Colorado Rockies: 12 notable quotes from the Kris Bryant presser

Colorado Rockies, Kris Bryant — SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 31: Kris Bryant #23 of the San Francisco Giants looks on from the dugout prior to the start of the game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Oracle Park on August 31, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

9) “In my job, it is a rare, rare time that you can say that a player gets to go where he wants to go and that all things work out where he chooses the city, the place, the environment where he plays, his examination of the organization. I think (it’s) really enlightening in this deal that all of this happened because he chose to be a Rockie and for a lot of reasons.” – Scott Boras

Scott Boras reaffirmed the fact that Kris Bryant really wanted to be with the Colorado Rockies. It was the perfect storm of Kris Bryant wanting to be with the Rockies or live in Denver for the better part of a decade and the Rockies needed a big bat that can play the outfield.

Time will only tell on whether or not the deal will work or if Kris Bryant will be as thankful to be a member of the Colorado Rockies in the coming years or by the end of the deal but, at least as of now, the Rockies are the team that he wanted to be with. Perhaps, he could have played with some other teams but we may never definitively know because …

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