SCOTTSDALE — Yes, Brendan Rodgers thinks about the call-up that could’ve been.
Last September, the Rockies’ top prospect suffered what he called a “freak injury” with a couple games to go in the Triple-A season. The resulting right shoulder tightness sidelined him from a potential major league debut and kept him out of the Arizona Fall League.
“I took a weird swing, lost my footing, and instead of finishing with my bottom (left) hand on the bat, it slipped off the bat and my right hand finished the swing,” Rodgers explained. “It overextended my shoulder a little bit because I swung, kind of fell on it and jammed it up.