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Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, two RBI and three runs scored in Pittsburgh's 14-6 trouncing of the Rockies on Thursday. The home run was Bell's 16th of the season and is already four homers ahead of last year's total. His rebound season has been astounding thus far, as his 47 RBI now lead the league. It remains to be seen if Bell can continue this pace, but he isn't showing signs of slowing down at the moment.

Welcome to this week's Power Hitting Risers & Fallers. All stats are full season through Monday, May 20th (unless otherwise noted). It's that time of year when in-season trends become apparent and full-season numbers may not tell the best story. (They may be most accurate, but they may not tell the best story.) Fortunately, the Statcast Search feature allows a specific player in a specific time range to be studied, with countless ways to further parse the numbers.Your weekly reminders: [...]

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell was named National League Player of The [...]

In the blink of an eye we find ourselves well into the latter-half of May, and as always, we are still trying to find answers and long-term truths. [...]

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the loss to San Diego on Thursday evening. It was an uncharacteristic showing for the 26-year-old who had a 15-game hitting streak coming into the night to go along with 21 RBI during that same span. He will look to get back on track on Friday at Petco with left-handed pitcher Joey Lucchesi on the bump in the second of a four-game set with the Padres.

For this week's Statcast Hitter Analysis, we're going back to where it all started and revisiting exit velocity. So far, we've also looked at barrels, sweet spot rate, xwOBA, and xBA.[...]

Now that I've already spoiled Avengers: Endgame on Youtube(hey, the Russo brothers said it was OK), it's time to pivot to the other most topical item in 2019 pop culture: Game of Thrones.I admit I'm not an avid viewer of the show, so don't take this as a love letter to the series. OK, I haven't really "watched" the show per se, but it looks cool. It's not that I don't want to watch it, I just don't have that kind of time to invest. Put it this way - I'm still halfway through Season 2 of Breaking[...]

The next stop in our Rest-of-Season rankings update is first base. Recently, RotoBaller writers and rankersNick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Bill Dubiel and Scott Engel updated their 2019 fantasy baseball rankings, available on our dashboard. [...]

Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 4! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every [...]