7 years agoMilwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was traded to the Brewers earlier this offseason and he is looking to make an impact with his new club. While Yelich saw his power drop a bit from 2016 to 2017 (21 home runs and 98 RBI in 2016 dropped to 18 home runs and 78 RBI last season), he did score 100 runs for the first time of his career and topped 15 stolen bases for the third time in his four full seasons. Yelich has a .290 career batting average, but his batting average has dropped in each of the last three seasons, and his OPS went from .859 in 2016 to .807 last season. While an .807 OPS is not great (nor is an .800 career OPS), he still has proven that he has a solid combination of power and speed, specifically going from 16 home runs combined in 2014 and 2015 to 39 home runs in the last two seasons. It looks like Yelich will hit leadoff for the Brewers in 2018 and will have All-Star Caliber talent like Cain, Travis Shaw, and Ryan Braun hitting directly behind him. Jonathan Villar should also be at the bottom of the lineup, giving Yelich a speedy player to knock in, and the Brewers are not shy to give the green light on stolen bases, giving Yelich an uptick in stolen base attempts as well. It might be a bit too much to look at Yelich as an OF2, but he should be a nice OF3 in all formats with slightly higher upside in a nice location like Milwaukee.--Steven Slivka
Source: espn.com