The position of hitting coach was going to be an important addition for the Rockies heading into 2023. The team not only posted some franchise worst numbers in 2022 but continually struggled in many aspects of their offense under the previous tutelage of Dave Magadan. The Rockies did improve on their overall strikeout numbers, but that came at the cost of the loss of power and an overabundance of groundballs.
So, with the need to boost the offense and find a new voice to establish a new philosophy of hitting, the Rockies have turned to long-time former San Francisco Giants hitting coach Hensley ‘Bam Bam’ Meulens to crack the case of the missing offense.