Colorado Rockies: The four most disappointing players of 2019

Brendan Rodgers

This was supposed to be the year that uber-prospect Brendan Rodgers broke through to the majors and staked his claim to a starting job in Denver for years to come. Well, that prediction was half-right, as Rodgers did make his major league debut this season, but let’s just say that he didn’t have the same kind of success at the major league level that he’d had in the minors.

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When Rodgers was called up, he had a beautiful .350/.413/.622 slash line at AAA Albuquerque and looked poised to take over the second base job from the struggling Garrett Hampson. Unfortunately, instead of continuing this run of success, Rodgers’ bat went ice cold and he hit only .246/.300/.277 before being sent back to AAA.

That demotion was short-lived, however, and Rodgers was back in the majors less than a week later … where he continued to struggle, then got hurt. Rodgers had season-ending shoulder surgery in July, finishing with just two doubles and zero homers in 81 plate appearances, good for -0.8 WAR.

Lots of prospects struggle in their first taste of MLB action and, of all the players on this list, Rodgers may have the best chance of improving his fortunes in 2020. His shoulder is expected to be 100% by spring training and Rodgers will most likely be given the chance to earn an MLB job in 2020.

Now for the bonus pick who broke a lot of Colorado hearts this year.