Kris Bryant Firehose of Splooge Thread

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Uh-oh.

No concussion. Hopefully back in tomorrow

Hope not. Glad they took him out - that was the right thing to do.

Need him against Pittsburgh. This series is going to be something.

Agreed, Slak. Even without Bryant, the next week is setting itself up in ways we'd have only hoped for in March, in that both Lester and Arrieta will both pitch against Pissburgh and San Fran over the course of the next 7 days.

Bring it.

[Quality Start Machine]

Uh-oh.

No concussion. Hopefully back in tomorrow

Hope not. Glad they took him out - that was the right thing to do.

Need him against Pittsburgh. This series is going to be something.

Agreed, Slak. Even without Bryant, the next week is setting itself up in ways we'd have only hoped for in March, in that both Lester and Arrieta will both pitch against Pissburgh and San Fran over the course of the next 7 days.

Bring it.

Meaningful baseball in August. What a wonderful world we live in.

[SKO]

Uh-oh.

No concussion. Hopefully back in tomorrow

Hope not. Glad they took him out - that was the right thing to do.

Need him against Pittsburgh. This series is going to be something.

Agreed, Slak. Even without Bryant, the next week is setting itself up in ways we'd have only hoped for in March, in that both Lester and Arrieta will both pitch against Pissburgh and San Fran over the course of the next 7 days.

Bring it.

He's supposed to start, according to Jesse.

EDIT: Jesse clarified, said he was 100% and good to go, they haven't officially said he's starting, but would assume so.

[SKO]

Boom

[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).

[CT III]

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).

Still, I look forward to you whingeing on twitter the next time he strikes out on what you deem to be an unacceptable pitch.

[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).

Still, I look forward to you whingeing on twitter the next time he strikes out on what you deem to be an unacceptable pitch.

He should only strike out on pitches I deem acceptable. These include Aroldis Chapman fastballs and Chris Sale sliders and that's about it.

[Eli]

He should only strike out on pitches I deem acceptable. These include Aroldis Chapman fastballs and Chris Sale sliders and that's about it.

Pfft. Why isn't he hitting lefties better?

[SKO]

He should only strike out on pitches I deem acceptable. These include Aroldis Chapman fastballs and Chris Sale sliders and that's about it.

Pfft. Why isn't he hitting lefties better?

Good point IMO

[Slaky]

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.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

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'll still come.  He's hitting the ball so goddamn hard the last 2 weeks, it seems a slight uptick in elevation and some of those'll be bustin' up palms in the bleachers.

[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.

There has to be a reason why he's hitting so many low line drives. It's a good problem to have. I don't know if he's not seeing the pitches he can drive well enough or if he's just barely missing those or what. I predict we see a power surge from him soon. It's almost certain to hai.

[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.

[Eli]

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.

He doesn't have any loft in his swing, so he just hits a bunch of really loud singles.

[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.