Kris Bryant Crashes a Fantasy Draft as a Pizza Delivery Guy in Latest Prank for Red Bull

The Cubs star comes through in the clutch again

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Kris Bryant’s such a screwball!

In his latest pitch for Red Bull, the Chicago Cubs star and 2016 National League MVP pranks a fantasy baseball draft by showing up disguised as a pizza delivery guy.

With his goofy hairpiece, mustache/beard combo and wire-frame specs, Bryant looks like a ’90s porn star (portraying a pizza delivery guy) crossed with some dude who mows lawns for a living.

Will any of the fantasy players—compiling rosters of Major Leaguers and competing against each other based on those players’ stats—recognize the All-Star in their midst? Or draft him for their team?

Does hilarity ensue? Well, Red Bull, does it?

You can find out by watching the six-minute clip below, as Bryant—aka, the proprietor of “Kristio’s Pizza & Wings”—steps into the box for a brotastic afternoon of brand-centric pranking:

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