MLB The Show 21: Best power hitters in the game
Joey Gallo (RF, Texas Rangers)
- Overall: 89
- Power R: 99
- Power L: 99
- Contact R: 34
- Contact L: 42
Joey Gallo is a pure representation of the home run-strikeout era in baseball. In MLB The Show 21, he’s got 99 power against lefties and righties. He’s also got sub-50 ratings in contact against them.
Gallo’s first full season in the Majors came in 2017. He hit 41 home runs. He also hit only .209 with 196 strikeouts. In 2018, he hit another 40 home runs while batting .206 and striking out 207 times at the plate. To put into perspective the kind of hitter Gallo is, go back to May 2019 when he became the first player in MLB history to hit his 100th home run before hitting his 100th single.
When Gallo comes up to the plate, there are basically three outcomes: home run, strikeout or walk.
Christian Yelich (LF, Milwaukee Brewers)
- Overall: 96
- Power R: 94
- Power L: 84
- Contact R: 94
- Contac L: 86
Christian Yelich is the complete opposite of Joey Gallo. He’s an amazing hitter who has only recently learned to hit for power. Yelich wasn’t much of a power hitter during his time as a Marlin.
In fact, it wasn’t until the 2018 season, his first year with the Brewers, that Yelich discovered his power. He hit 36 home runs that year and followed it up with 44 in 2019.
Yelich has a legitimate hitter, not just a home run threat. He has a career .296 batting average and .382 on-base percentage. It’s also worth mentioning that he led the league in batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS during the 2018 and 2019 seasons.