Kris Bryant Firehose of Splooge Thread

[SKO]

Through 8 games in August after an abysmal July that seems to have been just as much about bad batted ball luck (.214 BABIP in July vs. .341 on the season) as it was about his many K's (which never really got much worse than his season average even in his good months anyway):

.304/.484/.478/.962.

Pretty great to see Kris Bryant in a lineup where he's hitting like that and might be just the third biggest threat (and that might be unfair to Jorge and his .370/.469/.407 line this month).

I still just do not understand Jorge's piss poor slugging average.

I think it's two factors: he is a lot like young Castro in that he can hit basically anything within reach of the strike zone. The problem is that he tries to do just that, and doesn't always wait for the ones he can smack into the seats.

The other is that he hits balls so fucking hard into the outfield that they roll straight to the outfielders and don't ever let him take an extra base. It feels like he has to hit one down the line or off the wall to get extra bases.

The first one makes sense. The second does not.

How doesn't it make sense? One example I can think of came in the Thursday night game against the Giants if I remember correctly. Rizzo was on second and Jorge smoked a 2 out single that couldn't get Rizzo home because he hit it 114 MPH and it went directly to the left fielder. If he hit the thing 90 MPH it probably dies in the grass and there's not even a chance to throw Rizzo out at the plate. He hits it almost too hard for extra bases sometimes, and he seems to have just bad luck with finding gaps so far.

How does Rizzo not scoring from second on a Soler single cause him to have a low slugging percentage?

It doesn't, I was just thinking of an example where Jorge hit a ball so hard it that even though it was a hit it got to the outfielder faster than your average base hit would have, thus Rizzo had to hold up. That was just the most recent example I could think of, he's had others. Regardless, Apex is right, the slugging % is mostly just him not elevating the ball and getting some dongs to boost it.

[Quality Start Machine]

Through 8 games in August after an abysmal July that seems to have been just as much about bad batted ball luck (.214 BABIP in July vs. .341 on the season) as it was about his many K's (which never really got much worse than his season average even in his good months anyway):

.304/.484/.478/.962.

Pretty great to see Kris Bryant in a lineup where he's hitting like that and might be just the third biggest threat (and that might be unfair to Jorge and his .370/.469/.407 line this month).

I still just do not understand Jorge's piss poor slugging average.

I think it's two factors: he is a lot like young Castro in that he can hit basically anything within reach of the strike zone. The problem is that he tries to do just that, and doesn't always wait for the ones he can smack into the seats.

The other is that he hits balls so fucking hard into the outfield that they roll straight to the outfielders and don't ever let him take an extra base. It feels like he has to hit one down the line or off the wall to get extra bases.

The first one makes sense. The second does not.

How doesn't it make sense? One example I can think of came in the Thursday night game against the Giants if I remember correctly. Rizzo was on second and Jorge smoked a 2 out single that couldn't get Rizzo home because he hit it 114 MPH and it went directly to the left fielder. If he hit the thing 90 MPH it probably dies in the grass and there's not even a chance to throw Rizzo out at the plate. He hits it almost too hard for extra bases sometimes, and he seems to have just bad luck with finding gaps so far.

How does Rizzo not scoring from second on a Soler single cause him to have a low slugging percentage?

It doesn't, I was just thinking of an example where Jorge hit a ball so hard it that even though it was a hit it got to the outfielder faster than your average base hit would have, thus Rizzo had to hold up. That was just the most recent example I could think of, he's had others. Regardless, Apex is right, the slugging % is mostly just him not elevating the ball and getting some dongs to boost it.

But with that sort of velocity coming off the bat, wouldn't it also figure that at some point when these balls start finding gaps they get to the wall before anybody has a chance of reaching it?

Elevation or no elevation, I'd think that his making consistent contact with that sort of velocity means that the slugging percentage will eventually correct itself.

[SKO]

Through 8 games in August after an abysmal July that seems to have been just as much about bad batted ball luck (.214 BABIP in July vs. .341 on the season) as it was about his many K's (which never really got much worse than his season average even in his good months anyway):

.304/.484/.478/.962.

