Within the post-lockout days of 2021-22, free brokers nonetheless obtainable began flying off the board.
In one of the vital surprising offers we’ve got seen in current reminiscence, the Colorado Rockies signed former NL Rookie of the Yr and MVP (and World Collection winner) Kris Bryant to a seven-year, $182 million deal.
It was surprising to see a workforce in shambles just like the Rockies considering one participant might presumably repair their mess, and in addition surprising to see Bryant agreeing to spend the subsequent seven years of his profession taking part in for a non-contender.
Now, nevertheless, the participant seems to be having some second ideas.
That’s at the least what he implied in a current chat with The Athletic, as mentioned by the parents at Chris Rose Sports activities.
“Kris Bryant admitted he ought to have executed extra analysis on the prospects earlier than signing with Colorado,” they tweeted, with a video of an fascinating dialogue.
Kris Bryant admitted he ought to have executed extra analysis on the prospects earlier than signing with Colorado pic.twitter.com/prDi1VN4XV
Rose questions whether or not Bryant, who had a .680 OPS with the Rox final 12 months and has performed a grand whole of 122 video games in his two years with the workforce, has a lot left within the tank.
However that’s not the middle of the dialogue: it’s how Bryant threw the group and its prospects below the bus.
“It’s like ‘Oh shoot, I must get there,’” the participant mentioned, per The Athletic. “There have been different groups , however I didn’t wish to wait round. … It was a very totally different state of affairs for lots of free brokers on the time. I suppose I didn’t do as a lot analysis into the prospects as I might.”
That final line, that he didn’t do a lot analysis into the prospects as he might, is a transparent jab on the younger gamers and the workforce’s participant improvement expertise.
He could be proper (he in all probability is), but it surely’s stunning to see a participant speaking so candidly about his teammates.