Kris Bryant may have been the most accessible superstar in baseball.
His first few years in the big leagues, he was, from a media perspective, money in the bank. At his locker in the Cubs clubhouse every day, earnest and unhurried in interviews, amiable and considerate always.
In truth: Not as much anymore. Bryant got into the habit of making himself scarce before games — not nearly all of them, but enough that it was noticeable — in 2018, as he dealt with the pain and frustration of a shoulder ailment. He has been less available to reporters through the first half of the 2019 season.