MLB hitters slow out of the box to start 60-game season
(WorldNews Sport)

NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time defending NL batting champion Christian Yelich has a long way to go if he wants a three-peat. The Milwaukee Brewers star is 1 for 28 to start the season, an .037 average that`s worst among qualified hitters. Not by much. Houston`s George Springer is batting .048, and teammates Jose Altuve — another two-time batting champ — and Alex Bregman aren`t much better at .174. It`s not just those big names. Coming off a condensed preseason camp for a 60-game season truncated by the coronavirus pandemic, hitters are stumbling out of the batter`s box. “At this point, just like you see in spring training, the pitchers are a little bit more ahead of the hitters,” Nationals manager...