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.
All-time leader in masking banned substances.
FYI… Helton was diagnosed with acute terminal ileitis in 2006.
Ok.
That’s legit
Just like most of the players then
The dude who hit way more 2Bs than HRs during the roid era seems like an odd target for accusations
The naivety of believing PED’s don’t keep you on the field everyday…
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…
Oh you mad mad
Also – it’s their* ya dummy.
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.
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.
Wasn’t Dee Gordon on PEDs and he hit way more 2B than homers?
And DUI’s
Terminal. Sounds deadly. How has he survived this long?
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.
I can use google too.
Good for you. You deserve a pat on the back.
I’ll let your moms know tonight.
Can you at least troll better? Say something a 12 year old wouldn’t, maybe. Entertain us, at least.
To be fair, he is 12.
Helton should be a HOF player along with Rolen and Andruw
Walker’s election will probably help Helton.
I always loved watching Helton hit
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.