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LOS ANGELES – Christian Yelich scored .326 with 36 home runs and 110 RBIs, leading the National League to batting average and slugging percentage. J.D. Martinez obtained a .330 average with 43 homers and 130 RBIs, leading the majors in the points produced and total.
The two seasons would fit in perfectly with the best seasons of Hank Aaron's career, so it is normal for both All-Stars and MVP candidates to be the 2018 winners of the Hank Aaron's best batter in each league.
Just do not tell Aaron that Yelich and Martinez have played each other more than 100 times this season. At a press conference at Dodger Stadium, Aaron reminded everyone that he had never produced 100 times in a season. To be fair, he also joked that he had told Willie Mays that with all those throwers throwing 100 mph, they would play in class D if they were active today.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Hank Aaron First Prize, Yelich became the second Brewers player to win, joining Prince Fielder, winner in 2007. Martinez is the fourth Red Sox player to win with Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis. Ramirez and Ortiz are twice winners.
Yelich and Martinez were added to the off-season team, Yelich coming from the Marlins in an exchange and Martinez signing with the Red Sox as a free agent. Yelich said it was not easy to change clubs when his expectations were high for big numbers.
"I think it's something that's been worrying you from the beginning," he said. "You just want to contribute, and in my case, I joined a team that was in a playoff game.My goal was to become the player for whom they traded – nothing more, nothing less – and just contribute they had already lived there, it was an amazing year, it was a lot of fun, and we only managed one game to be in the World Series. "
Yelich was even more than the Brewers could have hoped for, as he is also the most useful player in the NL, largely thanks to a second monstrous period in which he hit .367 / .449 / .770 with 25 circuits and 67 RBIs in 64 games. His month of September was a month since he beat .370, .804 and 34 runs, while the Brewers won NL Central after defeating the Cubs in a tiebreaker.
Yelich also just missed a Triple Crown, finishing tied for third at home (just two behind Nolan Arenado) and tied for second in points (behind Javier Baez). Martinez also had a shot at the Triple Crown before the last month, before his team mate Mookie Betts ahead of him in the battles of the American League and Khris Davis, A, is in heat and wins the home run crown 48 at 43.
While Yelich is expected to end up with more gear in November, Martinez is aiming for the World Series trophy. He went from DH to the left field for the third game and said that a sprained ankle that he had suffered in the first game was good enough to play.
"The coaches have put me to the test a bit, test it," he said. "And it's something that obviously is a little embarrassing, but I'm comfortable playing."
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