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David GOAT

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Umm yeah, Bryant's power has been a big disappointment. Overall he's obviously still excellent, but he could be sexcellent.

 

i mean, he has a .240 iso, which is not quite as high as his .262 last year (when he was pulltastic), but higher than 2015 and dead on with his career average of .239

 

yeah, lots more HR right now in the league, but i'd say calling his power a big disappointment is a pretty big overstatement.

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I have to tread lightly. Because of my past comments, people think I want us to just jettison him. Not even close to the case. I recognize that he is our best hitter and I'll reiterate my desire to sign him to a lifetime contract with the Cubs. I only asked when the last time he had a hit that high on the LI was, and only after the responses that ensued, did I actually go to look up the stats myself. That was the first time I looked at a HLS stat since that FG article last year, believe it or not. Simply by memory I knew they had not come often. But he's still my favorite player and it doesn't sour me on him, nor do I slam him after every time he doesn't come through in those situations. I don't expect him to be amazing in those times, but at least hope that he'd be quite a bit better than he's been. I guess I'll leave it at that. The samples are always going to be too small to judge but they are all we have, and they've been a little lighter than I would expect.

 

With KB this year though, I was excited early on because it seemed like he was regaining his oppo stroke, and that disappeared again. There's been a lot of swings where's he's too far out in front and hits weak dribblers or pop ups. He's not really turning on the inside fastball as much as he did last year and pitchers are growing a bit more comfortable to challenge him there. His eye at the plate has been really good, though, and he's a hot week from having the same wRC+ as he did last year. So, he's not far off at all. Another thing is he hit a quarter of his dongs off the Reds last year and had that one month where he hit like 400 or whatever. So maybe this year isn't much different at all.

 

Should I mention again that I don't want to cut him?

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I have to tread lightly. Because of my past comments, people think I want us to just jettison him. Not even close to the case. I recognize that he is our best hitter and I'll reiterate my desire to sign him to a lifetime contract with the Cubs. I only asked when the last time he had a hit that high on the LI was, and only after the responses that ensued, did I actually go to look up the stats myself. That was the first time I looked at a HLS stat since that FG article last year, believe it or not. Simply by memory I knew they had not come often. But he's still my favorite player and it doesn't sour me on him, nor do I slam him after every time he doesn't come through in those situations. I don't expect him to be amazing in those times, but at least hope that he'd be quite a bit better than he's been. I guess I'll leave it at that. The samples are always going to be too small to judge but they are all we have, and they've been a little lighter than I would expect.

 

With KB this year though, I was excited early on because it seemed like he was regaining his oppo stroke, and that disappeared again. There's been a lot of swings where's he's too far out in front and hits weak dribblers or pop ups. He's not really turning on the inside fastball as much as he did last year and pitchers are growing a bit more comfortable to challenge him there. His eye at the plate has been really good, though, and he's a hot week from having the same wRC+ as he did last year.

 

Should I mention again that I don't want to cut him?

 

we know you're crazy but nobody think's you're THAT crazy

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