{"id":567505,"date":"2026-02-12T04:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/567505\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:23:20","slug":"are-the-rockies-working-on-an-exit-strategy-for-kris-bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/567505\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Rockies working on an exit strategy for Kris Bryant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Here\u2019s a gift link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/11\/kris-bryant-colorado-rockies-josh-byrnes-player-development-renck\/?share=mlejow2w0dcbeewwstsa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Troy Renck\u2019s article today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Troy Renck\u2019s article today<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplerow.com\/colorado-rockies-roster\/75745\/the-sun-may-finally-be-setting-on-kris-bryant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kris Bryant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kris Bryant<\/a> and a number of relevant topics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In it, he describes a recent conversation with Colorado Rockies general manager Josh Byrnes in which he discusses Bryant\u2019s health status. As Renck puts it, \u201cOfficially he is not gone. But the Rockies are finally, mercifully moving on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I realize we began dissecting this in The Feed, but there are other nuggets worth pointing out, again, quoting Renck:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThey don\u2019t see the Dodgers as the Death Star. They see them as the North Star. What rebuilding looks like for the Rockies, even if they are starting out with Legos, is following the Dodgers blueprint, not their checkbook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLong before the Dodgers began issuing $100 million contracts, they had their minor league pitchers using data and technology and players playing multiple positions to increase their versatility. The Rockies are applying these principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI think a deep arsenal is that much more important for us. It is hard on hitters because they have to account for it,\u201d Byrnes said. \u201cThat should translate at altitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There\u2019s more, and you should read the whole column. (I have to wonder if Renck didn\u2019t read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplerow.com\/rockies-news\/79923\/the-colorado-rockies-and-optionality\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:my Tuesday Rockpile;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">my Tuesday Rockpile<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So I open the floor to the Purple Row Night Owls: What do you make of Byrnes\u2019 comments here not just on Bryant, but also on their approach to pitching and hitting at Coors Field?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Oh, and one other note: Speaking of versatility, check out this Zach Agnos video the Rockies dropped on Instagram today. He\u2019s brought his fielding glove to spring training . . . .<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Please keep in mind our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplerow.com\/pages\/purple-row-rules-and-regulations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Purple Row Community Guidelines;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Purple Row Community Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0when you\u2019re commenting. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a gift link to Troy Renck\u2019s article today about Kris Bryant and a number of relevant topics.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,4316,1009,1040,39,70733,2083,402,4,168,67,1605,8053,5824,10338],"class_list":{"0":"post-567505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-coloradorockies","12":"tag-coors-field","13":"tag-denver","14":"tag-dodgers","15":"tag-isaiah-j-downing-imagn","16":"tag-josh-byrnes","17":"tag-kris-bryant","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-rockies","20":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","21":"tag-the-rockies","22":"tag-troy-renck","23":"tag-usa","24":"tag-zach-agnos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116055757218524472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}