Pretty great to see Kris Bryant in a lineup where he's hitting like that and might be just the third biggest threat (and that might be unfair to Jorge and his .370/.469/.407 line this month).

I still just do not understand Jorge's piss poor slugging average.

I think it's two factors: he is a lot like young Castro in that he can hit basically anything within reach of the strike zone. The problem is that he tries to do just that, and doesn't always wait for the ones he can smack into the seats.

The other is that he hits balls so fucking hard into the outfield that they roll straight to the outfielders and don't ever let him take an extra base. It feels like he has to hit one down the line or off the wall to get extra bases.

The first one makes sense. The second does not.

How doesn't it make sense? One example I can think of came in the Thursday night game against the Giants if I remember correctly. Rizzo was on second and Jorge smoked a 2 out single that couldn't get Rizzo home because he hit it 114 MPH and it went directly to the left fielder. If he hit the thing 90 MPH it probably dies in the grass and there's not even a chance to throw Rizzo out at the plate. He hits it almost too hard for extra bases sometimes, and he seems to have just bad luck with finding gaps so far.

How does Rizzo not scoring from second on a Soler single cause him to have a low slugging percentage?

It doesn't, I was just thinking of an example where Jorge hit a ball so hard it that even though it was a hit it got to the outfielder faster than your average base hit would have, thus Rizzo had to hold up. That was just the most recent example I could think of, he's had others. Regardless, Apex is right, the slugging % is mostly just him not elevating the ball and getting some dongs to boost it.

But with that sort of velocity coming off the bat, wouldn't it also figure that at some point when these balls start finding gaps they get to the wall before anybody has a chance of reaching it?

Elevation or no elevation, I'd think that his making consistent contact with that sort of velocity means that the slugging percentage will eventually correct itself.

Yeah I think it will, I was just citing the handful of examples I can think of as a reason why his slugging percentage right now is so low. Bad luck/small sample size kinda thing. But anyways it was a dumb theory and has been soundly defeated so I withdraw it.

[InternetApex]

Through 8 games in August after an abysmal July that seems to have been just as much about bad batted ball luck (.214 BABIP in July vs. .341 on the season) as it was about his many K's (which never really got much worse than his season average even in his good months anyway):

.304/.484/.478/.962.

Pretty great to see Kris Bryant in a lineup where he's hitting like that and might be just the third biggest threat (and that might be unfair to Jorge and his .370/.469/.407 line this month).

I still just do not understand Jorge's piss poor slugging average.

I think it's two factors: he is a lot like young Castro in that he can hit basically anything within reach of the strike zone. The problem is that he tries to do just that, and doesn't always wait for the ones he can smack into the seats.

The other is that he hits balls so fucking hard into the outfield that they roll straight to the outfielders and don't ever let him take an extra base. It feels like he has to hit one down the line or off the wall to get extra bases.

The first one makes sense. The second does not.

How doesn't it make sense? One example I can think of came in the Thursday night game against the Giants if I remember correctly. Rizzo was on second and Jorge smoked a 2 out single that couldn't get Rizzo home because he hit it 114 MPH and it went directly to the left fielder. If he hit the thing 90 MPH it probably dies in the grass and there's not even a chance to throw Rizzo out at the plate. He hits it almost too hard for extra bases sometimes, and he seems to have just bad luck with finding gaps so far.

How does Rizzo not scoring from second on a Soler single cause him to have a low slugging percentage?

It doesn't, I was just thinking of an example where Jorge hit a ball so hard it that even though it was a hit it got to the outfielder faster than your average base hit would have, thus Rizzo had to hold up. That was just the most recent example I could think of, he's had others. Regardless, Apex is right, the slugging % is mostly just him not elevating the ball and getting some dongs to boost it.

But with that sort of velocity coming off the bat, wouldn't it also figure that at some point when these balls start finding gaps they get to the wall before anybody has a chance of reaching it?

