Colorado Rockies tell the best qualities they see in a teammate

Scottsdale, Arizona — It was once said that you can’t be a baseball player all by yourself. You have to have coaches who help you, teammates who pick you up when needed and support you through the good and bad days. That applies to the Colorado Rockies and every other Major League team.

But what does it takes to really be a good teammate? We hear all about someone being a good “clubhouse guy” … but what does that really mean to members of the Colorado Rockies?

To find out, we asked five players to give us their ideas of what they see as the best quality to have in a teammate. Below are their answers.

Ryan McMahon — “The kind of thing that makes the best teammate is a guy who’s the same guy every day, through the good and bad. He doesn’t change who he is whether he’s playing well or not. A guy who is a gamer and plays hard. I want to see someone who plays hard all of the time and doesn’t give up on certain plays. That’s what we’re all striving for but it’s hard to do that all of the time. The guys who can do that, however, are the guys you want to have in your clubhouse.”

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Chris Iannetta — “The best quality is someone who makes everyone around them better, whether that’s through conversations or on the mental side of things.”

Trevor Story — “Having the ability to not really be affected in the clubhouse with the way you’re performing. Being the same guy no matter what, whether you’re hitting .400 or .100. Always being the same. Always acting the same. Always preparing the same. I think that’s really important.”

Charlie Blackmon — “I think it’s really good when guys seem to be more concerned about other people. A lot of times, for example, DJ (LeMahieu) would stand out. DJ would strike out or have something tough happen in his at-bat and then he would come back and sit next to me on the bench. But instead of pouting about what happened to him, he was able to tell me where I was doing a good job. He wasn’t totally concerned with himself. He was concerned about his teammates.”

German Marquez — “Veterans help keep the team together and help build relationships. The Rockies have that so being a part of that is great. Overall, the best trait is when players are there to pick each other up.”