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Kris Bryant Gave a Depressing Update on His Chronic Back Injury

As he has been for most of his tenure with the Rockies, Kris Bryant will be on the shelf for a while. On Tuesday, he met with the media at the team complex in Scottsdale, Ariz., and made some pretty depressing revelations.

Bryant has a chronic back injury that has been diagnosed as lumbar degenerative disc disease. He played in just 11 games in 2025 and has been on the field for just 48 of a possible 324 over the past two seasons. Given how bad the Rockies have been, he should probably be thankful.

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