DENVER -- Manager Walt Weiss had scant knowledge about catcher Tony Wolters when he parachuted into the Rockies' organization at the outset of Spring Training. They claimed him off waivers from the Indians on Feb. 18 in a little-noticed transaction.
"I knew very little about him, quite frankly," Weiss said. "To be honest with you, when we got Tony, I'm like, 'Cool, we got another guy that can catch bullpens in Spring Training.' But it didn't take long for him to catch our eye, to make an impression."
Wolters, a 23-year-old rookie who had never played above the Double-A level, won the backup catcher job, and with starting catcher Nick Hundley sidelined with a strained left obique, Wolters has been doing the bulk of the catching.