Limbo is not a comfortable place for athletes to reside, but that’s where minor league baseball players find themselves as spring eases toward summer.
Left-hander Ryan Rolison was likely going to begin the 2020 season pitching for the Hartford Yardgoats, the Rockies’ Double-A affiliate. First baseman Tyler Nevin hoped to climb the ladder to Triple-A Albuquerque and, perhaps, crack Colorado’s big-league roster.
Now, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and minor league baseball’s unsettled future, the two prospects wait for news, direction and a chance to play ball.
“It’s been an adjustment, for sure, being down this time of year and not being able to pitch,” Rolison said.