SAN DIEGO, CA - AUGUST 25: Cody Bellinger #35 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on August 25, 2021 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
What’s the harm of adding one more underperforming swing-and-miss slugger to the New York Yankees, anyway?
We kid. We kid because we love. Love and hate.
In 2019, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts and Cody Bellinger were the gold standard for big-league outfielders. Bellinger, though, might’ve been the most promising of the bunch — promoted as a power threat in 2017, he had completely rounded out his game to take advantage of his violent uppercut swing, posting a .