If the sport of baseball is America’s pastime, then overreacting to the first week of the season is America’s backup pastime. In that vein, the Rockies have only played six games so far this year, and I’m already a little worried about where Brendan Rodgers will fit in the lineup when he returns from an injury to his right hamstring.
There’s no doubt I’m getting a little ahead of myself here. Bud Black said that Rodgers would be out for at least the first month of the season. A little back of the envelope math, and you might find that this means the Rockies have only played about 25% of the games they expect to before Rodgers is healthy and ready to go.