6 years agoThere were some questions going into the 2019 season as to whether Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich could continue to hit the way he did in his breakout 2018 season. Well so far, he's not only backed up his 2018 MVP campaign, he's outpacing his numbers from his MVP season by a decent margin. Through 51 games, Yelich has 21 home runs, 45 RBI, 44 runs and 10 stolen bases. Those stats amount to a 162-game pace of about 66 HRs, 143 RBI, 140 runs and 32 stolen bases. He's hitting .306 with an OPS of 1.118 on the season. In case that wasn't enough for you, he's also increased his walk rate from 10.4 percent in 2018 to 15.6 percent this year and decreased his strikeout rate from 20.7 percent in 2018 to 17.4 percent this year. Needless to say, he's an absolute stud and deserves to be right in the conversation with Mike Trout and Mookie Betts as the top fantasy players out there.--Andrew Ericksen - RotoBaller
Source: ESPN