We’ve entered the waning days of baseball’s preseason, with precious few games left for the Colorado Rockies to get their game up to speed. While there’s reason to believe that the pitching staff has taken steps to improve, the questions surrounding the team’s batting order remain.
My friend and yours, Evan Lang, sent me some fascinating stats today, and I’m here to tell you - they paint a somewhat worrying picture.
Take presumptive starting right fielder Jordan Beck. This time last year (prior to Wednesday’s games), Beck had collected just 27 at-bats, but made them count with a .