Kris Bryant Firehose of Splooge Thread

[Tonker]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

[Saul Goodman]

"Hey.  That was fun."

[Slaky]

Well this is a magical season isn't it

[Tonker]

Well this is a magical season isn't it

There's magic in my underpants, that's for damn sure.

[ChuckD]

Maybe it was just the camera angle, but that looked like a routine flyball off the bat.

[Quality Start Machine]

somebody please make a .gif of Strop going to the plate with Bryant.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Maybe it was just the camera angle, but that looked like a routine flyball off the bat.

Except the wind was howling out toward right field.  I thought the same thing when the ball was first hit but then remembered the flags that were just rippling like mad out there.

[Saul Goodman]

Too bad Dolan isn't alive to pin and/or sticky this thread to the top for the next 24 hours.

KRIS
DAMN
BRYANT
FEMALE
DOGS

[thehawk]

So the Rookie of the Year is wrapped up I assume.

[thehawk]

somebody please make a .gif of Strop going to the plate with Bryant.

not mine but here you are

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CNNAl3hUYAEbs_S.mp4

[Saul Goodman]

On a 4-K day, which isn't that big of a deal because three were against Kershaw, I'm really excited to see what Bryant becomes.  He's better, arguably a lot better, than Mike Schmidt was in his first full season (both were 23), and I wonder if KB might just develop the same kind of discipline Schmidt did as he learned and adjusted.  Still struck out a lot, sure, but Schmidt's BB-SO ratios really improved over the course of his career.  I don't think it's crazy to predict Bryant will do the same.  Let's see how this all plays out.

Also, as a young'un, I'd never realized just how damn good Mike Schmidt was until Bryant came along.

Just for fun, here's their age 23 seasons (I'm ignoring Schmidt's 13-game cup of coffee in 1972 at age 22):

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Bryant:  117 G  504 PA  22 2B  5 3B  20 HR  77 RBI 12 SB  3 CS  64 BB  152 SO  .265  .367  .480  .847  132 OPS+
Schmidt: 132 G  443 PA  11 2B  0 3B  18 HR  52 RBI  8 SB  2 CS  62 BB  136 SO  .196  .324  .373  .697  92 OPS+


Advanced and rate stats:

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Bryant:  .215 ISO  4.0% HR%  30.2% SO%  12.7% BB%  9.3% XBH%  2.38 SO/W  2.8 AB/SO  21.4 AB/HR  4.8 fWAR
Schmidt: .177 ISO  4.1% HR%  30.7% SO%  14.0% BB%  6.6% XBH%  2.19 SO/W  2.7 AB/SO  20.4 AB/HR  2.1 fWAR


HE'S A BUST!

[Saul Goodman]

BOOM

[SKO]

Bump for a 3 hit game last night.

[Saul Goodman]

HOLY SHIT HE DESTROYED THAT.

De La Rosa might need to change his pants.

[Saul Goodman]

Left the bat at 111 mph.  Bounced off the TOP of the videoboard.  495 feet.  Hot damn.