Purple Row :: A Colorado Rockies Blog
A nice Rockies blog.
I have been thinking about the lack of power in Colorado. It had been axiomatic that playing in COL makes for good-to-great Roto hitters.
Lots of ink is being spilled on Todd Helton's struggles, but I'm more interested in why Preston Wilson can't hit. I am also curious why no Jeffrey Hammonds-type emerged - comes from nowhere and has a outlier season.
The most obvious avenue of exploration is the new steroids policy. I prefer to think of "steroids" as more of a recovery-enhancement tool, but the effect is the same - dramatic decrease in production.
I caution (again) that world class athletes will adjust to their lack of corner-cutting that recovery-enhancement drugs and supplements allowed. This may take a couple more months, but I do expect it to occur this season and be in full effect next year.
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What is Todd Helton's reasoning for his continual slump at the plate? I don't see many Rocky games, so I can't tell whether he isn't making contact or is not driving the ball, or both?
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