Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich: ‘Start, Bench, Cut’

Let’s do “Start, Bench, Cut” with three of the best outfielders in baseball, Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger, and Christian Yelich.

One of the most speculated conversations in sports is the answer to this deep question: start, bench, cut.

Picking what to do between three players is a tough conversation. And this time, @sportsnet has come up with one of the most difficult scenarios.

Deciding between Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger, and Christian Yelich has created so many different questions and opinions. Yelling. Screaming. It’s been a crazy debate.

Here is how ours’s would round out.

Start– Mike Trout (28): 8-time All-Star, 7-time Silver, 3-time AL MVP, 2012 AL ROY

Bench– Cody Bellinger (24) 2-time All-Star, 2019 Silver Slugger, Gold Glove and MVP, 2017 NL ROY

Cut– Christian Yelich (28) 2-time All-Star,  3-time Silver Slugger, 2014 Gold Glove, 2018 NL MVP

Trout’s Argument 

Mike Trout is the best player in baseball, hands down. The only speculation could be that he will be 28 next year and does not have as many seasons left in front of him as Cody Bellinger does.

If a team was being started tomorrow, Trout would still be the person that I would choose to build around. Yes, Bellinger, Mookie Betts, or Ronald Acuna Jr. are really high in that debate as well, but Trout is the most rounded and elite player in baseball. The only questions are is that he is already 28 and he has been hurt a few times.

He gets on base the most and his one of the smartest base-stealers of this generation. Trout is a run-scoring machine.

His power speakers for himself, after he smashed a career-high 45 homers in 2019. 2020 was expected to be his best season yet. Many analysts thought that this was going to be the biggest season of his career.

He will continue to be one of the biggest threats in baseball for years to come.

As Trout emerges into his later twenties and eventually his thirties, the second half of his career will define how he is remembered as a player.