SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With spring training in its last gasps, the Rockies stopped to look around this week. Their season-opening pitching rotation probably will be among the youngest in the 25-year history of the franchise. And the entire battery will be young. So the Rockies wondered out loud whether now is the time to find a veteran catcher.
The answer to their own question came quickly.
“Among the guys who have become available,” manager Bud Black said, “there is not a big gap of talent between who we have and who we might get.”
The Rockies on Tuesday reached agreement on a minor-league deal with veteran catcher Ryan Hanigan, who was cut by the Phillies on Monday.