I actually almost see it the opposite...like he's so insecure and wants to look as good/better than others have in the past (I bet you anything he was thinking about Stanton's feature and not Prince Fielder's!)
Oh yea I totally think he wanted to look better than anyone ever has and was willing to go to those extreme measures so he would but to me it just goes along with Bryce wanting to be the best, he seems more arrogant than insecure to me but who knows, I generally suck at reading people lol