Colorado Rockies: What’s really causing them to lose

What’s up with the bench?

There are a total of four position players on the Colorado Rockies bench. Out of those four men, Tony Wolters and Pat Valaika are the only one to have a number in the hit column. Meaning that Ryan McMahon and Mike Tauchman have not gotten a single hit this season. In all, these four have combined to go 3-for-55 heading into Wednesday.

The purpose of having these guys on the bench is for those moments when the Rockies need a clutch at-bat. That hasn’t happened at all from these men, except for Wolters who had a walk-off walk against Atlanta.

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Many had high expectations for Ryan McMahon as he was supposedly the starter going into the regular season based off his Spring Training performance. However, he hasn’t done anything to help himself when giving an opportunity to bat. Tauchman isn’t doing anything to make us believe that he should’ve been picked over Raimel Tapia. Tapia, who’s in Triple-A at the moment, has done a lot more than Tuchman … and the minor league season starts later.

If both Tauchman and McMahon continue to go down this road, the Rockies may regret not keeping David Dahl and Raimel Tapia in on the 25-man roster.