After a protracted wait this offseason, Cody Bellinger lastly re-signed with the Chicago Cubs simply earlier than the season began after having a robust renaissance season in 2023 with a career-high .307 batting common, 20 steals, and his most house runs since 2019 after three straight disastrous seasons to complete his tenure with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He’s beginning to spherical into type after a gradual begin to the season, which isn’t any shock given how late he signed within the offseason, and one insider has shared an attention-grabbing stat that reveals simply how important Bellinger has already been to the group’s success up to now.
MLB Community’s Jon Morosi shared that Chicago is 17-11 with Bellinger within the beginning lineup and 7-7 with out him thus far, including that that is the proof that Bellinger is the distinction between Chicago being a playoff group versus a mean group.
Bellinger was hitting a paltry .167 by means of April 13 however is now again as much as .255 with seven homers and 21 RBI already with an .827 OPS.
He put collectively a 9-game hitting streak after his common dropped that low and is hitting .346 thus far in Could with a 1.047 OPS.
Chicago is off to a pleasant begin general at 24-18 and sitting second within the NL Central simply half a sport behind the Milwaukee Brewers.
Bellinger’s bat has been important, as he and Mike Tauchman are the one gamers with an OPS over .800, other than Seiya Suzuki who has missed about half the yr with damage thus far.
Bellinger is within the first yr of his new 3-year, $80 million deal and is proving to be price each penny thus far.