The start of Josh Bell’s first season in D.C., following the Christmas Eve 2020 trade with Pittsburgh that brought him over from the Pirates, did not go well. Bell, who turned 29 in August, went on the COVID-IL before Opening Day, and struggled once he returned to the lineup, putting up a .156/.219/.333 line with five doubles, four home runs, seven walks, and 30 Ks in his first 26 games and 105 plate appearances with Washington.
Then the 6’4’’, 255-pound, switch-hitting slugger turned things around though, and from the middle of May through the end of the year, the six-year veteran posted a .