Colorado Rockies baseball was a bit shaken up Thursday morning as Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported that slugger Carlos Gonzalez had “expressed an interest in going elsewhere.”
In his report Heyman said:
Gonzalez has expressed an interest in going elsewhere and people around the team are aware of it (Rockies GM Jeff Bridich said he would keep all those conversations “private”) … Gonzalez, it’s said, badly wants to win, and has become frustrated by the difficulties of doing that in Colorado.
When CarGo arrived at the stadium for Thursday’s game he addressed the situation at hand.
“I got a call this morning from Scott Boras, my agent, asking me about what happened.” Gonzalez said. “I was surprised because I did not know what was up … Obviously [the reported meeting] didn’t happen.”
The general vibe surrounding the situation was confusion from Gonzalez who was still trying to puzzle everything together.
“Nothing is true because obviously I haven’t talked to anybody, I haven’t said that to anybody. Not even my wife, or my kids, or my mom.” Gonzalez said. “I never complain about wanting to go somewhere else.”
CarGo went on to say that he was “grateful for the opportunity to play in this organization” and said it’s his job to come to the park and play.
