When Theo Epstein addressed reporters last Monday, he admitted that when it came to any sort of assurance given to Kris Bryant about being a Chicago Cub through the entirety of his contract, that, “no, nothing like that’s come up.”
That being said, Bryant isn’t entirely in the dark. He knows that after an independent arbitrator ruled against him re: the grievance he filed against the Cubs’ back in 2015, he now won’t hit free agency until 2021. The other stuff – be it long-term extension conversations or trade rumors – is far murkier.
“I’m totally kept out of the loop on all that stuff,” Bryant said on Saturday morning.