Josh Bell put up a .156/.219/.333 line with five doubles, four home runs, seven walks, and 30 Ks in his first 26 games and 105 plate appearances with Washington’s Nationals last season, following a Christmas Eve 2020 deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates which brought the 29-year-old slugger to D.C.
But the 6’4’’, 255-pound, switch-hitter turned things around after the rough start, (which did follow a stretch on the COVID-IL for Bell and others on the team), and from mid-May through the end of the year, the six-year veteran posted a .286/.376/.510 line, 19 doubles, 23 home runs, 58 walks, and 71 Ks in 118 games and 463 PAs.