You’ve heard of "Bring Your Child to Work Day," but how about the reverse? In honor of Father's Day on Sunday, High-A Vancouver’s broadcaster Tyler Zickel did just that. In the High-A Blue Jays affiliate's matchup against the Hillsboro Hops, Zickel’s father, Mark, joined the broadcast a tradition the
There are many different ways to be a major league baseball player. On Monday’s Rockpile, Daren Gonzalez talked about the contact savant Raimel Tapia has turned into and how that’s helped him become a legitimate big leaguer. So now I’m here to talk to you about the anti-Tapia. What’s the most different animal to a crab you can think of? Anyway, let’s talk about
Dom Nuñez.
The introduction of Dom, of course, was all for show, because pretty much every Rockies fan who’s somewhat invested in the team is aware of who Dom Nuñez is. He’s been with the organization for a very long time and consistently featured on their prospect lists. After a brief cup of coffee in 2019 Nuñez spent all of 2020 on the taxi squad, but he finally got his chance this season as the lefty counterpart to Elias Díaz behind the dish. Despite clearly being considered as the backup to start the season, the 26-year-old essentially took over as the starter barely a week into the season and Bud Blac