Over the last couple years, Kris Bryant’s doubters have grown louder. Three years ago, it would’ve been hard to believe he had any doubters at all.



Maybe it started because some critics felt his 2017 season — when he tied for second in the National League in WAR according to FanGraphs — wasn’t an improvement on his 2016 MVP year.



Maybe it had to do with his vocal complaints about labor issues in baseball, which tend to rub a certain kind of fan the wrong way.



But really, the criticism of Kris Bryant stemmed from last season, when he played just 102 games due to a left shoulder injury. He still managed to deliver a 125 wRC+, but the absence of power when he returned from injury made him look…ordinary.



A slow start in 2019 had people wondering if that injury lingered or if maybe he wasn’t the perfect hitter, much like the Cubs weren’t the perfect team they looked like in 2016.



Bryant has since...