Elevation or no elevation, I'd think that his making consistent contact with that sort of velocity means that the slugging percentage will eventually correct itself.

Yeah I think it will, I was just citing the handful of examples I can think of as a reason why his slugging percentage right now is so low. Bad luck/small sample size kinda thing. But anyways it was a dumb theory and has been soundly defeated so I withdraw it.

But I think the slugging percentage may actually be high for someone who doesn't hit many home runs and strikes out as often as he does. His BABIP is .387. That's a three with an eighty-seven after it. So those low liners and worm burners are raising his slugging, not hindering it.

[SKO]

Through 8 games in August after an abysmal July that seems to have been just as much about bad batted ball luck (.214 BABIP in July vs. .341 on the season) as it was about his many K's (which never really got much worse than his season average even in his good months anyway):

.304/.484/.478/.962.

Pretty great to see Kris Bryant in a lineup where he's hitting like that and might be just the third biggest threat (and that might be unfair to Jorge and his .370/.469/.407 line this month).

I still just do not understand Jorge's piss poor slugging average.

I think it's two factors: he is a lot like young Castro in that he can hit basically anything within reach of the strike zone. The problem is that he tries to do just that, and doesn't always wait for the ones he can smack into the seats.

The other is that he hits balls so fucking hard into the outfield that they roll straight to the outfielders and don't ever let him take an extra base. It feels like he has to hit one down the line or off the wall to get extra bases.

The first one makes sense. The second does not.

How doesn't it make sense? One example I can think of came in the Thursday night game against the Giants if I remember correctly. Rizzo was on second and Jorge smoked a 2 out single that couldn't get Rizzo home because he hit it 114 MPH and it went directly to the left fielder. If he hit the thing 90 MPH it probably dies in the grass and there's not even a chance to throw Rizzo out at the plate. He hits it almost too hard for extra bases sometimes, and he seems to have just bad luck with finding gaps so far.

How does Rizzo not scoring from second on a Soler single cause him to have a low slugging percentage?

It doesn't, I was just thinking of an example where Jorge hit a ball so hard it that even though it was a hit it got to the outfielder faster than your average base hit would have, thus Rizzo had to hold up. That was just the most recent example I could think of, he's had others. Regardless, Apex is right, the slugging % is mostly just him not elevating the ball and getting some dongs to boost it.

But with that sort of velocity coming off the bat, wouldn't it also figure that at some point when these balls start finding gaps they get to the wall before anybody has a chance of reaching it?

Elevation or no elevation, I'd think that his making consistent contact with that sort of velocity means that the slugging percentage will eventually correct itself.

Yeah I think it will, I was just citing the handful of examples I can think of as a reason why his slugging percentage right now is so low. Bad luck/small sample size kinda thing. But anyways it was a dumb theory and has been soundly defeated so I withdraw it.

But I think the slugging percentage may actually be high for someone who doesn't hit many home runs and strikes out as often as he does. His BABIP is .387. That's a three with an eighty-seven after it. So those low liners and worm burners are raising his slugging, not hindering it.

Yeah we're all agreed he'll eventually elevate the ball and hit homers and that'll be that. Also I realize his BABIP seems high but his career BABIP is now at .375 in 429 PAs. I think that's fairly stable. In the minors he managed BABIPS of .457, .338, .349 etc in different stops. Dude just kills baseballs. If he can ever increase his contact rate to what he did in the minors we're looking at a batting title contender. He just hits the ball really fucking hard. It's a good thing. Good things will come from it. I'm John Feinstein.

[InternetApex]

Through 8 games in August after an abysmal July that seems to have been just as much about bad batted ball luck (.214 BABIP in July vs. .341 on the season) as it was about his many K's (which never really got much worse than his season average even in his good months anyway):

.304/.484/.478/.962.

Pretty great to see Kris Bryant in a lineup where he's hitting like that and might be just the third biggest threat (and that might be unfair to Jorge and his .370/.469/.407 line this month).

I still just do not understand Jorge's piss poor slugging average.

