Yelich, R. Walker, Swanson, Nelson, Bohm

Yelich sees contact decline ... Entering the season, health was a question mark for Christian Yelich (OF/DH, MIL) due to his back problems. He's been healthy but he has a lower batting average in 2025. Any concerns?

Year	PA	HR	SB	BA/xBA	bb%	ct%	G/L/F	h%	HctX	PX/xPX	Spd	SBO%
2021	472	9	9	.249/.246	15%	71%	54/22/23	33%	101	82/ 83	108	8%
2022	675	14	19	.250/.247	13%	71%	58/18/23	32%	106	90/ 79	137	11%
2023	632	19	28	.278/.275	13%	74%	57/19/22	34%	118	107/ 98	94	17%
2024	314	11	21	.315/.282	13%	78%	54/18/26	36%	115	110/ 87	120	22%
2025	236	12	10	.220/.258	11%	69%	63/14/22	25%	93	126/ 79	83	22%

Yelich has HR and SB, but his skills (28 BPV) have declined: 

• Losing contact and hard contact have not helped his BA efforts, as seen in his xBA (23rd percentile). He does have an unfortunate h% (34% career...

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