Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
March/April Stats: 1.264 OPS, .451 ISO, 14 homers, 34 RBI, good for a 214 wRC+ and 2.4 fWAR in 124 plate appearances
Now that we’re in the top two, there are no more surprises happening. We recently talked about Christian Yelich’s very strong (albeit lopsided) start to 2019, but it’s worth talking about again. The biggest change has been an increase in fly balls for the reigning NL MVP — after hitting them at a 23.5% clip last year, he’s currently doing so at a 41.0% clip to go along with a 56.6% hard-hit rate.
That increase helped him accomplish this feat.
Christian Yelich belts HR No. 14!
That ties him with A-Rod and Albert Pujols for the most HRs hit before May 1 in MLB history 👏
(via @Brewers)pic.twitter.com/21F8h68chh
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 28, 2019
Yelich has proven to be an equal opportunity masher throughout the season’s first month, too. He’s seen six different pitches at least 24 times so far (four-seamer, slider, changeup, sinker, curveball, and cutter). Of those six offerings, the only pitch he hasn’t produced a 200-plus wRC+ against is the changeup, which is a measly 188 (insert sarcasm here).
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