The biggest waste of money in Denver sports is Ian Desmond.
The Rockies are paying Desmond $22 million in 2018. Are you kidding me? Desmond is higher paid than Broncos linebacker Von Miller.
Desmond’s bat isn’t worth 22 cents. Combine his woeful on-base percentage and alarming lack of power, and Desmond’s wins above replacement ranks 598th in the major leagues. He’s also miscast as a first baseman, although manager Bud Black keeps inserting Desmond’s name on the lineup card at the wrong position, because it echoes the misguided logic that prompted general manager Jeff Bridich to waste all that money on Desmond in the first place.