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Bench Bell? Yep, and Hurdle explains why

Crank back the clock two months, and it'd seem ludicrous — impossible, even — to bench Josh Bell.

Bell earned NL Player of the Month honors in May after a bonkers stretch of play that saw him tally 94 total bases, the most by any player in May since Willie Mays had 102 in 1958.

Bell's historic total included 12 home runs and 12 doubles, becoming just the third player in NL history to hit at least 12 of each category in a single month, while also leading all Major League players in hits (46) and RBIs (31).