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Is Dodgers' Cody Bellinger weirdly choking up on his bat in NLDS against Giants?

Two years removed from being named the National League's Most Valuable Player, Los Angeles Dodgers outfield Cody Bellinger has seen the wheels fall off in 2021.

If you can believe it, he went from hitting .305 with 34 doubles, 47 homers and 115 RBIs in 2019 to hitting .165 with 9 doubles, 10 homers and 36 RBIs in 2021.

He's been bad, to the point that he wasn't in the everyday lineup at the end of the regular season.

In the postseason though, Bellinger has been serviceable for the Dodgers, starting with an impressive Wild Card outing against the Cardinals (1 for 2 with a run and two walks), and following up with back-to-back solid outings against the San Francisco Giants in the now-tied NLDS (though he sat entirely in Monday's 1-0 loss to SF).