Christian Yelich versus Cody Bellinger: Who is the better player?

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - APRIL 19: Cody Bellinger #35 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Christian Yelich #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers stand at first base in the fifth inning at Miller Park on April 19, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /

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Hitting Ability

You knew it would be tough to differentiate the two. You had to figure it would be within the first category.

I mean heck that’s why we’re talking about these two right? Cody Bellinger would be sporting the league triple crown right now if Christian Yelich wasn’t hitting bombs left and right.

So let’s break it down.

Bellinger this season is slashing .404/.487/.783, which entering Wednesday leads the entire league.

Add to it 43 runs, 44 RBI and 17 home runs to help cement his argument in this context. His strikeout to walk ratio is actually really close to one; currently at 28:29.

Yelich has just as much of an argument at the plate. His slash line is .325/.440/.732 which is well above the league average; let alone the NL average.

He is dominating the home run category with 19 through just a month and a half. That is more than half as many as he hit all last season.

Yelich just as efficient in the strikeout to walk ratio as well currently at 34:30.

While it is easy to declare a runaway favorite here, don’t consider Yelich inferior because the numbers are smaller. He can still hit dingers, and if Giancarlo Stanton‘s 2017 MVP taught us anything, people love dingers.

In the end, it has to be Bellinger in this fight.

Winner: Cody Bellinger

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