Quote:  Even if Kris Bryant doesn't end up having a career in which he was a top 5 player from an extended amount of time,  I still believe that the Cubs organization privately believes Bryant will achieve top 5 heights.   And that Bryant welcomes having the expectations.  

 

  Here's an illustration of my long term confidence in Bryant from a Fantasy Baseball perspective.   Like I mentioned earlier in this thread,  the league I'm in has a 3 keeper player format for the first time this year.   With that in mind,  I rated Bryant 5th in all of MLB,  believing that he's going to be a differential player for a long time. 

 

Again, I think you are using the terms "ceiling" and "expectations" interchangeably, and I don't think that is the right way to evaluate players.

 

My top 5 in a keeper player format:

Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Andrew McCutchen, Giancarlo Stanton, Clayton Kershaw.

 

Then you have other young talents like Yasiel Puig, Anthony Rizzo, Jose Altuve, Anthony Rendon, Bryce Harper, Jose Fernandez.

Then you have other elite prospects like like Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa.

 

Bryant has potential to be a top 5 player, but expecting him to be better than guys like Paul Goldschmidt and Clayton Kershaw is setting his expectations too high, in my opinion. I feel like you are over-valuing rookies the way you over-valued George Springer coming into this season.

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