Wilin Rosario exploded onto the MLB scene in 2012, tallying 28 home runs and 71 RBI over 117 games as a 23-year-old. But his home run total fell to 21 in 2013 and then 13 in 2014, and he never showed any sort of defensive improvement at catcher or first base. The swift career decline continues in 2015 ...
According to MLB.com’s Thomas Harding, the 26-year-old slugger was officially optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque on Wednesday afternoon. The move clears a 25-man roster spot for reliever John Axford, who was away from the Rockies for the last 10 days to be with his young son Jameson, who got bitten twice by a rattlesnake last month in Arizona.
Rosario is going to be the everyday first baseman at Albuquerque. He’s probably done catching for good.
