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Bryant: Reaching 100 RBIs ‘tremendous’ relief
- Updated: September 27, 2016
PITTSBURGH — The Cubs’ Kris Bryant was relieved on Tuesday. After finishing last season with 99 RBIs, he got his 100th — as well as No. 101 — when he hit a two-run homer on Monday night against the Pirates.
“It’s a tremendous sense of relief knowing I can go out there and play now,” Bryant said, admitting he was pressing to get to the century mark.
He reached the stat by hitting his 39th home run. Doesn’t he want 40?
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“That would be cool,” Bryant said, “but RBI is my favorite stat, and that’s what I pressed about. Forty homers would be cool.”
Bryant will give teammate Chris Coghlan his meal money for the seven-game trip since he scored the 100th run. He had made a deal before the game with Coghlan, who was leading off on Monday.
“I’ve got all the money in my wallet,” Bryant said. “He’s taking it. I even told him, ‘You’re taking my …
