I'm sure the league has to be sick of hearing the name Mike Bryant by now. The superstar now in his 6th full season and 7th total season continues to put up eye popping stats year in and year out. Earlier this season he was selected to his 6th straight All-Star game and after a "slow" month of April Byrant has hit at least 6 HR and 20 RBI in every month, hit above .330 with an OBP of over 400 in every month except for May and is currently having his most productive month with a week still left over.
On August 12th, 2019, the first game of a 10 day roadtrip, Bryant didn't take much time hitting a towering fly down the RF line into the 2nd deck of Red Box Field in Madison off of 24 year old reliever turned starter Robinson Gonzales for his 250th career bomb. Bryant became only the 14th batter to reach this milestone behind classic sluggers such as Crowe, Sagar, Yoko, Delaney, Rivas, Fujita, Alston, Torres, Chouda, Newell and most recently Copriviza. Not a bad group of players to be associated with.
At the current pace he is on with ~5 or so weeks to go in the season, Bryant would reach 37+ HR for the 6th straight year, 208+ hits for the 6th straight year as well as 119+ RBI also for the 6th straight year. While he seems to have lost a tiny step on defense and on the basepaths there is really no denying his bat is still going strong. Bryant will turn 32 a few weeks before the 2020 season and all of Jersey Shore is hoping he ages gracefully continuing to be the heart and soul of the powerful offense. With his current pace, Bryant should hit the magical 1500 hit mark at some point next season and if he continues on his career HR pace, the 300 HR mark could be hit near the end of next season.
With the emergence of Dave Dodd as a bonafide superstar, he and Bryant make for the one of the most dangerous duos in the current BSA. They lead all duos with a combined 66 HR, 207 RBI, 193 runs scored and 594 total bases. Throw in catcher Warren Goyer and the trio makes up for 3 of the top 4 HR hitters in the CL this season. Will this be enough to push Jersey into the post season? We can only hope so. With 5 weeks left in the regular season, Greenville is making a charge and sits 5 games behind Jersey. The D-Bags only hold a slight lead on the current Wild Card team, the Pocatello Bocabellas as well. It should be a fun 5 weeks in the CL!
GO D-BAGS
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