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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Matt Martell First, there were signs of life. In the April 25 edition of our MLB Power Rankings, Will Laws wrote about Christian Yelich’s rough start to the season in his blurb for the Brewers. At the time, Yelich had a .192/.302/.327 slash line and just one home run. “That’s not a great start for those of us who are concerned that his MVP-caliber power stroke could be gone for good,” Will wrote. “Then again, his expected numbers (.251 xBA, .483 xSLG) are far better than his actual ones and he leads the league in hard-hit rate (62.9%). His barrel percentage (14.3%) is the second-best mark o…