Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. 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). It’s not something the staff debated. We’ll begin with the player with the lowest rWAR and end up with the player with the highest.
No. 38, Aaron Schunk (-0.3 rWAR)
Back in April when the Colorado Rockies were attempting to survive
“Infielder-pocalypse,” Aaron Schunk made the trip from Triple-A Albuquerque to Coors Field to help fill in the gaps.
As a refresher, in late April, the Rockies were missing their second baseman, Thairo Estrada, with a broken bone in his hand before Ezequiel Tovar went on the IL with hip issues. Because Kyle Farmer could only log so many innings, the Rockies recalled Schunk.
Schunk, you may recall, is a University of Georgia alum and was once a top-30 PuRP. He made his MLB debut in the second half of 2024 and appeared in 39 games. During that time, he slashed .234/.265/.330 and worked as a utility infielder (second base, third base, shortstop, and designated hitter). He was outrighted in February 2025 and started the season with the Isotopes.
He appeared in 16 games and had 33 plate appearances. During that time, he slashed .188/.188/.219 with one run. To his credit, Schunk was the versatile infielder the Rockies needed, playing mostly at second along with some shortstop and third base and finishing his 2025 time with the MLB team with 1 DRS.
It would not be long before Schunk was added to the list of those on the IL, specifically due to an oblique strain. On May 31, he was DFA’d.
Schunk did not declare free agency and spent the rest of the season with the ‘Topes where, in 363 plate appearances, he slashed .291/.352/.477 with 10 home runs.
What is next for Aaron Schunk remains unclear as the Rockies begin their rebuild, but it seems unlikely he will figure into the Rockies’ future plans.
Whatever happens, he’s always had one of the coolest walk-up songs in baseball.
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