Kris Bryant Firehose of Splooge Thread

[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.

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?

Nosir. I'm saying he'd rather face Kris Bryant than Matt Carpenter. Today.

[SKO]

If only guys ever got better after less than an entire month in the majors but dammit,  here we are, I guess.

[Eli]

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?

Nosir. I'm saying he'd rather face Kris Bryant than Matt Carpenter. Today.

Well Carpenter has extreme fatigue syndrome TODAY and isn't even able to get out of bed so that's dumb. It'd be easy to strike out a guy who's in bed.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

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?

Nosir. I'm saying he'd rather face Kris Bryant than Matt Carpenter. Today.

Well Carpenter has extreme fatigue syndrome TODAY and isn't even able to get out of bed so that's dumb. It'd be easy to strike out a guy who's in bed.

I think that might pose a problem if the pitcher in question were, say, Edwin jackson.

Boom.

[SKO]

Swoon

[ChuckD]

I love this motherfucker.

[SKO]

I love this motherfucker.

[thehawk]

I love this motherfucker.

[Saul Goodman]

I love this motherfucker.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I changed my pants many times last night watching Bryant blast balls all over Wrigley, but him beating out a routine ground ball to 3B is what makes me want to have his children. The dude is 6'5"...there are lesser prospects that loaf that into an out. I'm not going to get all "he plays the game the right way" on us, but I definitely appreciate that kind of effort especially when it earns the Cubs a baserunner.

This guy is just really good at baseball.

[Yeti]

So much to choose from, but I think the triple tingled me the most. Like Len said, that kind of ball does not typically go off the wall. He nearly missed a HR there.

*changes undergarments*

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I changed my pants many times last night watching Bryant blast balls all over Wrigley, but him beating out a routine ground ball to 3B is what makes me want to have his children. The dude is 6'5"...there are lesser prospects that loaf that into an out. I'm not going to get all "he plays the game the right way" on us, but I definitely appreciate that kind of effort especially when it earns the Cubs a baserunner.

This guy is just really good at baseball.

Him beating out the grounder also led to Syndegaaaaard throwing 18 more pitches than he otherwise would have in the 3rd inning.  Nice play.

[Slaky]

I love this motherfucker.

[Tonker]

His swing is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.  I want to shower with him.

[InternetApex]

I liked the home run the best. The single and the walk, while nice and gritty and all were just good for one base apiece. The triple showed moxie and that was a cool-looking headfirst dive into 3rd where he was eventually stranded. But on the home run, he got four bases, including home plate which counted for a run.

That was my best bit right there.