Not only did the Chicago Cubs' postseason hopes effectively end this weekend after being swept in four games by the St. Louis Cardinals, but now they are also without third baseman Kris Bryant.

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, Bryant was attempting to beat out a double-play ball when his foot slipped as he crossed first base. The 2016 NL MVP fell and stayed down and was diagnosed with a sprained right ankle, although the results of an MRI should provide a clearer picture of the injury.

He is not the first star to suffer an injury after slipping on a wet base. Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper, then with the Washington Nationals, slipped on a wet first base bag in Washington in 2017.

Both players are clients of powerhouse agent Scott Boras, who called out MLB for ignoring player safety then and is echoing the call now.

“What have they done since Harper? The answer is, nothing,” Boras told the Chicago Sun-Times. “They’re focused on other factors, economic factors, all things relating to how they can administer the game, and yet the safety of players and resolution of this issue has gone without any attention.

“The integrity of our game is going to (be) damaged when the safety of players is not at the forefront, and Major League Baseball has dropped the ball on the wet-bag subject.”

The inaction is what irks Boras the most, he said.

“There’s been no discussion, no resolution, absolutely nothing done in this area except the player is to bear the burden of slippery and wet bags," he told the Sun-Times.

Baseball is pointing to the lack of a better alternative as to why no changes have been made.

“To date, no one has come up with a bag that has proven to be better safety-wise than the bag we use now,” a spokesman for MLB told the paper Monday.