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Rockies To Select Coco Montes

By Nick Deeds | June 11, 2023 at 12:10pm CDT

12:10 PM: The Rockies have announced the full slate of roster moves surrounding Montes’s call-up, with Antonio Senzatela transferred to the 60-Day injured list to make room for Montes on the 40-man roster while Trejo was optioned to Triple-A to clear space on the active roster. Senzatela has been on the injured list with an elbow strain since early May, while Trejo heads to the minors after slashing .241/.271/.313 in 119 plate appearances for the Rockies this season.

In addition, the club announced that outfielder Charlie Blackmon was being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured hand, with DNVR’s Patrick Lyons notes could leave Blackmon out of action for several weeks. In 242 plate appearances this season, the 36-year-old veteran has slashed .265/.347/.422, good for a wRC+ of 97. Taking Blackmon’s place on the roster is catcher Brian Serven, who has posted a wRC+ of 43 in 72 big league plate appearances since making his debut with the Rockies last season.

10:21 AM: The Rockies are selecting the contract of infielder Coco Montes, as first reported by Blake Street Banter on Twitter. The club’s 40-man roster is currently at capacity, meaning a corresponding move will be necessary to make room for Montes on the 40-man, though no such move has been announced at this point.

It’s a long-awaited day for Montes, who was a 15th round pick by the Rockies in the 2018 draft. Now in his sixth season in the Rockies organization, Montes is poised to make his big league debut after slashing an impressive .321/.401/.560 in 59 games at Triple-A this season, a line that converts to a well-above average 126 wRC+ even in the heightened offensive environment of the Pacific Coast League. In addition to that impressive slash line, Montes has cut his strikeout rate down to just 23%, which would be his lowest full-season figure since 2019. Montes has paired that reduced strikeout figure with a solid 11.7% walk rate.

While Montes didn’t hit for much power prior to reaching the PCL, with just 34 home runs in 332 minor league games below the Triple-A level from 2018-2022, Montes will nonetheless try to provide a jolt to a Rockies lineup that lost Brendan Rogers before the season and has more recently had to go without both C.J. Cron and Kris Bryant. An infielder who has plenty of experience at each of third base, second base, and shortstop, Montes figures to join an infield mix in Colorado that currently contains Ryan McMahon, Ezequiel Tovar, Harold Castro, and Alan Trejo.

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  1. Lefty_Orioles_Fan

    2 years ago

    Another Coco in the league`! #Tremendous

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  2. hiflew

    2 years ago

    My guess is that one of Trejo or Castro is DFA’d. My bet would be Trejo since Castro can also play in the OF.

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    • 4thefences

      2 years ago

      Possibly hiflew, or Montero goes back down. I’m not sure how many options he has left. Might as well see what the rookies can do at this level . Tovar is a keeper and SS of the future for the Rox. Jones looks solid so far. Doyle great speed and glove.

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      • hiflew

        2 years ago

        They can’t just send Montero down UNLESS they shift someone to the 60 day IL because they don’t have a 40 man spot available for Montes. It is possible that Cron or Senzatela could be shifted to the 60 to open a spot. But I just don’t see Trejo as being needed with Montes around.

        Montero has only been sent down once this year. He can be shuffled 5 times I think and it still only counts as one of his three option years.

        I agree that you need to see what the rookies can do, but you don’t need all of them at once or you are nothing but a AAA team playing against major league teams. August and September when you are TRULY out of it, sure that would be fine. But right now even being in last place in the NL, the Rox are not REALLY out of it. It would take a lot, some might even say a miracle, but it has happened before. Teams can get hot.

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        • Velo

          2 years ago

          Bro, they’re out of it. Play the young bucks because so many guys are out. Tovar has been hot, Jones too. Doyle is struggling, Montero appears to be batting blindfolded — is he a AAAA player? Starting to think so. Concerned about Toglia too.

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  3. Colorado Springs

    2 years ago

    They could DFA Cron and leave Jones and Montero at first.

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    • Velo

      2 years ago

      Why would they DFA Cron though?

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  4. DCartrow

    2 years ago

    Montes won’t be up for long. Just a cup off coco and then a release.

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    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      2 years ago

      You’re assuming his favorite flavor will be choke-a-lot, not carob?

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  5. Bart Harley Jarvis

    2 years ago

    Rockies fans gonna go cuckoo for Coco Montes!

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  6. AHH-Rox

    2 years ago

    Move with Serven must mean Diaz is down for a couple of days after the foul tips off the mask, but that it isn’t serious enough to put him on the 7-day concussion IL.

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    • 4thefences

      2 years ago

      Yep looks that way, let’s hope it doesn’t extend to the 7 day IL. hiflew was correct about the other moves with Senza to the 60 day and Trejo to Alq. Hate seeing Charile go out with his injury.

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  7. zylo88

    2 years ago

    I’m in love with the coco

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  8. jimd-2

    2 years ago

    Rocks need to play CoCo and see what he might be… After his debut today I would think that will give him a few starts to see what he looks like.

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