I think it's two factors: he is a lot like young Castro in that he can hit basically anything within reach of the strike zone. The problem is that he tries to do just that, and doesn't always wait for the ones he can smack into the seats.

The other is that he hits balls so fucking hard into the outfield that they roll straight to the outfielders and don't ever let him take an extra base. It feels like he has to hit one down the line or off the wall to get extra bases.

The first one makes sense. The second does not.

How doesn't it make sense? One example I can think of came in the Thursday night game against the Giants if I remember correctly. Rizzo was on second and Jorge smoked a 2 out single that couldn't get Rizzo home because he hit it 114 MPH and it went directly to the left fielder. If he hit the thing 90 MPH it probably dies in the grass and there's not even a chance to throw Rizzo out at the plate. He hits it almost too hard for extra bases sometimes, and he seems to have just bad luck with finding gaps so far.

How does Rizzo not scoring from second on a Soler single cause him to have a low slugging percentage?

It doesn't, I was just thinking of an example where Jorge hit a ball so hard it that even though it was a hit it got to the outfielder faster than your average base hit would have, thus Rizzo had to hold up. That was just the most recent example I could think of, he's had others. Regardless, Apex is right, the slugging % is mostly just him not elevating the ball and getting some dongs to boost it.

But with that sort of velocity coming off the bat, wouldn't it also figure that at some point when these balls start finding gaps they get to the wall before anybody has a chance of reaching it?

Elevation or no elevation, I'd think that his making consistent contact with that sort of velocity means that the slugging percentage will eventually correct itself.

Yeah I think it will, I was just citing the handful of examples I can think of as a reason why his slugging percentage right now is so low. Bad luck/small sample size kinda thing. But anyways it was a dumb theory and has been soundly defeated so I withdraw it.

But I think the slugging percentage may actually be high for someone who doesn't hit many home runs and strikes out as often as he does. His BABIP is .387. That's a three with an eighty-seven after it. So those low liners and worm burners are raising his slugging, not hindering it.

Yeah we're all agreed he'll eventually elevate the ball and hit homers and that'll be that. Also I realize his BABIP seems high but his career BABIP is now at .375 in 429 PAs. I think that's fairly stable. In the minors he managed BABIPS of .457, .338, .349 etc in different stops. Dude just kills baseballs. If he can ever increase his contact rate to what he did in the minors we're looking at a batting title contender. He just hits the ball really fucking hard. It's a good thing. Good things will come from it. I'm John Feinstein.

I just fucking lol'd.

[Eli]

Yeah we're all agreed he'll eventually elevate the ball and hit homers and that'll be that. Also I realize his BABIP seems high but his career BABIP is now at .375 in 429 PAs. I think that's fairly stable. In the minors he managed BABIPS of .457, .338, .349 etc in different stops. Dude just kills baseballs. If he can ever increase his contact rate to what he did in the minors we're looking at a batting title contender. He just hits the ball really fucking hard. It's a good thing. Good things will come from it. I'm John Feinstein.

I think BABIP stabilizes closer to 900ish at-bats, so he's got a ways to go. He might be able to settle in around .340-350 in an ideal scenario, but things are inflated at the moment. There's more to it than just hitting the ball really hard (Stanton's career mark is .328). Among the long-term leaders, there's usually some element of speed involved or just being a truly elite hitter, like Cabrera or Goldschmidt.

[SKO]

Yeah we're all agreed he'll eventually elevate the ball and hit homers and that'll be that. Also I realize his BABIP seems high but his career BABIP is now at .375 in 429 PAs. I think that's fairly stable. In the minors he managed BABIPS of .457, .338, .349 etc in different stops. Dude just kills baseballs. If he can ever increase his contact rate to what he did in the minors we're looking at a batting title contender. He just hits the ball really fucking hard. It's a good thing. Good things will come from it. I'm John Feinstein.

I think BABIP stabilizes closer to 900ish at-bats, so he's got a ways to go. He might be able to settle in around .340-350 in an ideal scenario, but things are inflated at the moment. There's more to it than just hitting the ball really hard (Stanton's career mark is .328). Among the long-term leaders, there's usually some element of speed involved or just being a truly elite hitter, like Cabrera or Goldschmidt.

