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Old 12-07-2015, 07:40 PM   #4755
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Kris Bryant has filed a formal grievance against the Cubs claiming that they intentionally waited until April 17th to call him to the big leagues. He accrued 171 days of service, a full big league season from a service standpoint is 172 days. Ergo, the Cubs bought an entire extra year of cost-controlled service by waiting to call him up.

I mean...it's pretty blatant it was done intentionally. And I don't blame the Cubs one bit. It's the smart move to make and not having Bryant for those 2 weeks really didn't make a big difference.

I can't see how this grievance goes anywhere. If you award Bryant extra service time, you create a slippery slope. If the MLBPA wants to take issue with this, they need to work out something for the next CBA.
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