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CSN Chicago · Apr 16, 2015

Cubs: Joe Maddon will manage the great expectations for Kris Bryant

There are times where it feels like Kris Bryant would be a great stand-in for an updated version of the old “Superfans” sketches on “Saturday Night Live.”

Instead of obsessing over Mike Ditka and “Da Bears,” we’d get the boys riffing about Bryant hitting 100 homers this year once the Cubs take care of “Da Service Time.”

There’s a don’t-rule-it-out feeling around the team about Bryant making his big-league debut on Friday afternoon against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field.

But everyone’s guilty of building up Bryant to the point where you wonder if Baseball America’s No. 1 prospect will ever be able to live up to these unbelievable expectations.

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