The Chicago Cubs superstar third baseman has had his ups and downs in his 2018 campaign. When you first look at the numbers, Bryant supports a healthy .276/.380/.474 slash line and 129 wRC+, per Fangraphs. For a lot of players, that’s really good.
Then you look at the 11 home runs and you wonder. What? Really? Bryant’s power outage has been one of many topics of the Cubs offensive woes this season. Despite his low home run count, the Cubs still lead the National League in runs, hits, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, OPS, total bases and even hit-by-pitches.