The Colorado Rockies are officially in uncharted waters when it comes to Hunter Goodman, but there’s a plan in place to keep those waters as smooth as possible over the final month of the season.
Goodman is in the midst of not only a career year, but also one of the best all-around campaigns for a Rockies catcher in franchise history. Batting .275 with 26 home runs, his 53 extra-base hits are the most ever for a Colorado catcher and he needs just two more home runs to tie Wilin Rosario’s 28 homers he belted in 2012, setting the standard for power behind the plate.
That mark is certainly in reach for the 25-year-old Goodman, but there is a bigger picture in play that Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer is watching.
In his first season primarily playing catcher, Goodman logged 86 gam