Sure, go ahead and glance at the stats and shrug your shoulders if you weren’t there for the fall from grace that was the injury-plagued 2019 Colorado Rockies. After all, Melville’s 2-3 mark in seven starts with a 4.86 ERA over 33.1 innings isn’t much that is going to draw attention from those who don’t pay attention on a daily basis to the Rockies. But for those of us who do, Tim Melville was a big feel-good part of a season that didn’t have a lot of feel-good parts to it. That’s one of the reasons why the Rockies releasing him on Monday was such a surprise and drew such emotion from Rockies fans on social media.
Colorado Rockies morning after: Tim Melville’s release and legacy
