Colorado Rockies: Enough! CarGo is not coming back

Stop!  Enough already! The Colorado Rockies are not going to bring back CarGo.  So I’m begging you, please, just stop calling for it.

For those that haven’t heard, former Colorado Rockies’ great Carlos Gonzalez is back on the market.  On Wednesday, the Cleveland Indians designated for assignment the 33-year-old veteran after hitting a pedestrian .210/.282/.276 with 2 HR, 7 RBI, and 13 runs scored in 105 at-bats over 30 total games.

Like moths to a flame, Rockies’ fans took to the message boards to voice their opinions that the organization should bring back the fan favorite Gonzalez.  For the sake of my sanity and others, please stop.  It is not going to happen and there are many reasons why.

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First of all, the Rockies already have plenty of left-handed batters in the outfield.  They have Charlie Blackmon, Raimel Tapia, and David Dahl hitting from that side of the plate and there isn’t any more room for another one especially if that means taking away at-bats from Dahl and Tapia.  The weakest link in the outfield, Ian Desmond, is the only righty and is getting paid too much to be moved.

The Rockies already have enough 30-year-olds in the outfield with Blackmon at 32 and Desmond  at 33 years of age.  The last thing they need is another outfielder, who has lost a step, patrolling the spacious ground that is the Coors Fields outfield; that is why Blackmon was moved to right field.

Finally, Carlos Gonzalez is no longer any good.  The Rockies are already stuck with Ian Desmond‘s .230 batting average in the everyday lineup.  Why would they want to add CarGo’s .210? I know what you are thinking.  Put him in the lineup against right-handed pitching.  For the season, his splits are not much better at .240/.293/.333 in 75 ABs.

I get it Rockies’ fans.  We all have fond memories of CarGo hitting monster home runs into the upper-deck of the right field bleacher and gunning runners down at home plate but that is in the past.  The Rockies need to focus on the future and that future does not include Carlos Gonzalez.