The outfield
Charlie Blackmon is finally starting to heat up a bit (.406/.457/.844 slash line in his last eight games) and David Dahl is off the injured list but the Rockies outfield is still not great.
The main guy not pulling his weight is Ian Desmond. This is not news to any Rockies fan with eyes as Ian Desmond hasn’t pulled his weight at all in his tenure with the Rockies.
Just look as his numbers in his tenure with the team.
Year | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 95 | 373 | 339 | 47 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 87 | .274 | .326 | .375 | .701 | 72 |
2018 | 160 | 619 | 555 | 82 | 131 | 21 | 8 | 22 | 88 | 20 | 53 | 146 | .236 | .307 | .422 | .729 | 82 |
2019 | 23 | 87 | 83 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .181 | .207 | .289 | .496 | 21 |
That’s not numbers that anyone should be championing as good.
None of the other 29 teams will touch his contract with a 39 1/2 foot pole so the Rockies will have to have him on the team or just release him and eat the contract.
You and I both know that will never happen so the Rockies really just need to bench him and use him as a super utility guy.
The Rockies could find plenty of guys on market to play center field (or any outfield position) for the team. After all, they can’t be as bad as Desmond has been and if they are, I doubt that the Rockies will acquire them because no other team wants to take that problem on.
The Rockies outfield as a whole is 26th in WAR in baseball.