There has been a lot of talk recently about Bryant. That he's soft, he keeps getting injured, etc..


But let's flashback on how this all started. And how the Cubs manager/staff is to blame for Bryants ills.

It was in 2017 when the Cubs started the 2nd half of the season after the All star break. They were in Baltimore playing a 4 game series when Bryant slid into third and hurt his pinky finger.

So you say what a pussy, he hurt his pinky finger.

But to a hitter this is a big deal.

WHAT THE CUBS SHOULD HAVE DONE is put him on the 10 day DL (as it was called at that time pc crowd).

Maddon and Theo and staff did not do that! I dont know if it was a decision from them both or one of them. But that was a huge mistake. Because the next 2 mo, Bryant had to change his swing to account for the sprained finger.

This totally fucked him up by changing his swing. He wasn't getting any power under the ball and he was hitting more line drives than before.

that's how it started.

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i feel like the cubs version of beardown after typing this.

I promise you he has an MVP level year next year.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yeah, for the Angels

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Bryant’s best years are behind him. It sucks.

Regardless of the why, who, or how...he’ll be lucky to make 3 all star teams. His days of top 5 MVP voting are not walking thru that door.

Again, it sucks—for the Cubs and for him.

his numbers last year were excellent and he has already made three all star teams

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Not counting this asterisk year. Average games played a year as Cubs. Bryant 141, Heyward 136. And Bryant got held back his first year. Heyward never gets called soft like Bryant. He gets called a thief, and a bum, but not soft.

Bum slayer.. He's killing the bottom feeders and disappears against Milwaukee and St. Louis.

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Ok Mac

Do you have a point?

I have thought it for a long time..I heard Mcneil say it on my way home frim work.. He quoted some numbers that confirmed my feelings.

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I think Heyward was a healthy scratch in many games( sucks)

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Injury list days as a Cub;
Bryant 30
Heyward 47