Scott Boras is at odds with the Chicago Cubs. The main point of contention is Kris Bryant and if he will start the season with the Cubs’ Triple A affiliate in Iowa. It would be easy to write this off as a team bringing along a guy who is very likely to be a big star in this league slowly. However, the fact remains if Bryant starts the season in Iowa, the Cubs organization would gain a full season worth of control of the young star. Whether of not that plays into their decision no one but they can say.
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Christian Post Report – Despite tearing up Spring Training Kris Bryant may start the 2015 in the minor leagues
Boras, Bryant’s agent, is already taking to his microphone to call out the Cubs for this.
“Cubs ownership has a choice. Are they going to present to their market that they are trying to win? Tom Ricketts said they were all about winning. When someone says it’s the system, no, it’s a choice — the choice of winning,” he told Comcast Sportsnet Chicago.
“Everybody in baseball is saying he’s a major-league player ready for the big leagues,” Boras continued to USA Today. “I have players call me. Executives call me. The Cubs’ people want him there. Everyone says, ‘They cannot send this guy down.’ It’s too obvious.”
In 23 at bats in Cactus League play so far, this spring Bryant has six home runs and two doubles that seem to indicate that he is more than ready to play on the big club, but even if the Cubs are keeping him down for a few weeks to get an extra year of service out of him. It is the club responsibility to protect its assets as much as it is Boras’ job to get his star talent to the free agent market as quickly as possible.
Source : Christian Post