As Jordan Lyles was giving up three more runs in the Colorado Rockies 9-8 loss to the New York Yankees last Wednesday, it became apparent that the right-handed pitcher may never return to the fine form he once displayed. Packaged with outfielder Brandon Barnes in the Houston Astros trade for Dexter Fowler, Lyles, showed signs of usability in 2014 and 2015. Those flashes that Lyles had in Denver quickly faded into an ill-conceived reasoning of why he belongs on a big league roster in 2016. To be fair to both Lyles and Barnes, this trade has looked awful from the day it was finalized by former GM Dan O’Dowd, but it looks even worse now.
The Dexter Fowler trade was a total loss for the Rockies
