Comments on: Overrated or Not, Kris Bryant Remains Misunderstood http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/01/overrated-or-not-kris-bryant-remains-misunderstood/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Matt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/01/overrated-or-not-kris-bryant-remains-misunderstood/#comment-11988 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:58:09 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12269#comment-11988 He isn’t overrated. He’s kind of unique in being on the one hand incredibly popular with the fans, particularly casual fans, and on the other hand he sort of causes this backlash effect where a lot of baseball writers, particularly old school writers who obsess over BA and K’s, underrate him.

]]> By: Matt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/01/overrated-or-not-kris-bryant-remains-misunderstood/#comment-11987 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:54:37 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12269#comment-11987 Bryant is actually underrated. He leads all NL position players in WAR, yet all you hear is how Arenado supposedly got snubbed by the fans. I think he’s incredibly popular with fans, which turns off sports writers and opposing fans so they look for his flaws. As a result they miss how great an all around player he is – gets on base, good base running, good fielder and elite power.

]]> By: ronb626 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/01/overrated-or-not-kris-bryant-remains-misunderstood/#comment-11905 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 22:36:26 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12269#comment-11905 Would love to read this again in, say, 5 years or so. Then we’ll have more of a handle on just what kind of hitter Bryant will be. Or, is, by then. As said above by ROB, it’s only his 2nd year and 1st full year! Way too early for those kind of camparisons.

]]> By: SK http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/01/overrated-or-not-kris-bryant-remains-misunderstood/#comment-11891 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 04:22:10 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12269#comment-11891 Agreed. What a weird complaint. Great pitchers get everyone out, not just the horrible Kris Bryant. Even Mike Trout the Immaculate is manipulated into making lots of outs against the best pitchers.

All I know is it’s Kris Bryant Year Two and he has already made great strides to cut down his K rate while not sacrificing power or his walk rate. He’s on pace for 8 fWAR at this point. How can that possibly be overrated?

]]> By: Clay http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/01/overrated-or-not-kris-bryant-remains-misunderstood/#comment-11879 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 15:07:22 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12269#comment-11879 Massarotti seems bitter. His pride is simply getting the best of him when his true unhappiness lies with Theo Epstein. It’s like a Chicago Cubs hatred fueled trickle down effect. Massarotti feels he should attack Kris Bryant simply because KB is the top of the Chicago Cubs food chain. He’s making Kris the scapegoat hiding his tears ex girlfriend Theo Epstein left him with. Picking a fight with super star Kris Bryant is distasteful. KB is a true athlete. He is versatile with huge power. His IQ is just as rare as his skill set. It would be safe to say it’s in the top 5%. If Kris Bryant ends up in Cooperstown it would surprise no one. He has the potential to be a legend.

]]> By: Rob http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/01/overrated-or-not-kris-bryant-remains-misunderstood/#comment-11856 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 04:38:01 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=12269#comment-11856 There’s a reason why great pitchers are great. They are great.

How anyone can fault Bryant for not dominating great pitchers is beyond me. It’s year 2 of his career!

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