Colorado Rockies: What If They Held a WWE-Style Draft?

Carlos Gonzalez

Age: 30

2016 Stats: .318 average, 19 HR, 56 RBI

CarGo with the third overall pick? Our voters had him all over the place with a second overall pick, three third overall picks and a fourth overall selection.

One voter who picked Gray ahead of CarGo on her team said some of her decision was based on whether Gonzalez would still be a Colorado Rockies player after the upcoming trade deadline. Another said CarGo’s years of hitting clutch homers should be enough to push him to the second overall selection.

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“The guy is clutch,” he said. “I’m not sure that there’s anyone else I would want at the plate with the game on the line than CarGo.”

An All-Star for the third time with the Rockies, CarGo played in his 1000th career game on Friday in Atlanta. Entering Tuesday, Gonzalez ranked fifth in the National League in average (.318) and second in multi-hit games (36).

By the way, the same female voter who asked if Nolan could be protected from leaving the Rockies asked the same question about CarGo. Oh how we wish we could predict the future…

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