The first thing that Bud Black talked about to the media was about the Rockies calling up prospect Ryan McMahon from Triple-A Albuquerque (as we discussed earlier in this article). Rockies TV broadcaster Ryan Spilborghs asked Black about the decision making process in bringing McMahon up and sending Raimel Tapia back to Triple-A.
“Well…with Ryan [McMahon], we felt as though we needed a little help at first base to spell Mark [Reynolds]. You know, Mark [had] a hand injury the other day so we wanted to make sure that we were covered [at first base, just in case].