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Rockies Hire Todd Helton As Special Assistant

By Mark Polishuk | April 9, 2022 at 4:33pm CDT

The Rockies announced that franchise legend Todd Helton has been hired as a special assistant to GM Bill Schmidt.  According to Danielle Allentuck of The Denver Gazette (Twitter links), Helton’s primary responsibility will be working with minor league players, and Allentuck notes that Helton has already been working with prospect Michael Toglia (Colorado’s first-round pick from 2019) during Spring Training.

Helton spent all 17 of his Major League seasons with the Rockies, and is the team’s all-time leader in multiple major categories, including games, plate appearances, home runs, runs, hits, doubles, RBI, walks, total bases, and bWAR.  The first baseman hit .316/.414/.539 with 369 homers over his 9453 big league PA, with a resume that includes five All-Star appearances, four Silver Slugger awards, and three Gold Gloves.  It seems as though Helton will one day be wearing a Colorado cap into Cooperstown, as his vote total has been steadily climbing through four years on the writers’ ballot — Helton received 52% of the vote this past winter, up from 44.9% in 2021, 29.2% in 2020, and 16.5% in 2019.

Special assistant duties tend to vary greatly from person to person and from team to team, with the duties generally tailored towards the specialties of the individual.  In Helton’s case, he “will essentially be a roaming coach,” Allentuck writes, as Helton had expressed an interest in taking on more of a role with his old organization.

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  1. You Can Put It In The Books

    1 year ago

    All-time leader in masking banned substances.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      1 year ago

      FYI… Helton was diagnosed with acute terminal ileitis in 2006.

      Reply
      • You Can Put It In The Books

        1 year ago

        Ok.

        Reply
      • MattyD 2

        1 year ago

        That’s legit

        Reply
    • mattmooney33

      1 year ago

      Just like most of the players then

      Reply
    • powerslave777

      1 year ago

      The dude who hit way more 2Bs than HRs during the roid era seems like an odd target for accusations

      Reply
      • You Can Put It In The Books

        1 year ago

        The naivety of believing PED’s don’t keep you on the field everyday…

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        • Get Off My Mound

          1 year ago

          The naivety of people thinking just because they say something and want others to think its true because thats what they want doesnt make it true, especially when they have absolutely no knowledge or evidence to back up there naive claims…

        • You Can Put It In The Books

          1 year ago

          Oh you mad mad

        • You Can Put It In The Books

          1 year ago

          Also – it’s their* ya dummy.

        • powerslave777

          1 year ago

          You are welcome to believe whatever you want, but Helton just doesn’t fit the profile of a typical early aughts juicer in my opinion. And you haven’t provided a shred of support for your claim.

        • jjd002

          1 year ago

          I think I remember more than a few rumblings about him. That being said he should still be in the Hall of Fame. Guy could straight up hit.

      • jjd002

        1 year ago

        Wasn’t Dee Gordon on PEDs and he hit way more 2B than homers?

        Reply
    • thelegendaryharambe

      1 year ago

      And DUI’s

      Reply
  2. darthdragula

    1 year ago

    Terminal. Sounds deadly. How has he survived this long?

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    • seamaholic 2

      1 year ago

      It’s Crohn’s disease. “Terminal” refers to the location of disease, at the end of the ileum, which itself is the end of the small intestine. Terminal ileatis is inflammation of the end of the small intestine, which is the most common form of Crohn’s. Helton’s fine. In remission probably permanently.

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      • You Can Put It In The Books

        1 year ago

        I can use google too.

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        • Get Off My Mound

          1 year ago

          Good for you. You deserve a pat on the back.

        • You Can Put It In The Books

          1 year ago

          I’ll let your moms know tonight.

        • zappaforprez

          1 year ago

          Can you at least troll better? Say something a 12 year old wouldn’t, maybe. Entertain us, at least.

        • John Rocker Fan Club

          1 year ago

          To be fair, he is 12.

  3. Braves Butt-Head

    1 year ago

    Helton should be a HOF player along with Rolen and Andruw

    Reply
    • RobM

      1 year ago

      Walker’s election will probably help Helton.

      Reply
  4. Joseph Gonzalez

    1 year ago

    I always loved watching Helton hit

    Reply
  5. JerryBird

    1 year ago

    No idea if he juiced, but playing in Denver when he did, probably boosted his numbers a bit, keeping him out of the Hall. Personally, I wouldn’t hold that against him. He still knocked the crap out of the ball and won a few Gold Gloves. He was a solid player, 10x better than DH Harold Baines. Wrigley Field is a hitter’s paradise, but you don’t see Cubs being held back out of the Hall because of a hitter friendly environment. If nothing else, put him in because of his glove, just like Ozzie Smith, Bill Mazeroski or Ray Schalk. He was that good in the field.

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