Kris Bryant already on 60-day IL for Rockies as brutal contract somehow gets worse

Shock, shock: Kris Bryant is headed to harm reserve. 

The Rockies slugger was positioned on the 60-day IL on Tuesday with a lingering decrease again difficulty within the newest setback for the previous Nationwide League MVP. 

Bryant, 34, has struggled mightily to remain on the sector since coming to Colorado 5 years in the past. 

Since signing an enormous seven-year, $182 million free agent contract with the Rockies after the 2021 season, Bryant has performed in simply 170 out of a potential 648 video games over 4 seasons with varied accidents. 

Final season, Bryant appeared in simply 11 video games earlier than being sidelined with lumbar degenerative disc illness, which is a decrease again difficulty related to put on and tear of the backbone.

The most recent stint is the tenth time he’s been positioned on the IL since coming to the Mile Excessive Metropolis.

Bryant hasn’t seemed the a part of the star worthy contract he signed when on the sector both, hitting .244 with 17 house runs, 61 RBIs and an OPS of .695 when within the lineup. 

The event is the newest setback in what had at one level seemed like a possible Corridor of Fame profession. 

Debuting for the Cubs in 2015, Bryant received the NL Rookie of the Yr award that season whereas making the All-Star group and garnering some down-ballot MVP votes. 

A season later, Bryant received the MVP award at simply 24 years outdated for the historic 2016 World Sequence champion Cubs group. 

Bryant would present some indicators of wear and tear over the subsequent few seasons, though he nonetheless made two extra All-Star groups for Chicago earlier than being dealt to the Giants earlier than the 2021 MLB commerce deadline. 

Now, it seems his profession is on life assist.