Ryan McMahon carried more bags than he swung bats in a brief major-league stint late last season. As a Rockies’ rookie call-up, his job was to follow veterans, in part as ritual introduction and in part as apprenticeship.
But the Rockies’ rookie slugger, their No. 2 prospect according to Baseball America, seems headed for a spiked increase in responsibility next month. As baseball’s hot stove season continues to look for flint, Colorado’s lack of action at first base is coolly speaking volumes.
“I honestly don’t think it would affect how I go about my business,” McMahon said Monday.