Well, you can’t say things have been boring for the Rockies.
I mean, I guess you can in a purely win-loss sense. Colorado’s had a hard time staying competitive in recent years, and thus far are off to a fairly uninspiring start to the spring. What’s far more fascinating than the box score, though, is the roster construction of the Rockies under general manager Bill Schmidt’s watchful eye. His team has seen much change this offseason, both expected and unforeseen. How has he dealt with it all?
The coaching staff
Schmidt seems to believe in manager Bud Black’s leadership abilities and rewarded him with a one-year contract extension that’ll see him through the end of the 2024 season, and supplied his skipper with a new hitting coach in the form of Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens.