Carlos Gonzalez was teased in trades rumors all winter surrounding the Colorado Rockies. Now that he’s in an extended slump, has the team waited too long to move their right fielder?
Paul Swydan of FanGraphs has a good piece up today with an interesting – if not controversial – premise: the Colorado Rockies missed their window on trading Carlos Gonzalez and now are stuck with a right fielder they might have been better off moving this past winter.
Whether or not you agree with the premise, it’s worth the read and some thought, and Swydan looks at CarGo’s declining contact percentages, and wonders if previous knee troubles are preventing CarGo from extending to the outer half of the plate to hit balls the other way (which is something CarGo has discussed).