Colorado Rockies management has taken the training wheels off the Kid Rox. Will they improve or crash and burn?
Veteran third baseman Ryan McMahon, 30, was traded to the Yankees. So was 29-year-old workhorse reliever Jake Bird. Right-handed reliever Tyler Kinley, the 34-year-old sage of the bullpen, was shipped to Atlanta.
So, with slightly more than a quarter of their historically bad season remaining, what does general manager Bill Schmidt want to see from the kids?
“As I’ve said from Day 1, I want to see continued growth from these guys,” Schmidt said Friday before the Rockies hosted the Pirates at Coors Field.