MLB Players Power Rankings: Top 10 Hitters in May 2019
By Manny Gómez
Who was the best MLB hitter during the month of May? Find out in this latest edition of MLB Players Power Rankings.
In any given week, you might see the unlikeliest of players make the MLB Players Power Rankings. However, during the span of a month, you can really get a sense of who the real top-notch hitters are.
before we jump into this week’s top 10 hitters, let’s understand how we make our determinations.
- Typically, we base our weekly rankings on a Monday through Sunday schedule. This, however, is an assessment of the top 10 hitters for a month. In this case, we’re lookingat May 2019
- Then, using advanced stats (SLG, wOBA, wRC+) that best represent a players performance, we created a rubric.
- As a tiebreaker, we used fWAR to determine which player is ahead of who.
- If the tiebreaker is a tie, then we delve deeper into the weekly stats.
With that being said, let’s jump right to it! Here’s the 10th ranked hitter in MLB for the month of May:
MLB Players Power Rankings (10): Xander Bogaerts, Boston Red Sox
May Stats: 0.552 SLG | 0.402 wOBA | 150 wRC+ | 1.5 fWAR
This offseason, Xander Bogaerts became the highest paid shortstop in baseball. In the month of May, he proved why he deserves every penny of the contract the Red Sox gave him. For the rest of the season, despite the Sox flirting with .500 just about all season, Bogaerts will have to continue performing at this level in order to at the very least get a chance at making the postseason.