Through the first two months of 2019, Bell was one of the best hitters in the league. By the end of May 2019, he was hitting .343/.405/.704 with 18 home runs in 242 plate appearances. Fans were beyond excited. Bell was regularly hitting mammoth shots into the river. It looked as though he was blossoming into the second coming of Willie Stargell.
Since then, things have not been the same. Although Bell’s 2019 numbers were impressive as a whole, he cooled off since the historic first two months. Things got worse in 2020. The 60-game season was a complete disaster for Bell (-0.