Last year Cody Bellinger failed to meet the standard set during a unanimous Rookie of the Year campaign, though still had a productive 2018 season by several metrics. Bellinger spent the winter refining his swing mechanics and has reaped the benefits of that work thus far in 2019.
Bellinger’s prolific production at the plate has matched that from his rookie season and helped him make Dodgers and MLB history in the process. A grand slam off Madison Bumgarner gave Bellinger 69 career home runs, which broke Mike Piazza’s Dodgers record for most through the first 300 games of a career.