Oscar Myer Winner: Wil Myers cycles igniting Padres past Rockies

DENVER – Coors Field played host to cycle No. 290 in MLB history on Monday. That Cycle, No. 15 at the ballpark on Blake, was accomplished to San Deigo Padres first baseman Wil Myers. He accounted for two RBI and two runs in the contest which were enough to beat the Colorado Rockies in their eighth game of 2017.

Once one of the top prospects in baseball, the now highly paid Padre became the second San Deigo ballplayer to hit for the cycle. The other was Matt Kemp, who did it in Denver too.

“Those moments don’t happen very often,” Padres manger Andy Green said. “To see somebody get it, someone like Wil, kind of the cornerstone of your franchise, it’s a lot of fun to watch.”

He went four-for-four and those four hits tied his career high, which has been done four times by Myers. Myers is now batting .357 (25-for-70) with 17 runs, four doubles, one triple, six home runs and 17 RBI in his career at Coors Field, good for a slick 1.088 OPS.

“He’s a good player, he got $83 million for a reason,”  Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood said.

Myers’ double came in the third and knocked in the first run of the ballgame, the homer in the sixth and the stand-up triple in the eighth. Myers still nabbed the three-bagger in the penultimate inning despite almost tripping on second base.

“I almost fell. I was trying too hard, I think,” he said. “If I’d have fallen I still would have tried for it.”

Green was screaming ‘three’ from the dugout, so was Myers—in his head—as he smoked one at 103 mph into the left field gap.

“As soon as I hit it, I knew a triple was a possibility,” Myers said. “I was screaming three to myself, in my head. I was going three the whole way. In that situation, when we really needed a run, I felt like it was a good opportunity to take a chance.”

A cycle in its self is rare—let alone four hits in a ballgame—having the exit velocity on your double be more than that of the triple which was more than that of the home run, now that’s real odd too.

Myers, 26, has a lot of big league ball left in him, could he be the first ever to cycle twice in Colorado? Only time will tell.