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Ian Desmond
Colorado Rockies
OF: 118 DH: 2
2021 Projected Value: $0
2025 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $0
Based on 10-team NL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	Rate
2019	442	112	63	19	64	34	119	3	0.253	28.0
2018	555	131	82	22	88	53	146	20	0.236	37.3
2017	339	93	47	7	40	24	87	15	0.274	24.0
2016	625	178	107	22	86	44	160	21	0.285	55.2
2015	583	136	69	19	62	45	187	13	0.233	26.0
2014	593	151	73	24	91	46	183	24	0.255	44.0
2013	600	168	77	20	80	43	145	21	0.280	47.0
2012	513	150	72	25	73	30	113	21	0.292	50.9
2011	584	148	65	8	49	35	139	25	0.253	27.1
2010	525	141	59	10	65	28	109	17	0.269	31.0
2009	82	23	9	4	12	5	14	1	0.280	6.4

Player News

Date	News
11/10/21	Rockies Thank Ian Desmond, Who Won't Be On The Team Next Year. DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Rockies are parting ways with Ian Desmond. They sent out a tweet Tuesday thanking Desmond for his contributions to the team over the years, several days after paying the multi-position player a $2 million buyout rather than pick up his club option for next season. Over the past 5 seasons, Ian always represented what it means to be a Rockie. Source: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/11/10/colorado-ro...
11/07/21	Sunday Rockpile: Reflecting on the Ian Desmond experience. So, now feels as good a time as any to reflect on the Rockies career of Ian Desmond and his legacy in Colorado. The initial signing During the Winter Meetings of 2016, former general manager Jeff Bridich stunned the baseball world when he signed Desmond to a five-year deal worth $70 million. The move was perplexing because the Rockies already had a shortstop, a full outfield, and Desmond only had experience at those positions. Source: https://www.purplerow.com/2021/11/7/22761658/refle...
11/04/21	Ian Desmond's $15M Contract Option for 2022 Season Reportedly Declined by Rockies. The Rockies will pay Desmond a $2 million buyout. The 36-year-old opted out of the past two seasons amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "For now, I've decided to opt out of the 2021 season," he wrote in February. Source: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10014434-ian-d...
9/14/21	Ian Desmond named Rockies' nominee for Roberto Clemente Award for 5th straight year. Ian Desmond has been named the Rockies’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award for the fifth straight year, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. The annual award, which started in 1971 as the “Commissioner’s Award” and renamed after Clemente’s death in 1972, is given to the player who best represents baseball “through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field. The award winner will be announced at date to be determined. Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/14/ian-desmond-...
6/26/21	Rockies' manager Bud Black on Ian Desmond: “I think he feels good about his decision” to opt-out from second MLB season. The last time outfielder Ian Desmond played baseball in a Rockies uniform was on Sept. Don’t expect that fact to change anytime soon. Desmond, in the final year of his $70-million Rockies contract, opted out from his second consecutive MLB season last winter. Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/26/ian-desmond-...
4/03/21	Daily Red Sox Links: Eduardo Rodriguez, Ian Desmond, All-Star Game. Ian Desmond opted out of this current season after doing the same a year ago, but in the meantime he is also doing amazing work in his community. Anna Katherine Clemmons, The New York Times) MLB made a big move on Saturday with the announcement they moved the All-Star Game from Georgia in response to the state’s voting rights legislation. Anthony Castrovince; MLB.com) We know the NESN booth has been over it’s changes the last few years, so some have moved over to the radio. Source: https://www.overthemonster.com/2021/4/3/22364766/b...
3/05/21	MLB All-Star reveals why he's opting out for 2021 season amid $70M contract. Ian Desmond, a two-time Major League Baseball All-Star at the top of his professional game, stunned sports fans when he decided to stop playing. The 35-year-old Colorado Rockies centerfielder and father of five spoke exclusively to "Good Morning America" in his first interview since opting out of a second consecutive season and revealed the complexities behind the catalysts for his decision to walk away from the diamond. "There was a lot of things going on," he said thinking back to last year. Source: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/mlb-star-reveal...
2/21/21	Rockies' Ian Desmond opts out of 2021 MLB season 'for now'. Desmond, who also opted out of 2020, is the first player to do so in 2021 Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rockies-ian-des...
