MLB Players Power Rankings: Top 10 Hitters in 2019

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 08: Alex Bregman #2 of the Houston Astros talks with Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the T-Mobile Home Run Derby during the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Progressive Field on July 8, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /

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MLB Players Power Rankings (2): Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers

2019 Stats: 0.671 SLG | 0.442 wOBA | 174 wRC+ | 7.8 fWAR

This season, Christian Yelich looked to capture his second consecutive NL MVP award. However, some back issues and then ultimately a season-ending injury could actually have cost him the award in the end.

For some time, some wondered if 2018 was a fluke season for the veteran outfielder. Within weeks of the 2019 season, however, it was clear that MLB had found the Mike Trout of the National League.

Yelich was consistently good all season, finishing off the year with the highest batting average (.329) and OPS (1.100) of the top five hitters in this list. What’s more, his 31 first-half home runs had many speculating if he could be the first hitter to exceed 60 or more home runs since the steroid era.

Yelich is very much still in the running for the NL MVP award. However, many will start to point out how his team rallied together by going 13-5 since his injury to go on a postseason run.

In the end, the Brewers lost a nail biter to the Washington Nationals in the NL Wild Card game, ending one of the most memorable runs to recent memory.

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