With the worst record of the major baseball league, the Colorado Rockies Make a change which, hopefully, will be able to provide a jolt to a lifeless offense.
Hit coach Hensley Meulens was drawn Thursday And was replaced by the former director of Rockies Clint Hurdle, who had been a special assistant to the Managing Director.
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At 3-15 years old, Colorado has the fourth average worse in the team's stick in the National League (0.220) and the third worst team Ops (0.629). The Rockies have the second MLB withdrawal to 195, are equal for the second more circuits with 12, and the last row of the majors with 52 points scored.
Meulens was in his third year as a Rockie coach, hired before the 2023 season. Last season, the Bâton average of the team .242 Rockies and Ops of 0.704 were the worst in the history of the franchise.
Hurdle will serve as an interim strike coach for the rest of the season, according to the team.
“It was an incredibly frustrating and disappointing start to the season, especially offensively,” said Director General of Rockies, Bill Schmidt, in a statement. “Although we all share responsibility, I thought that a change was necessary and that a new voice was necessary to give us the best chance of playing as we advance in the season.”
“The 30 years and more Clint baseball experience, especially in the last three and more seasons, working with our young players throughout the minor leagues, put it as well as our club in a place to succeed in the future.”
Hurdle was the director of Rockies from 2002 to 2009, taking over after the dismissal of Buddy Bell. He managed Colorado at the 2007 World Series, which they lost in four games against the Boston Red Sox. During his eight seasons as a manager, Hurdle compiled a file of 534-625.
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Before being promoted director, Hurdle was the colorado staff strike coach for five seasons, after three years as a minor league teacher from the organization. He has been a special Schmidt assistant since 2022.
Meulens has been coach at the major league since 2010 with the Giants of San Francisco And was the typing coach of the three champions of the Giants of the Giants in 2010, 2012 and 2014. He had also been a bench coach for the New York Mets and the assistant strike coach for the New York Yankees Before being hired by Colorado.
In addition, Meulens was The subject of an FAA investigation A year ago to be in the cockpit of the team's charter plane during a Denver flight in Toronto.
