{"id":329679,"date":"2025-12-07T05:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/329679\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T05:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:19:10","slug":"why-rockies-released-warming-bernabel-after-red-hot-mlb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/329679\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rockies released Warming Bernabel after red-hot MLB debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warming Bernabel is unforgettable right from the beginning. Who could forget that name?<\/p>\n<p>He also made an immediate impression on MLB when he was called up by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/colorado-rockies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Rockies<\/a> for his debut in July.<\/p>\n<p>In Bernabel&#8217;s first 28 at bats, he had 14 hits. That included three home runs.<\/p>\n<p>Those that had noticed that may have been surprised to see that this weekend, the Rockies outrighted Bernabel off their 40-man roster, and he elected free agency.<\/p>\n<p>So the talent-devoid Rockies have now lost Bernabel.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/news\/lebron-james-10-point-streak-ends-most-lebron-james-way-possible\/38a93b7611bf04b85725e047\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LeBron James&#8217; 10-point streak ends in the most LeBron James way possible<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why did the Rockies release Warming Bernabel?<\/p>\n<p>The reason stems from what happened after that 14-for-28 start.<\/p>\n<p>From that point on, Bernabel hit just .189 the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He had a concussion in September, too, which hampered the end to the season.<\/p>\n<p>And he was a below average defender.<\/p>\n<p>Bernabel will surely latch on somewhere. He was a .301 hitter in Triple-A in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>But his pedigree isn&#8217;t as good prior to that than some of his production would suggest.<\/p>\n<p>If the Rockies decided he&#8217;s not worth keeping around, that may not be a ringing endorsement of his MLB potential.<\/p>\n<p>But a player that can go 14-for-28 right away in the bigs could have some value to someone.<\/p>\n<p>More news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warming Bernabel is unforgettable right from the beginning. Who could forget that name? He also made an immediate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-329679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}