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- Broncos’ Nathaniel Hackett: QB Russell Wilson “felt great” Monday after concussion, but no timetable for return
- WATCH: Cody Bellinger Hits 30th Home Run of 2017
- MLB Awards: Cody Bellinger unanimously named 2017 NL Rookie of the Year
- Cody Bellinger breaks NL record for home runs by a rookie
- Gallery: Aaron Judge hits the Bronx
Bellinger’s contract pushes their commitments to just under $140MM for next year, according to Roster Resource. They had an Opening Day payroll of $143MM in 2022, per Cot’s Baseball Contracts, but have been over $203MM in recent seasons and should have plenty of space still to work with. It was also the first home run Logan has allowed this season and only the second he has allowed to a left-handed hitter since 2014. Bellinger was in a 10-game slump that seemed to indicate a course correction after his dynamic debut.
Read more about our new commenting system here. If you need help or are having issues with your commenting account, please email us at The home run was nearly a mirror image of his 29th home run that he hit on Tuesday night against Lucas Sims. Los Angeles Dodgers’ rookie phenom Cody Bellinger mashed his 30th home run of 2017 against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. Congrats to Trey, the owner of Smitty’s Slugger’s in winning the 2018 Die Hard Fantasy League Championship last year.
Broncos’ Nathaniel Hackett: QB Russell Wilson “felt great” Monday after concussion, but no timetable for return
In any other year both Bell and DeJong would've been viable NL Rookie of the Year winners. Bell set a new NL record for home runs by a switch-hitting rookie. DeJong's 25 home runs are one fewer than Seager hit during his NL Rookie of the Year campaign last year, though DeJong did it in 244 fewer plate appearances. Bellinger’s 24 home runs are the most by an NL rookie in the first half of a season since 1933, which was the first year the MLB All-Star Game was played.
Leading off the Los Angeles seventh, Bellinger was a triple shy of the cycle. Forsythe followed with a shot to right field that Stanton did catch, but it was deep enough for a sacrifice fly, bringing Bellinger home with run number seven. Even if that version of Bellinger is what the Cubs get in 2023, they will have improved significantly. It’s fair to be skeptical that a player who dropped off so significantly can ever find it again, and this one-year contract from the Cubs is Bellinger’s chance to show that he can.
WATCH: Cody Bellinger Hits 30th Home Run of 2017
He returned on May 29, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in an 11–6 loss to the Giants, but a sixth-inning walk allowed Bellinger to extend his on-base streak to 20 games. He began the 2017 season with Oklahoma City, batting .343 with five home runs and 15 RBIs in the first 18 games of the year before receiving a call-up to Los Angeles. Bellinger was born on July 13, 1995, in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Clay and Jennifer Bellinger. His mother works for Sotheby's International Realty, while his father played for the New York Yankees and Anaheim Angels of Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2002, winning three World Series in that span. Clay Bellinger also coached the Chandler, Arizona National Little League team, for whom his son played when they went to the 2007 Little League World Series .
More than one that has them potentially signing both Boegarts and Swanson. Bellinger batted first against the higher-seed Judge (No. 2 overall) in the second round, and hit a bit of a lull. Bellinger ended with 12 home runs in his four minutes, but didn’t hit two 440-foot home runs so he got no bonus. Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on All MLB and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. In Round 1, the left-handed batter took down Blackmon, with 15 homers, including a huge walk-off shot to send him into the next round.
MLB Awards: Cody Bellinger unanimously named 2017 NL Rookie of the Year
The annual Ricketts response to stuffing their pockets with cash, and doing nothing in the off-season. The Cubs, Yankees & Red Sox are all operating like they’re the Rays, when ALL OF THEM could field a $300M payroll each season and flick pocket change at the luxury tax, while laughing like Ted DiBiase. If the option is declined, Bellinger becomes a free agent . So the Cubs could put a QO on Bellinger after declining his option. The real question is whether or not Bellinger can play well enough in 2023 to even warrant issuing a QO.
