The Rockies introduced this afternoon that infielder Alan Trejo has cleared outright waivers and opted to elect free company moderately than settle for an outright task to the minor leagues. Whereas Trejo doesn’t have the requisite three yr of service time sometimes essential to reject the task, he was nonetheless ready to take action after being outrighted beforehand again in January.
Trejo, 28, was a Sixteenth-round decide by Colorado within the 2017 draft however didn’t make his massive league debut till 2021, when he served as an up-and-down utility depth possibility for the Rockies across the infield. Trejo hit simply .217/.260/.326 (36 wRC+) in 50 journeys to the plate unfold throughout 28 video games that noticed him cut up time between second base and shortstop. He loved a bit extra motion the next yr and had a profession season on the plate, hitting a roughly league common .271/.312/.424 (92 wRC+) in 135 plate appearances, as soon as once more as a bench participant. A lot of that enjoying time got here when Trejo was made one of many membership’s September call-ups that yr, and he slashed .291/.341/.468 in 24 video games.
That scorching September (mixed with an early-season damage to Brendan Rodgers) earned Trejo a bigger position for the 2023 season, however he discovered himself unable to capitalize on it as his offense got here crashing again to Earth pretty shortly. Whereas he obtained 227 plate appearances throughout 83 video games that yr, Trejo posted a lackluster slash line of .232/.288/.343 (56 wRC+). The infielder’s struggles reached the purpose the place the Rockies determined to possibility him to the minors in early June of final yr, and whereas he returned in July to put up a barely improved .221/.306/.379 slash line throughout his remaining 41 video games, 2024 proved to be his worst efficiency but because the 28-year-old hit simply .142 with a .182 on-base share and 0 extra-base hits throughout 67 plate appearances for the Rockies.
That brutal efficiency in 2024 was sufficient for Colorado to determine to half methods with Trejo, and the membership designated him for task yesterday with a purpose to make room for infielder Aaron Schunk on the membership’s roster. The Rockies’ second-rounder from the 2019 draft, Schunk figures to fill the same position on the roster as Trejo did, sacrificing the power to play shortstop for stronger offensive numbers. That left the Rockies to put Trejo on waivers, the place he went unclaimed by all 29 different golf equipment. Now a free agent for the primary time in his profession, Trejo figures to seek for a minor league deal in a corporation mild on center infield depth. Whereas the infielder has by no means hit a lot within the majors, his glovework has typically been well-received by defensive metrics, as indicated by his +2 Outs Above Common partially time responsibility with the Rockies final yr.
