When the Colorado Rockies sent Eddie Butler to Triple-A Albuquerque to start the season, the goal set for him was clear: figure out how to put hitters away.
"It’s an opportunity to grow," Butler told Purple Row at the time. "They had me come down to work on a couple things. Finishing off guys, innings, things like not giving up two-strike hits, or two-out hits. That was a big concern they had, so I'm just working on that."
The 25-year-old right-hander showed marginal growth in his four-start stint for the Isotopes. The results didn't blow anyone away -- Butler posted a 4.