The Rockies have sent infielder Coco Montes outright to Triple-A Albuquerque, according to the transactions log at MLB.com. He was designated for assignment on Tuesday and apparently went unclaimed on waivers.
Montes, 27 next month, made his MLB debut with the Rox this season. He appeared in 18 games, hitting .184/.244/.316 through his first 41 trips to the plate. Montes saw most of his limited action at second base while the club was without Brendan Rodgers.
The former 15th round pick has played the majority of the year on optional assignment to Albuquerque. He’s hitting well, even in the context of a very hitter-friendly setting. Montes has hit .313/.397/.550 with 19 homers over 443 plate appearances. He’s striking out in just over a quarter of his trips but has walked at a strong 11.3% clip.
This is Montes’ first career outright assignment. He doesn’t have the service time to elect free agency, so he’ll remain in the organization and try to play his way back onto the Colorado roster.
Cuckoo for coco puffs, and puff, he’s gone.
His real name is Robert. “Bob” Montes just doesn’t hit the same as Coco.
My Puerto Rican escort last night was named coco, or at least that’s what they told me to call them
Muy bueno 🙂
I dunno. Bobby Montes sounds pretty cool to me. Kind of like the hero of an 80s karate movie or something.
oh man not Coco
As bad as the DBACKS usually are, they’re good this year, Rockies are always bad
He’s actually a fan favorite here in Albuquerque. Had a great game for us tonight beating Reno 🙂