DENVER, CO - APRIL 06: Fans enter the stadium before the Colorado Rockies home opener against the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field on April 6, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
This past road trip when the Colorado Rockies went to Seattle and Milwaukee to face the Mariners and Brewers, the Rockies did something that they haven’t done for all of their recent road trips: They carried multiple players on their taxi squad.
They can carry as many as five players (and did so in 2020 and for the start of 2021) but once the Rockies hit the 85 percent vaccination rate (and relaxed COVID protocols) back in April, the club has sometimes only carried a third catcher.