The Rockies announced that they have selected first baseman Matt Adams, designated right-hander Ashton Goudeau for assignment and optioned outfielder Sam Hilliard.
The 32-year-old Adams joined the Rockies on a minor league last month, which came after he posted career-worst production with the Braves in 2020. Adams hit .184/.216/.347 over 51 plate appearances with Atlanta, causing the team to release him in early September. It was the second straight down year for Adams, who struggled with the Nationals in 2019.
While his most recent output has been poor, the well-traveled Adams has enjoyed a few solid seasons in the majors. The left-hander has logged four seasons with a wRC+ north of 100, including a personal-high 135 (.284/.335/.503) in 2017 with the Cardinals, and has hit 20 or more home runs on three occasions. Overall, Adams has batted .259/.367/.467 (106 wRC+) in 2,574 trips to the plate in the majors.
Now that he’s returning to the bigs, Adams will serve as a bench bat for Colorado, whose offense ranks dead last in the majors in wRC+ (77). He’ll give the team some depth at first base behind C.J. Cron, the Rockies’ most productive hitter this year.
The past several months have been quite an adventure for Goudeau, whom the Rockies previously designated for assignment last November. The Pirates then claimed Goudeau before losing him on waivers to the Orioles. The O’s later lost Goudeau to the Giants, who lost him to the Dodgers, who lost him to the Rockies less than two weeks ago. If that trend continues, someone will claim Goudeau in the next week.
The soon-to-be 29-year-old Goudeau made his MLB debut with Colorado last season, but opposing offenses crushed him for 15 hits and seven earned runs in 8 1/3 innings, and he issued as many walks as strikeouts (two). Goudeau was, however, highly effective at the Double-A level in 2019, when he notched a 2.07 ERA with fantastic strikeout and walk percentages of 30.1 and 4.0, respectively, across 78 1/3 frames.
Rockies gotta Rockie.
I thought the Dodgers had Ashton, how’d it get back to the Rockies?
I can’t keep track of him
I’m not sure even he can keep track anymore.
The Rockies picked him up off of Waivers on April 18…
I didn’t know that, Trade Rumors and even the MLB transaction guide didn’t cover it, “…”, goofy self.
They actually did cover it. It was at the end of the story about Gavin Lux going on the IL back on April 18.
Just picked him up for my “Homers” league… Maybe will help some at first base…
Goudeau’s crazy adventure continues.
Big City in the Mile High City. Big Mile High City.
Goudeau is like a boomerang. The Rockies threw him out there, went to Pittsburgh, Baltimore, San Francisco, Los Angeles and now back in Colorado.
He’s sucked for awhile now once more accurate and updated sabermetrics and algorithms came out, so he can no longer be called Big City. Either Small City, or probably more like Big Town or Big Small Town. Or Little Big Town!
I know some are annoyed by Goudeau, but I find it fascinating. He has an unbelievable spin rate on his FB and CB. But like Corbin Burnes’s 4 seamer, or Dustin May’s curveball last year, high spin doesn’t guarantee good results
However, both of those guys are also perfect examples why teams are so interested in Goudeau. Dustin May added over 5 inches of horizontal break to his curveball in one offseason without losing any RPM, he simply changed his grip on his traditional 12-6 curve. It’s now a nasty slurve that has lead to May’s K rate to jump. Burnes ditched the 4 seamer for a 2 seamer and his career has taken off as Milwaukee’s best pitcher
Teams are trying to get lucky with Goudeau in the limited time they have before player X gets off the IL. Really, he’d benefit so much more from staying at a place for a month+, but that’s the game these teams are playing. Who can unlock his potential, before their player gets healthy? If they crack something, we’ll know because he won’t get cut from the 40. In a way, it’ll be way more interesting to see when he’s finally NOT cut. Imo, that would indicate that team may have cracked his code & it’ll be very interesting to see what type of pitcher Goudeau becomes
I still think Goudeau is stinko but with so many relievers going on the IL for the Dodgers, you may get your wish.
I mean, it’s not really a wish for him to debut for LA now by any means.
I just find his potential to be extremely tantalizing. If there’s one team who could crack his potential as a high RPM reliever who has the body to possibly be built into a starter… it’s LA
Matt Adams. Typical Rockies move.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
I hope Adams finds his former self right now. I hate watching this guy fall off so quickly. I didn’t think Adams was that bad in St Louis and Washington. He was productive offensively briefly and then tailed off. It seems to be a common thing in this new era or baseball. Maybe teams are becoming to dependent on metrics and technology while figuring out ways to help a player adjust their “mechanics”. So many players are tailing off after a good 3-4 year run. Biggest name in the mix is Puig and then you have Adams, Pedro Alvarez, Vogt (can be argued his production is declining), and several others that may include Judge (can be argued his production is failing off due to injuries or technology). Using metrics and technology and depending on them, is a short term solution. This new era hasn’t helped players to maintain their star power long term. Seiman can be argued that he has tailed off as well and new era of baseball may have contributed to it. Guy was knocking balls out of the park 4 years ago, now he’s below or average hitter now.
The guy is a career 5.2 bWAR. He didn’t fall off, he never was. He was just always overvalued. Somewhat above average, bad fielding first baseman aren’t that valuable when they’re 25 and Adams is in his decline years. He’s not finding his former self, and that former self was always overrated anyway.
” He’ll give the team some depth at first base behind C.J. Cron, the Rockies’ most productive hitter this year.”
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