GLENDALE, Ariz. — Simply put, the Rockies need more power and performance from their first basemen. Lacking the one player to do that, they're trying to solve the problem with a two-punch approach.
Incumbent starter Ben Paulsen is a left-handed hitter, while free-agent acquisition Mark Reynolds will get the majority of the at-bats as a righty. Manager Walt Weiss doesn't call it a platoon, but that's what it is shaping up to be.
"The way I see it is, they're going to share time, because I don't know what it's going to look like," Weiss said.