen into a slump.
and Milwaukee Brewers play Game 1 at Dodger Stadium, but they aren’t coming off MVP-caliber regular seasons. For 60 games, they were part of a group of All-Stars across the majors that saw their production nosedive in 2020.game Aug. 19. The 2018 NL MVP finished with a .205 batting average, .705 on-base-plus-slugging percentage and 12 home runs. His wRC+ plummeted from 174 last season to 112, which estimates the 28-year-old right fielder was just 12% better than the average hitter.
So he implemented notable changes to his swing — particularly in his stance — during the shutdown between spring training and summer camp. He didn’t stand as upright. His hands were lower and pulled back. He slightly bent his knees.Bellinger, 25, never specified the reason for the modifications — he declined an interview request for this story through a Dodgers spokesman — but opponents exploited him with pitches down and away late last season.
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