Colorado Rockies: 3 Things You Should Know on March 17

In the midst of March Madness, we are reminded that mental toughness is huge in sports. It’s no different in baseball, and March has hit the Rockies hard with injuries. The Rockies will be forced to grind out the season’s opening month.

Reinforcement numbers were already low, but after Wednesday’s action, the reserve situation got even worse. Promising reliever Rayan Gonzalez left a Spring Training game with a forearm issue. You read more about the injury in yesterday’s post. What the blow to pitching depth means is that ineffectiveness is not something the Rockies can work through if they plan to be competitive in the season’s opening months. In an effort to make sure he is ready to carry a share of the load, Tyler Chatwood led the Rockies in Thursday’s action.

In total, Chatwood surrendered eight hits, but when faced with traffic he got the tough outs. Not typically his calling card, Chatwood relied on the strikeout to work around jams. He collected a total of five strikeouts in four innings of work.