Kris Bryant Firehose of Splooge Thread

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

[PenFoe]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

Agreed on both counts (it's a minor quibble and he did deserve MVP in my eyes.) 

Him scoring from first yesterday was a thing of absolute beauty. 

[Saul Goodman]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

Gotta leave something for him to shoot for next year.

[Bort]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

Agreed on both counts (it's a minor quibble and he did deserve MVP in my eyes.) 

Him scoring from first yesterday was a thing of absolute beauty. 

In an heroic accord, we all agree on all counts.

[Powdered Toast Man]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

Agreed on both counts (it's a minor quibble and he did deserve MVP in my eyes.) 

Him scoring from first yesterday was a thing of absolute beauty. 

Yes it was.

He is just so good at most everything. I knew we were getting a stud with an advanced hitting approach, but I didn't think we'd be getting such a good baseball IQ with him. He's a great all around baseball player.

[SKO]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

Agreed on both counts (it's a minor quibble and he did deserve MVP in my eyes.) 

Him scoring from first yesterday was a thing of absolute beauty. 

Yes it was.

He is just so good at most everything. I knew we were getting a stud with an advanced hitting approach, but I didn't think we'd be getting such a good baseball IQ with him. He's a great all around baseball player.

Bryant is the only player I've ever seen who had more hype than God on his first day as a major league player and yet was actually underrated. I was looking forward to Troy Glaus, Pen be damned. If he'd just been the .250/.350/.500, 40 dinger guy who played bad defense and didn't do much of anything else I'd have still been through the goddamn roof over how awesome he was. Instead he's actually an above average defender at three different positions who is maybe the smartest damn baserunner I've ever seen, runs like a fucking gazelle, is so Nice And Photogenic And Aww Shucks Perfect that I'd want him dead if he wasn't a Cub, and he also just decided this year that strikeouts were dumb and lame and he wasn't going to do that anymore and now he's a guy that might tack a .300 average onto all of the above. If I didn't have a wife and kid I'd say he's the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's still closer than it should be.

[Oleg]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

Agreed on both counts (it's a minor quibble and he did deserve MVP in my eyes.) 

Him scoring from first yesterday was a thing of absolute beauty. 

Yes it was.

He is just so good at most everything. I knew we were getting a stud with an advanced hitting approach, but I didn't think we'd be getting such a good baseball IQ with him. He's a great all around baseball player.

Bryant is the only player I've ever seen who had more hype than God on his first day as a major league player and yet was actually underrated. I was looking forward to Troy Glaus, Pen be damned. If he'd just been the .250/.350/.500, 40 dinger guy who played bad defense and didn't do much of anything else I'd have still been through the goddamn roof over how awesome he was. Instead he's actually an above average defender at three different positions who is maybe the smartest damn baserunner I've ever seen, runs like a fucking gazelle, is so Nice And Photogenic And Aww Shucks Perfect that I'd want him dead if he wasn't a Cub, and he also just decided this year that strikeouts were dumb and lame and he wasn't going to do that anymore and now he's a guy that might tack a .300 average onto all of the above. If I didn't have a wife and kid I'd say he's the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's still closer than it should be.

He's probably now the best player in the NL?  Depending on how you view Harper...

[SKO]

A minor quibble, but I thought KB deserved the World Series MVP.

Agreed on both counts (it's a minor quibble and he did deserve MVP in my eyes.) 

Him scoring from first yesterday was a thing of absolute beauty. 

Yes it was.

He is just so good at most everything. I knew we were getting a stud with an advanced hitting approach, but I didn't think we'd be getting such a good baseball IQ with him. He's a great all around baseball player.

Bryant is the only player I've ever seen who had more hype than God on his first day as a major league player and yet was actually underrated. I was looking forward to Troy Glaus, Pen be damned. If he'd just been the .250/.350/.500, 40 dinger guy who played bad defense and didn't do much of anything else I'd have still been through the goddamn roof over how awesome he was. Instead he's actually an above average defender at three different positions who is maybe the smartest damn baserunner I've ever seen, runs like a fucking gazelle, is so Nice And Photogenic And Aww Shucks Perfect that I'd want him dead if he wasn't a Cub, and he also just decided this year that strikeouts were dumb and lame and he wasn't going to do that anymore and now he's a guy that might tack a .300 average onto all of the above. If I didn't have a wife and kid I'd say he's the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's still closer than it should be.

He's probably now the best player in the NL?  Depending on how you view Harper...

Yeah I think he is. For one I think Bryant's versatility provides more value than a corner OF in general anyway, but also the 9.5 fWAR by Harper is looking not necessarily like a fluke but as his absolute peak. 4/5 Harper years have been 4.6 fWAR or below. I think it's fair to say he hasn't proven yet that he's a consistently elite player, and it's hard to argue just two seasons in that Bryant isn't.

[Saul Goodman]

Fun fact: Troy Glaus finished 30th in MVP voting in 2006. The only time he ever even registered on the list.

[WTB...A RING FFS!!]

Thanks again Houston for taking Appel.

[Eli]

Fun fact: Troy Glaus finished 30th in MVP voting in 2006. The only time he ever even registered on the list.

As an aside, it's weird that he didn't get any votes at all in 2000. I guess his punter teammate got all the glory.

[SKO]

Fun fact: Troy Glaus finished 30th in MVP voting in 2006. The only time he ever even registered on the list.

As an aside, it's weird that he didn't get any votes at all in 2000. I guess his punter teammate got all the glory.

Man Erstad and Glaus combined for 16.1 bWAR and 16.9 fWAR that year and the Angels barely won 82 games. They have a talent for wasting historically good seasons, apparently.

[SKO]

Thanks again Houston for taking Appel.

I've seen a lot of people calling Mark Appel the Sam Bowie to Bryant's Jordan, which seems unfair to Sam Bowie. That dude actually had a long if unspectacular NBA career. Mark Appel may never throw a major league pitch.

[ChuckD]

Thanks again Houston for taking Appel.

I've seen a lot of people calling Mark Appel the Sam Bowie to Bryant's Jordan, which seems unfair to Sam Bowie. That dude actually had a long if unspectacular NBA career. Mark Appel may never throw a major league pitch.

Nobody of importance was drafted after Brien Taylor (who obviously never made it to the MLB). Butt Matt Anderson sort of fits the bill since J.D. Drew went second that year followed by the first coming (||) of Kris Bryant.

[Saul Goodman]

Fun fact: Troy Glaus finished 30th in MVP voting in 2006. The only time he ever even registered on the list.

As an aside, it's weird that he didn't get any votes at all in 2000. I guess his punter teammate got all the glory.

As an aside to your aside, this PUNTER reference made me nostalgic for Fire Joe Morgan.