PHOENIX, ARIZONA - AUGUST 24: Relief pitcher Daniel Bard #52 of the Colorado Rockies pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the MLB game at Chase Field on August 24, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Rockies defeated the Diamondbacks 3-2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
There are plenty of people around Major League Baseball who have been thrilled to see Daniel Bard return to the mound and succeed for the Colorado Rockies. That group, however, likely, deep down, doesn’t include the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team where Bard served as a player mentor in the Diamondbacks’ mental skills department.
Making Colorado’s Opening Day roster after not having pitched in a Major League game since 2013, Daniel Bard hasn’t just been a good story this season.