This guy fucking blows.

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.278/.371/.505

10th overall in MLB in fWAR for position players. rookie.

niiiice

Yeah, love the adjustment to the adjustment he made

Apr 864
May 879
June 805
July 639
Aug 1.042
Sept 1.046

maybe he settled down on the booze a bit. guess my 45 HR prediction was a year too soon.

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Started slow but he's really picked it up:
.305/.394/.505

That's with cutting down his strikeout rate to 21% from 30%.

What a stud

Sitting as the #1 defensive 3rd baseman by WAR right now. So much for being a butcher.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?p ... &sort=20,d

It was probably those 10 or so games he had to play in the minors to work on his defense!

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It appears worked! I think I saw there was an added benefit where we get another year of service time for him too. Everything is coming up Cubbies! (That's sarcasm, just so no one misses it)

or so much for defensive WAR

Is Eaton the best RF in the game?

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I don't actually think Bryant is the best defensive 3rd base in the game, but I do think he is above average. For a year I listened to how he would be a butcher, and that has not been the case.

Eaton likely is a top 5 defensive RF, he was an average to slightly below average CF transitioning to RF. The question with him moving to RF was could his bat support it. And to his credit, it has so far this year.

Bryant to LF would be a terrible mistake.

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Yeah, Baez was so brutal last night at third.

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IMU you are a details guy. Let senior management deal with the big picture.

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I was one of the few that said Bryant was going to be fine at 3rd base last season, while JORR and many others claimed he was an awful 3B and would be in the outfield before long. He is at least average at 3B, better than average probably. But Baez is just better there and Bryant is better in the outfield than Soler. Would you rather have Baez and his defense and bat in the lineup, or Soler? That is really what it comes down to. With Schwarber likely back in LF next season, Bryant will probably play far less in the outfield. but for now, I like Baez at 3B and Bryant in LF.

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10 game hitting streak....batting 303 at the beginning of May.....I will take that!

He's actually hitting better on the road right now (.323 2HR 13 RBI) than at home (.267 2HR and 4 RBI) The sample size is greater on the road, where he has had just over twice the at-bats. But the fact he is hitting so well on the road is encouraging, after having splits last year that greatly favored games at the Shrine.

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Can't wait for the weather to warm up at Wrigley!

I wish all Cubs prospects were as big busts as he has been so far.

I want it to be known that I was the first on the board to say he would be a star.

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The most impressive thing about his career so far is he's playing at an All-Star level with a drinking problem.

Maybe the booze allows him to focus more?

So games against the Reds count now?

FOCUS

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What is this supposed to mean?

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Bryant is now the fWAR leader for NL position players at 3.9. He's essentially tied with the leading 3B in Donaldson and Machado who have 4.0.

.278/.367/.567

He's kept his batting average nearly identical to last year (.278 vs .275) while possessing a more normalized BABIP (.304 to .378).

Most impressively he's cut his K-rate by 8%.


My money is on him having a decent career.

Is this guy any good? I don't know!

Given that he continues to improve, when do we start talking about him breaking the non-steroid home run record? He's on pace for 50 already.

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Impossible to distinguish between PED users and non-PED users these days. Last guy to hit 50 without PEDs was Cecil Fielder, unless triple cheeseburgers count as PEDs:

https://youtu.be/563LW8Fy5RQ

Anything after 1990: assume the dude has/had some PED assistance. Except Griffey JR.

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Who was the 11th?

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