Cody Bellinger is going through one of the more drastic declines you’ll ever see from an MLB star. The Dodgers outfielder and first baseman won National League MVP in 2019. He hit 47 home runs with a .305 average. Fast forward two years, and Bellinger is hitting .163 with four home runs. He’s batting just over .200 in his past 100 games. It’s bad.
The complete unravelling also played out on the field at the worst time.
During Tuesday’s crucial NL West matchup between the Giants and Dodgers, Bellinger had an opportunity to complete a double play with the score tied in the eighth. All he had to do was throw to second, and Mike Yastrzemski would’ve been out easily.
Instead, Bellinger pumped-faked to second and unleashed the airmails of all airmails to third.
