Kris Bryant Firehose of Splooge Thread

[CubFaninHydePark]

Hopefully that's the opening of the floodgates.

[Saul Goodman]

BONERTIME!

[flannj]

Crisp Ryant!

[Tonker]

Hopefully that's the opening of the floodgates.

Well, it certainly opened my floodgates.

By which I mean, I ejaculated semen into my underpants.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Let's get a handle on the K's.

[SKO]

Let's get a handle on the K's.

You'd think THE Kris Bryant Guy would know Bryant k'd about 30% of the time in the minors and this was bound to happen.

[Eli]

Let's get a handle on the K's.

You'd think THE Kris Bryant Guy would know Bryant k'd about 30% of the time in the minors and this was bound to happen.

Yeah, he's at 33% now, which isn't even that far out of line.

You should be more concerned that Russell is at 43% (worse than Baez's major-league debut last year) after sitting in the teens for most of his minor league career.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Let's get a handle on the K's.

You'd think THE Kris Bryant Guy would know Bryant k'd about 30% of the time in the minors and this was bound to happen.

I don't think I'm being out of line by acknowledging that and wanting the entire lineup to k less.

Also, congrats.

[InternetApex]

Let's get a handle on the K's.

You'd think THE Kris Bryant Guy would know Bryant k'd about 30% of the time in the minors and this was bound to happen.

Yeah, he's at 33% now, which isn't even that far out of line.

You should be more concerned that Russell is at 43% (worse than Baez's major-league debut last year) after sitting in the teens for most of his minor league career.

Russell is missing fat pitches in the zone a lot too. I wish that he would stop doing that.

[Eli]

Let's get a handle on the K's.

You'd think THE Kris Bryant Guy would know Bryant k'd about 30% of the time in the minors and this was bound to happen.

Yeah, he's at 33% now, which isn't even that far out of line.

You should be more concerned that Russell is at 43% (worse than Baez's major-league debut last year) after sitting in the teens for most of his minor league career.

Russell is missing fat pitches in the zone a lot too. I wish that he would stop doing that.

He seems to have trouble with good fastballs. Not sure if he's guessing or if it's just going to take an adjustment to how much better MLB fastballs are. He's 14 years old, so he should be fine.

[Tonker]

Let's get a handle on the K's.

You'd think THE Kris Bryant Guy would know Bryant k'd about 30% of the time in the minors and this was bound to happen.

I don't think I'm being out of line by acknowledging that and wanting the entire lineup to k less.

Also, congrats.

As long as guys are getting on base, how much of a problem is it, actually?  Of the starters, Soler, Bryant, Fowler, Rizzo and Montero all have above league average OBPs, most of them significantly so, as do Denorfia and Ross.  I mean, I understand that striking out means that you're not moving runners up, but you're not grounding into double plays either, so some of it at least comes out in the wash, surely?  Are strikeouts bad, per se?

[Chuck to Chuck]

Are strikeouts bad, per se?

With men on base, they certainly can be. The only plate appearance outcome worse than a K with men on base is a double play.

[InternetApex]

Are strikeouts bad, per se?

With men on base, they certainly can be. The only plate appearance outcome worse than a K with men on base is a double play.

You're not even giving yourself a chance on the BABIP roulette wheel. You're not causing your opponent to make a play on a ball he might muff. I've always been confounded by K's are any other out argument. An at bat against Matt Carpenter is more stressful than at bat against Kris Bryant right now and that has an effect mentally on a pitcher to the point that he might make a mistake in the zone and get hurt badly.

[Oleg]

Are strikeouts bad, per se?

With men on base, they certainly can be. The only plate appearance outcome worse than a K with men on base is a double play.

You're not even giving yourself a chance on the BABIP roulette wheel. You're not causing your opponent to make a play on a ball he might muff. I've always been confounded by K's are any other out argument. An at bat against Matt Carpenter is more stressful than at bat against Kris Bryant right now and that has an effect mentally on a pitcher to the point that he might make a mistake in the zone and get hurt badly.

Are you trying to say that a pitcher, regardless of situation, would rather face Reggie Jackson (~23% strikeout %) than Lance Johnson (~7% strikeout %) because he may make a mistake to Lance Johnson?  Or that a Lance Johnson AB would be more stressful than an AB against Reggie Jackson?

By the way, Matt Murton's K rate was ~14%...if you were pitching, whom would you rather face?

[Chuck to Chuck]

Are strikeouts bad, per se?

With men on base, they certainly can be. The only plate appearance outcome worse than a K with men on base is a double play.

You're not even giving yourself a chance on the BABIP roulette wheel. You're not causing your opponent to make a play on a ball he might muff. I've always been confounded by K's are any other out argument. An at bat against Matt Carpenter is more stressful than at bat against Kris Bryant right now and that has an effect mentally on a pitcher to the point that he might make a mistake in the zone and get hurt badly.

A strikeout with bases empty is better than a 1 or 2 pitch out. It's better than hitting into a double play, That's about it.