Christian Yelich singled, homered, and walked twice Friday night to jump back into the top slot in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. He passes Mike Trout who went 0 for 4 in Mike Leake‘s near perfect game. Cody Bellinger singled and walked to remain in third place.

There is a very tight grouping right behind Bellinger. In order, Kris Bryant, Jeff McNeil, Anthony Rizzo, and Ketel Marte are separated by 0.7 points. Rizzo and Marte both had good days on Friday to close the gap, with Bryant and McNeil each reached base once to hold off the contenders. Once again, expect some churn in this area of the standings.