The move not only failed to fill an already huge void at first base, it created an even bigger void at second by letting the 2016 batting champion and three-time Gold Glover head to the Big Apple. Since we can’t go back and change the past, the question becomes how do the Colorado Rockies address these two holes going forward?
The solution just might happen to depend on the health and development of Brendan Rodgers.
The Rockies’ top prospect and the #14 prospect in all of baseball according to Baseball America had himself a rough go of it in his brief first stint in the Majors.