Cody was only 11 years old at the time, one year younger than most of his LLWS teammates, but he helped to clinch a berth in the series with a four-runs batted in performance in the Little League West Regional. Chandler advanced to the LLWS in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but was eliminated in the semifinals by teams from Lubbock, Texas and Warner Robins, Georgia. The following year, he was named the MVP of the 2018 National League Championship Series following an extra innings walk-off single that helped take the Dodgers to the 2018 World Series. He received the NL MVP, Silver Slugger, and Gold Glove Awards in 2019, as well as his second All-Star selection. Bellinger won his first World Series title with the Dodgers in 2020. A number of injuries to his shoulder, calf, and rib cage, however, caused 2021 to be a career-worst year for Bellinger in home runs and batting average.
Cody Bellinger breaks NL record for home runs by a rookie
In the seventh inning, with Grisham on second base, Bellinger made a jumping catch to rob Fernando Tatis Jr. of a two-run home run. The 2020 NLCS started with the Dodgers down 3–1 in four games, but they were able to mount a comeback and push the series to seven games. Bellinger scored the go-ahead home run in that final game, clinching the Dodgers' place in the 2020 World Series. There, the Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in six games for Bellinger's first World Series championship and the Dodgers' first since 1988. Despite injuring his shoulder during the NLCS, Bellinger continued to play in the World Series, and he celebrated his Game 1 home run by foot-tapping his teammates rather than high-fiving them. After the season, Bellinger signed a one-year, $16.1 million contract with the Dodgers for the 2021 season.
Scott Boras, Bellinger's agent, reiterated during his media availability at the Winter Meetings on Tuesday that his client is seeking a one-year deal to try and rebuild his value. And again, there might have been signs in 2022 that he was on that track. He flipped his fWAR from -1 in 2021 to 1.7, and Bellinger’s ISO rose from .137 to .179.
It was Bellinger's first home run of the season that had been thrown outside the strike zone. Dave Roberts told reporters after the game that "it's just hard to imagine a bigger hit". Although the Dodgers went on to lose to the Braves in six games, Bellinger recorded 12 hits and seven RBIs in 34 postseason at bats. The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Bellinger in the fourth round, 124th overall, of the 2013 MLB Draft. At the time, he had committed to play college baseball for the Oregon Ducks. Bellinger chose to forego his commitment to Oregon in order to sign with the Dodgers for a signing bonus of $700,000, approximately $300,000 more than what was recommended for a fourth-round draft pick.
He was also the third Dodger since 1913 to be intentionally walked in his MLB debut, following Chico Fernández in 1956 and Dick Nen in 1963. His first career grand slam came the following week on May 6, helping take the Dodgers to a 10–2 victory over the San Diego Padres and Bellinger to five home runs and 14 RBIs in his first 11 major league games. A series of multi-home run games in the month of June helped Bellinger to set several team and MLB records. On June 13, Bellinger became the fastest player in MLB history to record four multi-home run games, doing so in 45 contests; the previous record was set by Bob Horner with 63 games in 1978. He was also the first Dodger to have consecutive multi-home run games since Adrián Beltré in 2004, and was the third Dodgers rookie to record at least four multi-home run games in one season. In the first inning of an outing against the New York Mets on June 19, his 51st career MLB game, Bellinger tied Gary Sánchez and Wally Berger as the fastest players to reach 20 home runs.
His homers may not push against the laws of physics, but he has still hit plenty of them. And as a bonus, if Bellinger is invited, he will likely have his father – former major leaguer Clay Bellinger – pitch to him. That total is even more impressive when you consider that he was only called up to the big leagues on April 25. Put simply, his 18 home runs since April 25 are more than any player in baseball over that time span. But in an ideal world, Gallo could put on quite a show at Marlins Park. While is the fifth-hardest hitting batter in the majors with an average exit velocity of 94.6 mph, that isn’t even the fun part.
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