DENVER -- When the Rockies signed reliever Bryan Shaw to a three-year, $27 million contract in the offseason, they saw his role as being the guy in tight games to get the ball to Adam Ottavino or Wade Davis with the Rockies' lead intact.
Halfway through Shaw's first season in Colorado, he hasn't performed that role the way the Rockies initially thought he would. After he is activated from the disabled list (right calf strain), there might be a change in what the Rockies expect the right-hander to do.
"Every game will dictate how we use our bullpen," Rockies manager Bud Black said.