The Rockies have chosen to make a coaching change after a brutal road trip with a struggling offense.
On Thursday afternoon the Colorado Rockies announced that they had relieved hitting coach Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens from his duties effective immediately. Special assistant to the general manager Clint Hurdle has been appointed interim hitting coach.
We have relieved hitting coach Hensley Meulens of his duties. Special Assistant to the GM, Clint Hurdle, has been named hitting coach for the remainder of the season.
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) April 17, 2025
“This has been an incredibly frustrating and disappointing start to the season, especially offensively,” said General Manager Bill Schmidt.
“While all of us share responsibility, I felt a change was necessary, and that a new voice was needed to give us the best chance to perform as we move forward in the season.”
Schmidt thanked Meulens for his efforts, adding, “He is a lifetime baseball-man who still has plenty to give the game of baseball.”
Meulens, a native of Curaçao and long time MLB coach, was hired by the Rockies prior to the 2023 season with the goal of fixing an offense that had seen diminishing returns and increasing strikeouts since their 2018 playoff run.
Unfortunately, the Rockies have set team records for strikeouts in each of Meulens’ first two seasons, and currently have the second-most strikeouts in the league so far in 2025.
The Rockies are off to a miserable start this season. They have gone 3-15 to start the season and most recently went 0-6 on a California road trip that saw them shut out in three straight games and 32 2⁄3 consecutive innings. The season has been characterized by offensive woes, especially strikeouts.
Meulens is replaced as hitting coach by Clint Hurdle.
Currently serving as a special assistant to general manager Bill Schmidt, Hurdle was the Rockies’ hitting coach from 1997-2002. During that time, the team hit .288/.351/.462 with 5.48 runs per game. He then served as the Rockies’ manager from 2002-2009, where he led the team to their first National League pennant and World Series appearance.
“Clint’s 30-plus years of baseball experience, especially over the past three-plus seasons working with our young players throughout the Minor Leagues, put him and our club in a place to be successful moving forward.”
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This story has been updated to include comments from general manager, Bill Schmidt.