For the third straight season, the Rockies didn’t have a representative in the Home Run Derby on Tuesday night.
Considering the breakout season Michael Toglia is having, and a slugger the Rockies selected in the 2024 MLB Draft, hopefully, the trend could end sooner than later.
While it’s not every year, the Rockies have had competitor in the annual homer contest 14 of their 32 seasons, including two players (Justin Morneau and Troy Tulowitzki) in 2014. There have been long stretches without a Rockies slugger, like 2002-2006, 2008-2011 and the current stretch.
Trevor Story was the last Home Run Derby participant and he made it count with 20 homers in the Coors Field All-Star celebrations in 2021, even though he didn’t advance past the first round.