Of the players the Rockies didn’t protect, my money’s on Brian Mundell as the guy who will get drafted. Unprotected Rockies prospects could also be snagged away. If recent history is any indication, they’ll make a selection and trade the player to a California team for cash. Today is baseball’s Rule 5 draft, and Jonathan Mayo hits all the details of what you need to know. I hope we’ll be praising him soon.Įverything you need to know for Thursday’s Rule 5 draft | MLB.com Either way, he’ll be judged entirely on how well the Rockies hit next season. This will be the fifth team in which Magadan has served as hitting coach, which is either a really good or a really bad thing. That’s what the Rockies did when they let go of Duane Espy, and they’ve now found his replacement in Dave Magadan. But it’s also clear that when the offense stinks, it may be a good idea to get rid of the hitting coach. It’s not clear just how important they are though, or what impact they actually have on the hitters. Hitting coaches are important because you have to have someone to, you know, coach the hitters. We’ll go with Osiris.ĭave Magadan brings fresh eyes as hitting coach | Bridich, in an extraordinary use of passive voice, said “the topic overall and in general was breached and discussed up front during the contract negotiations” but “there was no timeframe put on it.” Without knowing who put the timeframe on it, I’ll just go ahead and assume it’s one of the deities Adam Ottavino could strike out. Will Blackmon move out of center? | īased on conversations Bud Black and Jeff Bridich had with the media in Las Vegas, it sounds like Charlie Blackmon has been well prepared for a move out of center field. Lambert is probably a little more than “mid-level,” but I’d still take it. Thoen mentions Peter Lambert and Ryan Vilade as targets the Mariners may want. I can’t imagine a better outcome for the on-field productivity of the 2019 Rockies. With Desmond and Santana’s deals being virtually identical from an overall cash perspective, it’s easy to see a deal coming together that just swaps the two and Colorado attaching a mid-level prospect to entice the Mariners to take on what’s trending towards looking like another albatross of a contract. Most interestingly, Thoen mentions one possible trade: Rocky future? A possible suitor for Carlos Santana | Lookout Landingīen Thoen over at Lookout Landing discusses the very real possibility that the Mariners will flip Carlos Santana, who they acquired just a couple weeks ago, and that Colorado would make sense as a landing spot. (Seriously, Ottavino could strike out deities, and Ruth is only a pretend deity.) She also hints at what Bud Black had to say about Adam Ottavino’s almost certainly correct assertion that he would strike out Babe Ruth. MLB Winter Meetings Live with Jena Garcia: Rockies in mix for Cleveland’s Encarnación | Mile High SportsĪnd if you prefer your rumors delivered via video, Jena Garcia has you covered. Rockies hinting that they are after significant offensive upgrade | BSN Denverĭrew Creasman reiterates the smoke coming from Las Vegas that will hopefully turn into a trade fire by the end of today. Fortunately, the Rockies have some minor league depth there, and none of the club’s pitching prospects seem to be untouchable. Patrick Saunders notes that Cleveland would likely ask for pitching in return.

Jeff Bridich said prior to the Winter Meetings that offense would be the focus, and all of the rumors we’ve heard out of Las Vegas so far suggest that’s very much the case. The Rockies sound like they are in a negotiation stage with Cleveland for Edwin Encarnación. He could also be an option in left field down the road.Rockies winter meetings update: Edwin Encarnación a trade target | Denver Post The 22-year-old has seen time at third base, first base and designated hitter this season. 302/.374/.612 with 25 home runs and a 33.1 percent hard-hit rate in 390 plate appearances between High-A and Double-A. He has been at least 60 percent better than the average hitter by wRC+ in every league he has played in and hit. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic reports.Įncarnacion-Strand is a bat-first player who has raked everywhere he has played. Encarnacion-Strand was traded from the Twins to the Reds on Tuesday along with Spencer Steer and Steven Hajjar in exchange for Tyler Mahle, C.

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