Top 5 best switch hitters in the MLB this season

Hey y’all how is everyone doing on this fine ass Sunday afternoon? So this isn’t a drill. Because to quote Arnold Schwarzenegger from Terminator 3 “I’m back”. It’s been well over a month since I made my last blog post and a lot has happened in baseball. Christian Yelich has been an absolute freak of nature so far this season. Along with Cody Bellinger as well. CC Sabathia got his 3000 strikeouts,  and Albert Pujols got his 2000th RBI. So since this is my first post in a while I want to forgo making this a long intro a paragraph and hop right into it. For my first post in over a month, I choose to talk about the best switch hitters this season. So enough chitchat how about we jump right into this. So without further adieu here are the top 5 best switch hitters in the MLB this season

1. Pittsburgh Pirates First Baseman Josh Bell: Okay the first guy on the list is the one and only Pirates First Baseman Josh Bell. Josh has been having a red hot season so far in 2019 with the Pirates. Josh is currently in his 4th MLB season having made his MLB debut back in 2016 with the Pirates. And this one is by far his best season yet. So far Josh has played in 48 games with the Pirates this year. Getting 61 hits, 35 runs, 16 HRs, 47 RBIs, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 0 stolen bases, 129 total bases, 34 extra base hits, 48 weighted runs created, 23.0 weighted runs above average and 187 weighted runs created plus. Josh has also put up an out of this world .337/.405/.713 slash line. Along with a 1.118 OPS, a 195 OPS-plus, a .376 isolated power, a 3.7-speed score, a .369 BABIP, a -2.7 UBR, a .450 WOBA and a 2.2 WAR for the Pittsburgh Pirates so far this season.

2. Minnesota TwinsShortstop Jorge Polanco: Okay the second guy on the list is the one and only Twins shortstop Jorge Polanco. Jorge is coming off a shortened season in 2018 with him having only played in 77 games with the twins in 2018 due to an 80 game suspension for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. On April 5th Jorge hit for the cycle for the first time in his career against the Philadelphia Phillies. He was the first and as of right now the only player to have hit for the cycle in the 2019 season. As of this moment Jorge has played in 48 games with the twins in 2019. Getting 64 hits, 32 runs, 9 HRs, 26 RBIs, 14 doubles, 5 triples, 1 stolen base, 115 total bases, 28 extra base hits, 45 weighted runs created, 19.3 weighted runs above average and a 167 weighted runs created plus. Jorge also currently has an absolutely lethal .339/.441/.608 slash line. Along with an equally impressive 1.020 OPS, a 169 OPS-plus, a .270 isolated power, a 4.7-speed score, a .367 BABIP, a 0.7 UBR, a .424 WOBA and a 2.6 WAR with the Minnesota Twins this season.

3. Arizona Diamondbacks Third Baseman Eduardo Escobar: Okay for the third guy on the list we have the one and only D-Backs third baseman Eduardo Escobar. Fun fact about Eduardo he is on my fantasy baseball team. And he has helped me out immensely on my team so I gotta put him on the list. Eduardo is the most experienced guy on this list. With 2019 being his 9th MLB season. Having made his MLB debut in 2011 with the Chicago White Sox. Eduardo has really been killing it so far this season with the Diamondbacks and is really on track to have his best season yet in his MLB career.

This season Eduardo has played in 50 games with the Diamondbacks. Getting 55 hits, 31 runs, 12 HRs, 37 RBIs, 12 doubles, 3 triples, 0 stolen bases, 109 total bases, 27 extra base hits, 37 weighted runs created, 10.4 weighted runs above average and 133 weighted runs created plus. Eduardo has also managed to get a rock solid .281/.344/.556 slash line. Along with a .900 OPS, a 130 OPS-plus, a .276 isolated power, a 4.1-speed score, a .307 BABIP, a -0.9 UBR, a .374 WOBA and a 1.5 WAR this season with the Arizona Diamondbacks

4. Chicago White Sox Third Baseman Yoan Moncada: Okay second to the last guy on the list is the one and only Yoan Moncada. Yoan is in his second full season in the MLB after having played his first full season in the MLB with the White Sox last year. Yoan is currently in his 4th MLB season and his third with the Chicago White Sox after making his MLB debut back in 2016 with the Boston Red Sox. So far the Cuban born switch-hitting infielder has really been making a name for himself in 2019.

This season Yoan has played in 50 games with the White Sox. Getting 56 hits, 33 runs, 9 HRs, 32 RBIs, 11 doubles, 2 triples, 5 stolen bases, 98 total bases, 22 extra-base hits, 33 weighted runs created, 6.6 weighted runs above average and 124 weighted runs created plus. Yoan also put up an out of this world .283/.328/.495 slash line. Along with a solid .833 OPS, a 122 OPS-plus, a .212 isolated power, a 5.9-speed score, a .362 BABIP, a 0.5 UBR, a .351 WOBA and a 1.4 WAR this season with the Chicago White Sox.

5. Philadelphia Phillies Second Baseman Cesar Hernandez: Okay last but not least on the list is the one and only Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernandez. Cesar is currently part of the red hot Phillies who are in first place in the NL East this season. Cesar has been in the MLB since 2013 (all with the Phillies) and is now in his 7th MLB season. Cesar is quite an interesting player. I say interesting instead of amazing. Because while he does have a lot of talent. He is far from being an all-star level caliber kind of player. However, Cesar is well known for several things as a baseball player. And that is getting a substantially high number of bunts, infield hits, and triples.

In 2017 he was second in the NL in infield hits and bunt hits with 35 infield hits and 9 bunt hits and was tied for 6th most triples in the MLB with 6 triples in 2017. This season Cesar has played in 51 games with the Phillies. Getting 58 hits, 24 runs, 5 HRs, 23 RBIs, 13 doubles, 2 triples, 3 stolen bases, 90 total bases, 20 extra base hits, 33 weighted runs created, 7.0 weighted runs above average and 123 weighted runs created plus. Cesar also managed to get an absolutely fantastic .307/.367/.476 slash line. As well as an equally impressive .843 OPS, a 120 OPS-plus, a .169 isolated power, a 4.7-speed score, a .335 BABIP, a 0.4 UBR, a .357 WOBA and a 1.5 WAR this season with the Philadelphia Phillies