Pirates first baseman Josh Bell is coming off a breakout campaign with 37 homers, 94 runs scored and 116 RBI over 143 games. Hed always shown stellar bat control, but he finally channeled a power profile. His groundball rate went from 49% in 18 to 44% in 19, alongside a near 10-percentage-point boost to his pull rate. His average 411-foot homer distance was tied for 25th out of 281 batters with at least 200 batted-ball events, with an 8.6% Barrels-per-Plate-Appearance rate and 96.1 MPH average ...
Josh Bell 2020 Outlook: Breakout Has Tools To Build On 2019 rotoballer.comTue 12/31/19 5:52 PM