Even when he was putting up that stretch of 3 objectively great seasons, I rarely had that ‘oh yes, Kris Bryant is up’ feeling when he came up in a clutch spot.
There were times where he felt like the robotic/modern-day version of what a great player is supposed to be, but didn’t quite hit the meatball fan side of my brain in the same way.
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Sounds like has a lot of regrets about how his career played out. Particularly this part about signing the big deal with the Rockies.
But Bryant insists that the genesis of this unlikely marriage is more closely tied to a set of rushed circumstances — and perhaps his misjudging the state of the Rockies’ farm system, and how ready they were to compete.
Bryant began discussions with the Rockies before the lockout started late in December 2021. When it ended three months later, everyone was reporting to camp. But not him. And because of that, he felt the need to make a decision.
“It’s like, ‘Oh shoot, I need to get there,’” Bryant said. “There were other teams interested, but I didn’t want to wait around. … It was a completely different situation for a lot of free agents at the time. I guess I didn’t do as much research into the prospects as I could.”
It’s a decision that he now has to live with for the next five years.