Earlier in the season, Ryan was swinging at crap and his production was crap. Now, he's laying off stuff out of the strike zone and punishing mistakes. I love walks as much as the next guy, but when you're seeing the ball well, you may as well hit it if you have the natural power that Braun does. I think he'll be able to take walks eventually as he gets some help, but when you're one of only a couple guys in the lineup performing, you have to capitalize. That isn't an excuse for his relatively poor OBP, but when someone else starts approaching a 900 OPS it'll be a better case for an argument. I think he'll be just fine at the plate.