Most of the focus, to this point, has been on the struggles of Ian Desmond, Carlos Gonzalez, the catching position, etc. etc. but little finger pointing has been towards Duane Espy. Now why has this been the case? Shouldn’t he also be held accountable for the lack of offense?
One reason for the Espy’s lack of blame is for how well the Rockies played last year in his first season as hitting coach. In ’17, the Rockies led the NL in both runs and batting average and it wasn’t all because of Coors Field.