Was it a “wrong meeting” after all? There is a greater chance of failure this year as well.

The Colorado Rockies placed Chris Bryant on the IL on Wednesday (Korea time). It was because of a back problem. Bryant was caught after Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s ball hit the fence while playing right field in a game against Toronto on Saturday. He did not play since then.

Bryant was hurt after 13 games this season. He hit .149/.273/.255 with one home run and six RBIs in 13 games. Of course, that’s not a satisfactory figure. As of now, we don’t know when Bryant will return to the big leagues.

Bryant signed a seven-year, $182 million free agent deal with Colorado ahead of the 2022 season. This year is his third year on the deal. But he was never satisfied.

In the first year of his contract, he recorded a batting average of 0.306 and an OPS of 0.851, but he missed 42 games due to injury. Last year, he played in 80 games but hit .233/.313/.367 with 10 homers and 31 RBIs. And he was injured after showing sluggish performance in 13 games this season.

Despite the disappointment, Colorado invested for a reason. Born in 1992, right-hander Bryant was a star representing the league. Bryant, who spent his school years in Las Vegas with Bryce Harper, was drafted by the Chicago Cubs with the second overall pick in the first round of the 2013 rookie draft. At the time, Mark Appel, a promising contender, was the only player who was drafted earlier than Bryant.

Bryant, a former college rookie, quickly graduated from the minor leagues in two years and made his big league debut in 2015. He hit .275/.369/.488 with 26 home runs, 99 RBIs and 13 steals in 151 games in his debut season, winning a unanimous National League Rookie of the Year award. And in 2016, his second year in the league, he hit .292/.385/.554 with 39 home runs, 102 RBIs and eight steals in 155 games, helping the Cubs break the goat curse and reach the top of the World Series in 108 years.

Bryant led the Cubs to the top and won the NL MVP that year. He won the season MVP after winning the Rookie of the Year award. Prior to Bryant, there were three players who won the Rookie of the Year award and the league MVP the following year (Cal Ripken Jr., Dustin Pedroia, and Ryan Howard), but Bryant was the first player to win the Rookie of the Year award and the MVP in his second year. That’s how Bryant started his career off to become the “icon” of the MLB.

His last MVP award was in his second year season, and although there were some ups and downs, Bryant was a valuable player. In his first five seasons on debut, he recorded .284/.385/.516 with 138 home runs, 403 RBIs and 34 steals in 706 games. Although he performed poorly in the shortened 2020 season, he recorded .265/.353/.481 in 144 games for the Cubs and San Francisco Giants in the 2021 season. He recorded homers, 73 RBIs, and 10 steals. His performance in his first seven seasons was .278/.376/.504 in 884 games, with 167 home runs and 487 RBIs. Bryant’s war in his first seven seasons was 31.0, tied for ninth among major league fielders in that span.

Colorado has invested heavily in Bryant, who became a free agent after the end of the 2021 season. Although his performance in the 2021 season was slightly lower than before the shortened season, Bryant was still an aggressive player. And most of all, if Bryant, the batter who knows how to throw the ball, meets Coors Field, he expected the synergy to be great.

However, expectations were dashed from the first season. Bryant played just 42 games in his first year with back and foot injuries, and played only half of the 2023 season with heel and finger injuries. He was hurt again this year, and has suffered injuries for three consecutive years since joining Colorado. Bryant’s 135-game record while wearing a Colorado uniform is .249/.329/.391, 16 home runs and 51 RBIs.

I climbed the Rockies, but my grades got worse, and now I’m losing my health. And now I’m 32 years old, and I’ll be in my mid-30s soon. Expectations are bound to go down. I’m not halfway through my contract yet, but it’s safe to say it’s already a “malice contract.”

It was not uncommon for Colorado stars who played at Coors Field, such as Troy Tulowitzki and Trevor Story (now BOS), to perform poorly after moving, but Bryant actually lost his skills and his batting performance dropped sharply after entering Coors Field.

Colorado sent its star Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals ahead of the 2021 season. And a year after Arenado’s departure, Bryant was hailed as the new star to quell fan complaints. But Bryant has never lived up to expectations. Arenado is still performing well after leaving the team, making Bryant even more miserable.

Before Shohei Ohtani joined the Major League, Bryant was the biggest star representing the Major League. After Derek Jeter retired, Bryant joined the Major League where he needed a superstar, the “icon” of the league. With outstanding skills, good looks, and close relationships with Harper, Bryant emerged as a symbol of the league by banking on his “star quality,” which was overwhelming but lacking in Mike Trout (LAA), who was an “exemplary student.” However, his heyday were short-lived and now he is a player who cannot easily see his face in the stadium.

There are still five years left on the contract between Colorado and Bryant, including this season. Attention is focusing on whether Bryant, who lost his health and skills, will be able to announce his presence again.

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