Fair enough. I do think he'll make more frequent contact anyway as time goes by. Even if the BABIP sinks down to like .325ish I really don't think he's going to be a guy that K's 30% of the time in the long run. He does seem to have a good sense of the strike zone and it feels like he's starting to turn a corner vs. sliders (the big two run double he hit on Friday came after he fought off several of them and was waiting for one he could handle with two strikes). Hopefully it all evens out.

[Saul Goodman]

Through 8 games in August after an abysmal July that seems to have been just as much about bad batted ball luck (.214 BABIP in July vs. .341 on the season) as it was about his many K's (which never really got much worse than his season average even in his good months anyway):

.304/.484/.478/.962.

Pretty great to see Kris Bryant in a lineup where he's hitting like that and might be just the third biggest threat (and that might be unfair to Jorge and his .370/.469/.407 line this month).

I still just do not understand Jorge's piss poor slugging average.

I think it's two factors: he is a lot like young Castro in that he can hit basically anything within reach of the strike zone. The problem is that he tries to do just that, and doesn't always wait for the ones he can smack into the seats.

The other is that he hits balls so fucking hard into the outfield that they roll straight to the outfielders and don't ever let him take an extra base. It feels like he has to hit one down the line or off the wall to get extra bases.

The first one makes sense. The second does not.

How doesn't it make sense? One example I can think of came in the Thursday night game against the Giants if I remember correctly. Rizzo was on second and Jorge smoked a 2 out single that couldn't get Rizzo home because he hit it 114 MPH and it went directly to the left fielder. If he hit the thing 90 MPH it probably dies in the grass and there's not even a chance to throw Rizzo out at the plate. He hits it almost too hard for extra bases sometimes, and he seems to have just bad luck with finding gaps so far.

How does Rizzo not scoring from second on a Soler single cause him to have a low slugging percentage?

It doesn't, I was just thinking of an example where Jorge hit a ball so hard it that even though it was a hit it got to the outfielder faster than your average base hit would have, thus Rizzo had to hold up. That was just the most recent example I could think of, he's had others. Regardless, Apex is right, the slugging % is mostly just him not elevating the ball and getting some dongs to boost it.

But with that sort of velocity coming off the bat, wouldn't it also figure that at some point when these balls start finding gaps they get to the wall before anybody has a chance of reaching it?

Elevation or no elevation, I'd think that his making consistent contact with that sort of velocity means that the slugging percentage will eventually correct itself.

Yeah I think it will, I was just citing the handful of examples I can think of as a reason why his slugging percentage right now is so low. Bad luck/small sample size kinda thing. But anyways it was a dumb theory and has been soundly defeated so I withdraw it.

But I think the slugging percentage may actually be high for someone who doesn't hit many home runs and strikes out as often as he does. His BABIP is .387. That's a three with an eighty-seven after it. So those low liners and worm burners are raising his slugging, not hindering it.

Yeah we're all agreed he'll eventually elevate the ball and hit homers and that'll be that. Also I realize his BABIP seems high but his career BABIP is now at .375 in 429 PAs. I think that's fairly stable. In the minors he managed BABIPS of .457, .338, .349 etc in different stops. Dude just kills baseballs. If he can ever increase his contact rate to what he did in the minors we're looking at a batting title contender. He just hits the ball really fucking hard. It's a good thing. Good things will come from it. I'm John Feinstein.

I just fucking lol'd.

That might be the funniest thing SKO has ever said.

[Saul Goodman]

There's that oppo dong power we've been looking for.

[Saul Goodman]

TPD (!).  Not one of his better ABs, against Rondon in the 9th.  Woof.

Still love him though.

[SKO]

4-4 with a homer and a double is nice. I liked it. 10/10, would try again.

[SKO]

Bump for a two homer day.

[Saul Goodman]

KRIS BRYANT BITCHES

[ChuckD]

!!!