2. Cody Bellinger
In this particular exercise, I am still putting Bellinger in center field because he played there all of last season and Dave Roberts has not yet said what position Bellinger will play with the addition of center field free agent A.J. Pollock.
Cody Bellinger stunned the baseball world in 2017 taking home the National League Rookie of the Year, and in 2018 Max Muncy‘s huge year forced him to shift into center field after spending his rookie year at first base.
Following his huge rookie year, Bellinger played in 162 games and was still was able to hit 25 home runs with 76 runs batted in. The move to center field may have influenced the lower batting totals, but Bellinger went into he season knowing that it would be hard to top his previous season.
If Roberts puts Bellinger in the four spot behind Justin Turner and in front of Max Muncy, he will get more pitches to hit and will have an excellent year because opposing pitchers will not want to pitch to Turner and would rather pitch to Bellinger than a dialed in Muncy.
Regardless of the position Bellinger is put in, he will still produce at the plate as he is projected to hit 28 home runs and driving in 80 in addition to eleven stolen bases.
Now time for you to take a wild guess at who the #1 center fielder in the league is…