The Next Dave Kingman

When I compare a player to Dave Kingman, that isn't necessarily a good thing. Kingman was a horrible all-around player who, from what I've been told, was a terrible human to boot. I never met the man so I can't say, but most people don't think highly of him. Maybe the fact that he sent a dead rat in a gift box to a female reporter one time helps aid his rep as a bad guy.
Anyway, I don't think Mark Reynolds falls into the "bad guy" category but he certainly can be compared to Kingman baseball-wise.
All Kingman did basically is hit home runs and strike out. All Reynolds seems to do is hit home runs and strike out.
Here are Kingman's numbers in his first 4-full seasons in the majors.
1972: 29 HR's, 140 K's, .225 batting average.
1973: 24/122/.203
1974: 18/125/.223
1975: 36/153/.231
Here are Reynolds stats for his first three full seasons and so far this year.
2007: 17/129/.279
2008: 28/204/.239
2009: 44/223/.260
2010: 23/139/.214
Even Kingman thinks Reynolds strikes out too much.
These horrifyingly high strikeout totals tells me Reynolds has just one plan when he goes to the plate. Hit the ball as far as he can. When you start doing that you get away from the fundamentals, your swing gets jacked up and the only time you make contact is when the ball happens to hit your bat.
Kingman ended up with 442 homers, 1,816 strikeouts and a .236 lifetime average.
I predict Reynolds will surpass Kingman in all three categories when it is said and done.