Kris Bryant Should Be Batting Leadoff

The Cubs offense approaches the quarter mark of the season ranking at or near the top of most relevant leaderboards. Even during that rough opening week, the offense was doing its part, scoring 10 runs in two separate losing efforts.

My sole complaint, although that might be too strong a word, is this: Why is Kris Bryant not leading off?

I have been coming around to the KB leadoff concept for nearly a full year now, since Bryant’s shoulder injury sapped his power while still leaving him an OBP machine. Bryant has the team’s second highest OBP (behind Willson Contreras’s unsustainable .423). He is among the league leaders in pitches per-at bat and is an exceptionally good baserunner.

And even…