Kris Bryant Admits Signing With The Rockies Quickly Was a Mistake

one of the more overlooked and just forgotten things over the last couple of years has been Chris Bryant being on the Colorado Rockies if you told someone Chris Bryant was going to be a rocky a few years ago when he was a cub it would have seemed like a big deal I mean we're talking Chris Bryant the Cubs Prodigy the man who helped lead the franchise to their first World Series Championship since the dinosaurs roamed Earth winning the MVP award in the process being a top third baseman in the game who could also play Outfield I mean the concept of him signing a big contract with another franchise seemed wild but when it didn't end up happening it really wasn't a big deal at least it wasn't made out to be and this is for a couple of reasons now it's not like it got no attention Chris Bryant was still a notable signing for the Rockies a team that's not known to get bigger Nam guys like that but coming off of a bad 2020 season and a quietly good 2021 season which saw Bryant get traded to the Giants so he'd already no longer been a cub by this point Bryant's signing just didn't hit the same really as we probably would have originally thought it would looking back even though he didn't necessarily kill it with the Giants after getting traded there he still was pretty good and like I said had a quietly Good Year all around so if anything you could argue Brian's 7year $182 million contract with the Rockies was a steal now you're not saying that now but at the time 182 over 7 years a $26 million a year salary I mean that's not bad not as crazy as some of these other contracts still a lot of money obviously money that feels like a lot more now but not crazy Brian signing with the Rockies who have largely in historically been a more irrelevant team is part of why this wasn't made out to be the craziest thing ever but if Bryant went out and started tracking a bunch of homers and put up a lot of production on a Rockies team that was good people would look at this contract a little bit more us fans would care about the contract more unfortunately Chris Bryant has not been cracking many homers and putting up any production over his first two seasons in Colorado and the Rockies have not only just been not a good team but a really bad team Bryan's also been hurt the majority of the time only playing 42 games in his first season as a Rocky and 80 in 2023 I mean even if he played most games and put up really good numbers people would still not think much of Brian because he's been on terrible Rockies teams so now out of the fact that he's barely played and hasn't done much people probably forgot Bryant still existed and with spring training now here which of course means baseball's back meaning things will be getting more exciting so if you haven't already make sure to subscribe and hit the Bell to stay notified of everything that goes on thank you but as things currently stand in spring training the Rockies at least don't seem like they're on the rise at all we say that and they end up going on to beat the Dodgers and the nlds this year but from what at least it looks like even if Bryant stays healthy and does well the team doesn't look like it will do well and Bryant himself is now acknowledging and admitting he probably should be on another team if he thought things through a bit more in a recent interview with the athletic Chris Bryant said a lot of things most notably the regret he just can't deny literally saying looking back on it I honestly wish things went a little differently more specifically Bryant went more into what led him to signing with the Rockies for some context the deal happened right after the lockout that took place before the 2022 season with Bryant saying that discussions with the Rockies started before the lockout started late in in December of 2021 3 months go by where no contact was allowed by anybody baseball was suddenly back and Bryant had no team and felt pressur to make a decision quote it's like oh shoot I need to get there 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 end quote with Brian going on to add that playing for the Rockies is easier in a sense where there isn't as much pressure compared to a team like the Dodgers where they invest a lot more into the players and are expected to be great whereas the Rockies are a team nobody talks about that's Bryant's own words it kind of is sad at the end of the day I mean you always have to remember we're also talking about millionaires here so you can only feel so bad for them like how bad is their life really but at the same time and look I don't know what other teams were talking to him and the details of what another contract elsewhere could have looked like but it seems that Bryant feels he could have put himself in a better more ideal situation than the one he's in now being on a rocky team that people don't have any expectations for they're just there they soccer be decent or at least that's the expectation but either way there isn't expected to be too much excitement so instead of being on a contender like he'd of course prefer he's in this situation and I find the prospect's comment interesting he's of course throwing shade at the organization not in a disrespectful way at least I don't know if it should be taken that way but he's kind of just saying this team isn't great which is true and the farm system doesn't seem to be getting much better which is also true if anything it's just dropping in the rankings every year there's not enough to be excited about with this franchise one that Bryant will have to continue calling home for five more years at least in theory because from what he feels a rush decision he made to pick them let me know what you think thank you for watching and I'll see you soon