The Rockies have a fWAR of -1.1 at the position, 29th in baseball. Meanwhile, Rockies first basemen are slashing .248/.317/.422. That OPS of .739 is 26th in baseball.
This is a minor disaster given the signing of hitting machine Daniel Murphy as the team’s only major offseason acquisition. But Murphy was out for nearly a month after fracturing his left index finger in the second game of season, forcing Colorado to start four players at first base in 2019 – Murphy, Mark Reynolds, Josh Fuentes and Yonder Alonso.
Reynolds could easily be a scapegoat for the Rockies pitiful offensive production at first.