ATLANTA -- When it comes to criticism via social media, no one is off-limits. Not even the stars of the game. At least not in baseball. There's too much failure and there are too many games to avoid being the target at some point during the long season. Even if an injury is cause for your struggles -- or your absence from the lineup -- it doesn't matter. Twitter has never been a haven for nuanced reasoning, and it harbors plenty of instant outrage.
Just ask Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant, who had to face that negativity for much of the season last year while nursing a shoulder injury that sapped his bat of power -- when he was healthy enough to play.