Carlos Gonzalez is better than you think

There can and should be much speculation about his future in Colorado, but his performance over the last few months is showing that there should be far less speculation about whether or not he is still a valuable baseball player.

It's been a tough couple of years for CarGo who has been in and out (and back in and back out) of the injury ward, dealt with some family issues, and struggled to find his way back to being productive on the baseball field.

This all inevitably leads to a legitimate question: Is Carlos Gonzalez toast?

We don't have a definitive answer as to what he is yet, but we do know what he is not, and he is not toast.

"[A healthy CarGo] is pivotal," says manager Walt Weiss. "A guy…