When rookie right-hander Chase Dollander was unceremoniously demoted to Triple-A Albuquerque on July 7, he wasn’t wounded or embarrassed. He says his confidence wasn’t shaken.

He was ticked off. Or words to that effect.

Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer was pleased to hear that.

“It should make him mad,” Schaeffer said. “I like that he said that because that’s a competitive nature, and I know Chase Dollander has that. So that doesn’t surprise me at all. If guys aren’t mad when they get sent out, that’s a problem.

“Because what else would you be? If you get sent down at the highest level, and you really, truly, in your heart believe that you belong here, and you’re OK with that? That’s not good with me.”

Make no mistake, Dollander, really, truly, and in his heart, believes he’

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