A year ago, when I wrote about the Rockies State of the Position Manager and Coaching Staff, here’s how the piece started: “By any measure, Bud Black had a successful 2018.” What a difference a year makes as the Rockies plummeted from back-to-back postseason appearances to a disappointing 71-91 — an outlier season, the Rockies maintain. In 2020, Black and his staff, which has seen small but perhaps significant changes, will be trying to prove that the Rockies are, in fact, a contender.
Black has been criticized for a resistance to playing less-experienced players.