Friday’s games shook things up a bit in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. The top three remain the same, with Christian Yelich at the top of the list after extending his hit streak to fourteen games with a single. Mike Trout is right on Yelich’s heels as Trout picked up a double on the evening. Ketel Marte singled and walked for third place.
For the first time in a while, however, Cody Bellinger drops out of the top five. He singled in four trips against Washington, but drops to sixth place. Xander Bogaerts, who made an appearance in the top five yesterday, drops to eighth place despite a double against the Yankees. A Jeff McNeil home runs lifts him to fourth place, and two singles and a walk move Kris Bryant to fifth place. Positions three through eleven are separated by ten points, so expect more of this churn.
Note that Mookie Betts, with his three home runs and a double moved up from 23rd place to ninth place, just behind Bogaerts. The Red Sox now have those two and Rafael Devers in the top eleven.

