Back at the beginning of May I took to the page pleading for the Colorado Rockies to stop mishandling young first baseman, outfielder, and catcher Hunter Goodman. The Rockies were struggling immensely with an 8-26 start and the 24-year-old Goodman wasn’t getting much playing time despite being called up from Triple-A to shake things up prior to the Mexico City Series.
Goodman was recalled to replace scuffling first baseman and outfielder Michael Toglia, who had started the season hitting just .106/.143/.362 with 20 strikeouts and just one walk in limited playing time—just 49 plate appearances—after making the Opening Day roster out of spring training.