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Colorado Rockies Window Shopping Part 1: A first base bat

By Christian Espinoza

CHICAGO, IL - MAY 04: Logan Morrison #99 of the Minnesota Twins bats against the Chicago White Soxat Guaranteed Rate Field on May 4, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The Twins defeated the White Sox 6-4. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - MAY 04: Logan Morrison #99 of the Minnesota Twins bats against the Chicago White Soxat Guaranteed Rate Field on May 4, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The Twins defeated the White Sox 6-4. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – MARCH 30: Justin Smoak #14 of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a double in the first inning during MLB game action against the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre on March 30, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – MARCH 30: Justin Smoak #14 of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a double in the first inning during MLB game action against the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre on March 30, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /

Justin Smoak – Toronto Blue Jays
Contract: Signed through ’18, 2 YR at $8.5 million (’17-’18) with a ’19 team option

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Justin Smoak flat out crushed last season earning him his first trip to the All-Star game. Playing in 158 games with the Jays, he hit .270 batting average, .529 slugging, and .883 OPS with 38 home runs and 90 runs-batted-in. Smoak never hit more than 20 homeruns in his career prior to the 2017 season though.

So far in the 2018 season, he’s on pace for 21 home runs with 96 RBI, which is more realistic. Entering Thursday, he has a slash line of .255/.367/.454 with six home runs and 25 RBI. Those numbers would still add a much needed jolt of power to the Rockies’ lineup. The Blue Jays are sitting at 22-21 with a 4-6 record in their last ten games and already 7 1/2 games back of the Yankees in the AL East and 3.5 games back for the second American League Wild Card spot. If they continue to go down in their stacked division, they could most certainly be looking at potential trade opportunities.

Ryan McMahon – Albuquerque Isotopes
Contract: Signed through ’18, 1 YR at $547k (’18), Arbitration Eligible ’19-’23

GIVE THE MAN A SHOT WITH REGULAR MAJOR LEAGUE AT-BATS! Okay, I was just trolling here. Carry on.

Stay tuned for part two of the Rockies’ Window Shopping trade article series. Part two will go into what options might make sense for the corner outfield position.

[ Contract information and statistics provided by Baseball-Reference ]

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