It wasn’t just about DJ LeMahieu and how he destroyed the myth that we was only a good hitter because of altitude and Coors Field. It was about why the Colorado Rockies didn’t bring LeMahieu back for this season and why Daniel Murphy was signed to take his place.
Of course, any plans for Murphy to take over for LeMahieu in the lineup (in addition to taking over his old number) were quickly dashed when Murphy suffered a fractured finger in Colorado’s second game of the season.
LeMahieu became more and more of a media darling playing in the Big Apple while Rockies fans wondered what would have happened if Colorado had re-signed him and moved Ryan McMahon to first.