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The 27-year-old slugger has homered twice in the last three games and his OPS is up to a robust .928. “He said that defensively, the way he works, the entire package of the person was just different than everybody else that he’s worked with in college baseball. He has hit safely in each of his first 12 games at Wrigley Field and is batting .471 with eight doubles and six homers during this stretch. Bryant followed by hitting a 1-1 pitch from Reyes Moronta over the left-field wall, causing Castellanos to celebrate while running the bases ahead of Bryant. The winning rally started when Castellanos hustled to beat the throw from shortstop Brandon Crawford to tie his season-high with four hits. "I think that was one of the best at-bats I've ever seen in person," Bryant said.
Aquino's third-inning single drove in Joey Votto and gave him at least one RBI in each of his last six games. Suarez's two-out homer in the fifth was his 33rd of the season, one shy of the career-high 34 he hit last season. Hamels and Jon Lester have appeared in the Cy Young Award voting eight times in the last 12 seasons. Kyle Hendricks has a career 3.07 ERA that ranks fifth among all active pitchers with at least 100 starts, trailing only Clayton Kershaw (2.36), Jacob deGrom (2.67), Chris Sale (2.89) and Madison Bumgarner (3.03). Yu Darvish is a four-time All-Star and the fastest big-league pitcher to 1,000 strikeouts . José Quintana might have gone from Opening Day starter for the White Sox to the No. 5 guy in the Cubs rotation.
Kris Bryant
In his last 19 games, Bryant is hitting .329 with 10 home runs, 23 RBI, 16 walks and a 1.273 OPS. Just listen to how he shot down a question Friday night about finding extra satisfaction from bouncing back from the injury. If anything, some of the criticism and conjecture that surfaced as he came off a shoulder injury last season that sapped his power might have more to do with what’s happening now than any bat style. WASHINGTON – At one point after writers gathered in the Cubs’ clubhouse around the guy who hit three home runs in three innings and raised his OPS 72 points in one night, an awkward silence persisted for a few seconds. Kris Bryant after hitting a home run in the seventh — the first of three in the final three innings of the Cubs’ 14-6 win over the Nationals. June 26, 2018 Chicago Cubs placed 3B Kris Bryant on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to June 23, 2018.
While Cincinnati struggled after Castillo departed, Chicago's banged-up bullpen allowed just two baserunners in the last four innings. Rowan Wick struck out four in two innings to get the ball to Strop. Bryant, Happ, Jason Heyward and Nicholas Castellanos each had two hits for the Cubs, who improved to 7-9 against the Reds this year after losing 10-1 on Saturday. This wildly successful era of Cubs baseball took off shortly after Hamels threw a no-hitter at Wrigley Field in his final start with the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Bryant first connected off Justin Miller for a two-run shot in the seventh that gave the Cubs a 5-2 lead. After the Nationals scored twice in the bottom of the frame, Bryant extended Chicago's lead to four with a solo blast off Kyle Barraclough in the eighth. Bryant's second homer of the night came one batter after Kyle Schwarber capped off a 13-pitch at-bat with a two-run shot. Bryant's hard-hit rate (38.2 percent per Statcast) going into Tuesday was his best mark since 2016 (38.9 percent), when he won the National League MVP Award. His contact percentage on pitches in the strike zone, which had dropped under 70 percent in early April, has climbed back over 75 percent. His expected slugging percentage (.525) is also higher than his actual slugging (.508), backing the idea that his numbers have not backed the quality of his balls in play.
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Bryant in the 18th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign, and enrolled at the University of San Diego, to play college baseball for the San Diego Toreros baseball team. After hitting a home run in the first regular season game against the Texas Rangers, his batting average through April 25 was .232, with a .730 on-base plus slugging percentage. Bryant's performance substantially improved heading into mid May.
Postseason Batting
He had the lowest contact percentage on his swings in the major leagues (66.3%).According to sales on Major League Baseball's official website, Bryant had the best-selling jersey in all of baseball during the 2015 regular season. He had a .425 with a .477 on-base percentage and a 1.175 slugging percentage. Despite his performance, the Cubs elected to send Bryant back down to Iowa. The MLBPA issued a statement saying, "Today is a bad day for baseball". In seven games with the Iowa, Bryant hit three home runs and batted .321. In 2017, Bryant finished second in fan voting to Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies as the starting NL third baseman in the 2017 All-Star Game.
"It was a good game, a great series. A lot of good things happened. We have to come out tomorrow and play. That is the only way to bounce back. If you spend time thinking about missed opportunities, it is a losing attitude." "If you look at the game, they were rolling. Castillo was rolling. It felt like we might not win this game. That big inning was huge. The Reds have played us tough all year." Judge – who smashed 52 home runs for the New York Yankees during his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2017 – will earn $684,300 as a pre-arbitration player this season. Judge won the 2017 Home Run Derby, but told New York writers that he won’t reenter the competition until he can do it at Yankee Stadium. This year, the total player prize money will be increased to $2.5 million.
MiLB Career Stats
Bryant concluded the 2016 season by winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award in his second year in the major leagues. He became the first player to win a Golden Spikes Award, a Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award, a Rookie of the Year Award, and a Most Valuable Player Award in successive seasons. In addition, he became the sixth player in MLB history to win Rookie of the Year and MVP within his first two seasons, joining Fred Lynn , Cal Ripken Jr. (1982–83), Ichiro Suzuki , Ryan Howard (2005–06), and Dustin Pedroia (2007–08). Bryant also won the Hank Aaron Award as the National League's most outstanding hitter. Bryant started 2014 with the Tennessee Smokies of the Class AA Southern League.
Bryant hit his first major league home run on May 9, off Milwaukee Brewers' Kyle Lohse. His second home run came two days later at Wrigley Field against the New York Mets off Jacob deGrom. Bryant finished the month of May with a .265 batting average, seven home runs, 22 RBIs, and 16 walks, and was named the NL Rookie of the Month for May. The Home Run Derby always prompts hand-wringing about players messing with their swings and risking injury.
July 26, 2018 Chicago Cubs placed 3B Kris Bryant on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to July 24, 2018. As part of the franchise's celebration of the 150th anniversary of baseball's first all-professional team, the Reds wore replicas of their 1969 home uniforms. It was the 11th in a series of 15 throwback outfits the team is wearing this season. Lester reached 100 career strikeouts against the Reds, making them the ninth team to strike out at least 100 times against him.
Anthony Rizzo went 1-for-5 and was hit by a pitch, as he returned to the lineup after a four-game absence due to back tightness. Bryant went 4-for-6 on the night with three runs scored and five RBIs. Bryant made mechanical adjustments, studied how pitchers had been attacking him and worked on ignoring the statistics on display on the big board. Cincinnati had won five of six to stay on the fringe of the NL wild-card race and was hoping to close the gap in the division by taking the series.
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