Colorado Rockies Continue Shakeup, Release Four Coaches

The rebuild of the Colorado Rockies is in full effect.

According to a source quoted by Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post, four coaches from the Colorado staff will not be coming back for the 2017 season.

It is said that the Rockies will not be bringing back bench coach Tom Runnells, hitting coach Blake Doyle, catching coach Rene Lachemann and first base-outfield coach Eric Young. They join skipper Walt Weiss as now former members of the Colorado Rockies coaching circle.

We had mentioned Young as a possible managerial candidate in an article shortly after Weiss resigned his position. It now appears that that is no longer an option.

While the four coaches mentioned above are gone, three other…