BATTERS: Young targets, 2019 updated

Let's continue our identification of the most skilled young players in the game by moving on to hitters.

These bats have been the most skilled young guys in the game so far in 2019:

50+ BPV, Age 28 or Under*

Name                Age  League  Pos       bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   HctX  xPX   Spd  BPV
==================  ===  ======  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===
Bellinger, Cody      23      NL     1B/RF  14%  83%  1.00  179   159   197  125  143
Yelich, Christian    27      NL        LF  16%  78%  0.88  202   158   184  103  139
Garver, Mitch        28      AL         C  12%  75%  0.55  217   115   173  109  131
Gallo, Joey          25      AL     LF/1B  19%  56%  0.55  285   124   205   98  124
Polanco, Jorge       25   ...

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