Troubleshooting the Rockies’ early-season woes leads to a quick and simple conclusion. Three players expected to provide voltage to the offense have short-circuited.
Colorado Rockies’ Kris Bryant flies out against Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Ryan Pepiot to end the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Denver. TORONTO — Troubleshooting the Rockies’ early-season woes leads to a quick and simple conclusion: Three players expected to provide voltage to the offense have short-circuited.• Kris Bryant is hitting .100 with one home run and four RBIs.
The Rockies’ 3-10 record is tied for their worst through 13 games in franchise history . The club, amid something of a youth movement, expected struggles from several players, but Bryant, Rodgers and Jones are being counted on to supply production in the middle of the order. “He’s got a lot of pride. He cares a lot,” Black said. “You know, professional athletes, in some ways, are conditioned to this. They get it. The good ones get it. The guys with perspective get it. And you keep fighting through all that. It’s part of what we do in this job. And we understand that. So I think he’ll be fine.”
“We’ve got to get the timing down to where the foot is down, and the barrel gets to the ball. He’s got a pretty compact stroke, but right now he’s just a click off.” “It’s very frustrating,” Jones said. “I think the only pressure I’m feeling is put there by myself. There are guys in this locker room who have picked me up every single day and I’m extremely grateful for that.”
Gausman, a graduate of Grandview High School, is off to a difficult start. He served up five earned runs on four hits and a pair of walks across just 1 1/3 innings in a 9-8 loss to the Yankees on Saturday night. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered as Gausman failed to strike anybody out in the shortest start of his Jays tenure.
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