Kris Bryant will enter his 3rd season with some lofty expectations; expectations that have been built on two very successful first years of Major League Baseball. Bryant broke into the league in 2015 (after the Cubs delayed his arrival to gain another year of control) and put up a slash line of .275/.369/.488 with 26 HRs, 99 RBI and 87 runs scored. He posted 6.6 WAR (Fangraphs) and unanimously won the Rookie of the Year award.
Bryant followed that season up with his 2016 campaign, that saw him improve pretty much across the board in all statistics; he slashed .