Brandon Belt is having himself a fine series in Arizona. Over the last three days, Belt is 5-for-14 with two home runs, a 415-foot double, and eight RBI. Belt, a notoriously streaky hitter, looks like he’s getting hot, and that would be a welcome sign because he’s been ice cold for a while.
Belt is having a down year. If the season were to end today, he’d end with a career low in batting average, slugging, wOBA, wRC+, and fWAR. It’s hard to say how much of that is the knee and how much is the inexorable flow of time wreaking havoc on his body.