Is Kris Bryant a really underrated baseball player? Anthony Rizzo thinks so.
Before Monday’s game at Wrigley Field against the Dodgers was postponed due to the forecast of inclement weather, Rizzo was asked about Bryant’s hot start to the 2021 season. Named the National League player of the week earlier Monday, Bryant has looked like the player that became a household name when he burst into baseball by winning rookie of the year in 2015 and an MVP in 2016.
Since those first two years, Bryant has accumulated 5.7 wins above replacement (via Baseball Reference) in 2017 and 4.