2/21/21	Rockies' Ian Desmond opts out of 2021 MLB season 'for now'. Desmond, who also opted out of 2020, is the first player to do so in 2021 Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rockies-ian-des...
2/21/21	Ian Desmond opting out for 2021, for now. Ian Desmond, Colorado Rockies utility player and former Texas Ranger, has announced that he has decided to opt out of the 2021 season for now in an Instagram post. He does, however, indicate that he will “continue to train and watch how things unfold. Desmond, who opted out of the 2020 season as well, indicates that his desire to be with his family right now is “greater than my desire to go back and play baseball under these circumstances. Source: https://www.lonestarball.com/2021/2/21/22293909/ia...
11/09/20	Monday Rockpile: The Ian Desmond dilemma. Just a couple Sundays ago, we officially received word that Ian Desmond was being reinstated after sitting out the 2020 season. Nick Groke of The Athletic noted that just because he was reinstated back on the 40-man roster, there is still no guarantee that he’d be playing for the Rockies in 2021. What does that mean? Source: https://www.purplerow.com/2020/11/9/21555657/color...
11/06/20	Quade Tomlin returns to Nats roots. WASHINGTON – Quade Tomlin had just turned five years old in 2007 when his father, Randy, became the pitching coaching for Single-A Potomac in the Carolina League with the Washington Nationals. One of the infield prospects that year was Ian Desmond, who had been demoted after playing at Double-A Harrisburg the previous season. He has stayed in contact with me,” Quade Tomlin told Federal Baseball of Desmond, who broke in with the Nationals in 2009 and played for the Rockies in 2019. Source: https://www.federalbaseball.com/2020/11/6/21549784...
10/02/20	Rangers v. Chalk draft review, Part V: 2016. Here are the Rangers’ draft picks in the first three rounds in 2016, along with their slot values and what they signed for. Cole Ragans — $2,003,400 slot, $2,003,400 signed #63 — Alex Speas — $1,024,900 slot, $1,024,900 signed #99 — Kole Enright — $602,400 slot, $675,000 signed The Rangers went slot for Ragans and Speas, and a little above slot for Enright. The Rangers lost their first round draft pick in 2016 due to the signing of Ian Desmond as a free agent. Source: https://www.lonestarball.com/2020/10/2/21496915/ra...
9/28/20	Ian Desmond opted out of MLB in 2020. Welcome to the 2020 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2020. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). Source: https://www.purplerow.com/2020/9/28/21446189/ian-d...
7/08/20	Hoornstra: 4 players who emerged as role models despite no baseball to play. With the game muted, the actions of Ian Desmond, Sean Doolittle, Joey Votto and David Price spoke loudly and had a meaningful impact. Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/08/hoornstra-4-...
7/01/20	[NBC Sports Bay Area] - How Ian Desmond 'stepped up big' by stepping away from 2020 MLB season. Desmond has bigger things on his mind than playing professional baseball, yet he's not turning his back on the sport. Source: https://sportspyder.com/teams/oakland-athletics/ar...
7/01/20	Elephant Rumblings: Rockies sign Matt Kemp as transactions begin to pick up. While every NL team has to suddenly make last-minute plans for their new DH spot, the Rockies found themselves in an even deeper hole when one of their top in-house candidates, Ian Desmond, exercised his right to opt out of the season amid the pandemic. Now they’ve added a new veteran bat in his place. We’ll have to wait to see whether Kemp actually makes the team in Colorado, but he’s at least in the conversation for one of the A’s new regional rivals. Source: https://www.athleticsnation.com/2020/7/1/21309751/...
6/30/20	Ian Desmond announces he'll sit out 2020 MLB season in thoughtful message concerning race in America, baseball. Desmond touched on a wide range of topics pertaining to being a biracial person in America and in baseball Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ian-desmond-ann...
6/30/20	Ian Desmond announces he'll sit out 2020 MLB season in thoughtful message concerning race in America, baseball. Desmond touched on a wide range of topics pertaining to being a biracial person in America and in baseball Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ian-desmond-ann...
6/30/20	Red Sox reliever Ryan Brasier: 'This season is important whether we like it or not'. While some doubted baseball would ever get to that point, and others are choosing not to partake (see Ian Desmond and Ryan Zimmerman), it was of the utmost importance for guys like Brasier to find a way back. "I’ve been ready to go since we got home," he said. People ask, ‘Do you want to play 60 games? Source: https://weei.radio.com/blogs/rob-bradford/one-red-...

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