Christian Yelich Starts Season Off With 4 Homers In 4 Games

Last year's National League MVP is back at it again. After striking for a four game homer streak that was ended finally... he still won the latest Brewers victory with a clutch double.

ESPN.com reports:

Yelich homered for the fourth straight game on Sunday, becoming the sixth player to homer in his team's first four games, joining Willie Mays, Mark McGwire, Nelson Cruz, Chris Davis and Trevor Story. That was only the first part of his Sunday heroics, as he came up in the bottom of the ninth with two runners on and the Brewers down a run -- and did this off Cardinals closer Jordan Hicks:

Yelich had a perfect day Sunday, going 2-for-2 with three walks. He hit .500 in his first series, with six runs, eight RBIs, six walks and only one strikeout as the Brewers took three of four from the Cardinals. It was a nice lift for Milwaukee, which opened the season with closer Corey Knebel and All-Star reliever Jeremy Jeffress on the injured list, with Knebel electing Friday to undergo Tommy John surgery.

For a team that relied so heavily on its bullpen last season, it's a big cloud hanging over the start of the season, especially with a tough schedule the first month. By the end of April, the Brewers will have played three series against the Cardinals and two against the Dodgers, along with facing the Reds, Cubs, Angels, Mets and Rockies.

That puts a lot of pressure on Yelich to show that his 2018 MVP season wasn't a fluke. He nearly won the Triple Crown, thanks to a Babe Ruth-like second half in which he hit .367/.449/.770 with 25 home runs in 65 games. In September, with a division title at stake, Yelich hit .370, slugged .804 and drove in 34 runs in 27 games. It was one of the best clutch stretch runs in MLB history. Ryan Braun is just one teammate in awe of Yelich right now:

Ryan Braun on Christian Yelich: "I’ve never seen anyone this good at baseball for this long. I mean, maybe Bonds in his prime. As great as Trout is. I’ve seen Pujols. Like, I’ve never seen anyone this good for this long."