NEW YORK – Two-time defending NL batting champion Christian Yelich has a long way to go if he wants a three-peat.
The Milwaukee Brewers star is 1 for 28 to start the season, an .037 average that's worst among qualified hitters.Not by much.
Houston's George Springer is batting .048, and teammates Jose Altuve — another two-time batting champ — and Alex Bregman aren't much better at .174.
It's not just those big names. Coming off a condensed preseason camp for a 60-game season truncated by the coronavirus pandemic, hitters are stumbling out of the batter's box. “At this point, just like you see in spring training, the pitchers are a little bit more ahead of the hitters,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said Wednesday.The league-wide batting.