Kris Bryant feels the pain of Rockies fans.

As the Rockies wrapped up a homestand Sunday at Coors Field, Kris Bryant was open and emotional about once again being away from the Rockies and on the injured list.

Going on the injured list retroactive to April 13 with lumbar degenerative disc disease, Bryant stood in front of his locker inside the clubhouse, admitting he was in “constant pain and nauseous” to the point he couldn’t even eat.

“It sucks,” Bryant said. “I think this is the best way to put it. It really sucks.”

After embarking on an offseason regimen designed to keep his ailing back as pain-free and limber as possible, Bryant once again landed on the injured list after playing in just 11 games, starting the season 6-for-39 for a .154 batting average.

The Rockies open a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday.

“I’m not 23 anymore, so you don’t feel like you can just roll out of bed and be Superman,” Bryant said. “But, at the same time, I feel like I’ve done everything I can. I’ve worked extremely hard in the offseason and continued it through spring training and in the season. And that’s just the frustrating part.”

Despite the pain, the 33-year-old former National League Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year made it clear he is not considering retirement.

“I want to be on the field. I want to play the game,” Bryant said. “I want to talk to doctors to see if there’s anything else we can do. I’m not going to give up.”

The Rockies aren’t giving up on Bryant either, with manager Bud Black admitting it may be longer than the 10 days required to be on the injured list — meaning, if all had gone well, Bryant could have returned to the lineup Wednesday.

“We will go through the next few days to see where he is physically and see when we can activate him,” Black said. “He’s back at baseball activity. He just hit moments ago.

“I’m going to remain optimistic that ‘KB’ is going to return, and hopefully he comes back healthy and ready to contribute. I still think there’s a hitter in there — the hit tool and an on-base component.”

Stepping into the hitting cage is a step forward for Bryant. Still, every positive movement ahead seems to have been met with steps back as well. Bryant, who described the pain as “radiating in my lower back,” said he has even felt deterioration occur in the middle of the game, meaning he could start the contest feeling well and end it in pain.

“I get through two at-bats, and then I get to the third at-bat, and I’m like, ‘Oh, this isn’t good.’ And then the fourth at-bat, I’m like, ‘I just got to get this at-bat over with within the first couple of swings.’ That’s not a great spot to be,” Bryant said. “I’m not doing myself or the team a good service if I didn’t speak up.”

Despite his back’s current condition and Bryant’s history of missing time dating back to his first season in Colorado in 2022, Bryant said surgery is not an option.

“A back surgery is a pretty big surgery,” Bryant said. “Obviously, I’m not an expert on it. Maybe I should be by now, with all the problems I’ve had. I want to see all my options, too.”

Bryant is in the fourth year of a seven-year, $182 million guaranteed deal signed before the 2022 season. Since then, Bryant has played in 170 games, slashing .244/.324/.370 and posting a combined OPS+ of 89. The league average of the latter is 100.

“It’s tough. Baseball is such a funny game to where you almost have to enjoy the struggles, right? Because this game is so hard that if you continue to beat yourself up and get down when you are struggling, it’s hard to pull yourself back up from that hole,” Bryant said. “I’m the first one to tell you, it’s been hard for me to stay positive, just selfishly, for what I’m going through, but also for the guys here, man, I feel for them.

“I want everybody to go out there and go 2-for-4 and the pitchers to go three up and three down every inning. It just hasn’t been going that way for us, but we just have to stay positive.”

For now, staying positive is Bryant’s best option as the Rockies figure out his future with the team.