Scouting Report: Kris Bryant V2
Kris Bryant has made some adjustments and improvements since I saw him last. So I have to do another scouting report.
Player’s Name: Kris Bryant
Position: 3B
Junior at USD
HT: 6’5
WT: 215lbs
Bats/ Throws: R /R
Body: Bryant has a long frame with rounded shoulders. He has a strong young body with long limbs and could add some weight without losing too much agility. He already has a mature frame but could continue to get stronger in the upcoming years.
Swing: Bryant has a very wide but balanced stance with his hands at shoulder level and bat level over his shoulder. He has a very low stride to the plate, a good weight shift and short backward hand draw. He has a quick bat with plus bat speed. This, along with his short direct path to the ball swing and superior leverage give him plus power. He also shows plus plate coverage and batting eye, which adds to him being an above average to plus batter. His ability to get the head of the bat on the ball and the ball just explodes off of his bat like a cannon. I recently watched him launch a 93 mph fastball that was tailing down and in on him 460 ft. His approach is very good and he makes adjustment from at bat to at bat and pitch to pitch. You put all that together and you have a great pure hitter.
Base running: Bryant is far from being a plus runner but he also doesn’t clog the bases either. He could be said to have average speed but it would be on the lower range of average bordering on below average.
Defense: Bryant has made big strides in the field since the last time I saw him. He is more agile than most people believe and he moves to his right extremely well. I saw him make a very difficult backhanded grab down the line and just fire to first. It is my belief that he can stay at 3B, but he is also athletic enough to handle a corner OF position.
Summary: Bryant is the best pure bat in this year’s draft in my opinion. He is a top 5 pick in the draft and has all the tools to be an elite hitter in MLB. As for his ability to play 3B, I think he can stay there, but at the very least you stick him at 3B until he proves he can’t handle it. Bryant will have a great future in the MLB and I have no doubt in that.
I dont get the lack of speed thing . He has an avg 60 of 7.0 and has hit 6.8 several times. I have seen him 4.0 flat to first with a swing and that is obviously from the right side. He beat out a routine hard one hopper to SS twice – once for a single the other to prevent a double play ( of which he has grounded into only 1 in two plus years at USD and summers at the Cape and on team USA. So I guess you are being charitable when you say he is not a base clogger but IMO he is on the up side of average and flashes above average underway !
There is no way you got him at 4.0 to 1B from the right side that is a 80 speed I dont see that. I can see a 7.0 in the 60 that would put him at 50 or 55 which is average to average low which is what I believe is what I said. Thoses two times just don’t match up.