Tony Wolters Hustles Rockies To Win
7 years agoColorado Rockies catcher Tony Wolters is a pretty useless fantasy commodity. He’s in a timeshare with Chris Iannetta, and he’s hitting just .130 with two home runs this season. However, he had his time to shine on Monday in LA. First, Wolters stole a base. That’s not part of his game, but it happened. That would lead to him scoring the eventual winning run in the eighth inning on a Carlos Gonzalez single. To finish up his night, Wolters showed some more of that incredible hustle by backing up first base on a ground ball to short with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Under normal circumstances, many catchers won’t be in such a position, and it won’t matter. On Monday though, the circumstances turned out to be anything but ordinary as the throw to first scooted under Ian Desmond’s glove, and Matt Kemp made a move toward second in hopes of stretching the single into a double. Hustle Wolters was there to scoop the errant throw, feed it back to Desmond, and watch Kemp get tagged out to end the game. He’s still useless in fantasy, but at least he made a highlight reel.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com