Baseball can take a player through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. As far as roster moves go, players in the Colorado bullpen faced both extremes on Friday.
Jake McGee and Bryan Shaw are no longer members of the Colorado Rockies. The news comes two years into a three-year, $27 million contract for both of them. Daniel Bard will instead pitch for the Rockies; his first pitch for the Rockies will be his first in the big leagues since 2013.
While Shaw was winning an AL pennant with the Indians and McGee was winning a gold medal in the World Baseball Classic, Daniel Bard was several years removed from his time with the Red Sox and was deep into a minor league quest for redemption.