Rookie hazing or just plain fun with the new guys?
Today, Noel Cuevas — a rookie right fielder who was called up on April 22 — was assigned to a special, important task; buy everyone in the clubhouse coffee before the impending day game at Wrigley Field.
$111.55 worth of Starbucks heading to the visiting Clubhouse at Wrigley. Life of a Rookie 🤷🏼♀️ @Rockies pic.twitter.com/aGEyCdf98h
— Taylor McGregor (@Taylor_McGregor) May 2, 2018
$111 worth of coffee?! Yowza.
While most players look to have ordered cold brew, there are a few, special, caramel drizzled drinks as well. Hey, whatever gets you through the games, I guess.
Per the Rockies, Cuevas was accompanied by Daniel Castro and Harrison Musgrave in a bit of fun before a big game today:
.@noelcuevas56, escorted by Daniel Castro and @hmusky15, had to do a coffee run in Wrigleyville this morning…in full uniform. ☕️ pic.twitter.com/o2aZ9S1x2L
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) May 2, 2018
For the Rockies, this road trip continues to come at them fast and furiously. After playing three games in Miami over the weekend, Colorado now faces the Cubs in Chicago in the series-deciding game today, with a 12:20 p.m. MT first pitch. That follows back-to-back night games, with a narrow loss (3-2, Monday) followed by a victory last night as the Rocks were lifted by three homers to win 3-1.
Cuevas, notably, had a great game at the plate Monday night, going 3-4, which is huge on the worst-hitting team in baseball. He got the offense going in the fifth inning — which netted the team two runs — before being picked off at second base. That mistake proved costly, but one he learned from immediately, taking a much shorter lead off second later in the game.
Colorado has to get the offense going — they went 4-30 (.133) last night — and maybe the cart of caffeine will help jolt them into action.
Catch the Rockies – Cubs on ATT Sports Net Rocky Mountain at 12:20 p.m. MT today. Colorado is off tomorrow before starting a three-game series at the New York Mets starting Friday.