MLB Players Power Rankings: Top 10 Hitters in Week-20

MLB Players Power Rankings (3): J.T. Realmuto, Philadelphia Phillies

Week-20 Stats:  0.969 SLG |  0.603 wOBA |  279 wRC+ |  0.9 fWAR

After the Philadelphia Phillies worked aggressively to acquire him from the Miami Marlins in the offseason, J.T. Realmuto hasn’t really made much noise this season. That is, until now.

The Phillies have underwhelmed this season. After spending the better part of the first 1/4 of the season in 1st place, the Phils have been flirting with 3rd place ever since.

This is a team that moved heaven and earth to acquire the likes of Bryce Harper, Jean Segura, Andrew McCutchen, Jay Bruce, and more in an effort to build a juggernaut of a team. However, they’ve been performing more like a mish-mosh of misfit pieces, still learning how to play together.

Now, with crunch time fast approaching, some of these players are taking center stage and making their best effort to fulfill the team’s promise of a postseason. Enter J.T. Realmuto.

This season, while posting a higher batting average than last season, Realmuto’s OPS has taken a dip. This comes at the expense of a decreasing OBP and an increase in strikeouts.

In week-20, however, Realmuto stepped up his game quite drastically by slashing .417 / .440 / 1.083. In that same span, he also hit 4 HR and drove in 9 RBI.

Currently, the Phils sit 9.0 games out of first, tied with the New York Mets in the NL East.  They’re 2.0 games behind the Chicago Cubs in the Wild Card.