Scouting Update: Kris Bryant, INF, San Diego (2013 Draft)
By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
November 20, 2010
Kris Bryant: long and loose right-handed body, I had a fresh look recently.
Bryant’s tool is right-handed power, but he’s going to have to adjust to the new world order where nobody is going to throw this guy a fastball for the next three years of his life. And probably, realistically speaking, it’ll be more than three years. He’s got the same bat speed I always liked at the 2009 Area Codes and in the Summer 2010. Bryant actually has a pretty good idea of the strike zone, though sometimes I wonder if that might get confused with a lack of aggressiveness.
He didn’t do much offensively in this look, but to be fair, nobody did anything. Playing first base for USD, his arm speed, arm action, hands, and footwork make me think that third base won’t be out of the question when he finds himself at the right place at the right time. He’s also a better runner than he looks, and I have had 4.2s from the right side before. All in all, hey, you take the good days with the bad and move on.
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