Is it a "bad day for baseball"?

All this talk from the MLB Players Association  about how it's a "bad day for baseball" because the Chicago Cubs made a business decision to send down the super prospect Kris Bryant is just absurd and for many different reasons. First being that the MLBPA has no right to dictate how any Major League Team makes decisions. Sure Bryant has lead the spring in HR's and is hitting over .400 but lets look at that again, spring training. This is a time when some he saw some pitchers that won't be in the big leagues this year, some pitchers that were working on a specific part of their game and not overly concerned with the outcome of the game. So basically what I am saying is that spring training stats don't always equal regular season success, so there is no guarantee that he continues on his pace of a HR every 4.4 AB.

Next is something that I am surprised that nobody has brought up yet and that has to do with another Cub who was sent down on Monday, Addison Russell. There is no doubt that we will be seeing Russell manning shortstop for the Cubs sometime in the near future and showed he can play there defensively already. So what does that mean for Starlin Castro? The once golden child of the Cubs who is still only 25 and is signed through 2019 with a club option for 2020. Could it mean a position move for him? If so, could he slide over to 3rd base and move Bryant to LF? If the Cubs see that as a possible move in the future wouldn't you want to get Bryant some time in the minors in the OF?

So in the end, even though most people are unhappy about not seeing Bryant on opening day, it comes down to Theo Epstein and his group of supporters and how they see the best interests of the Cubs for today as well as in the future.