14 Tony Wolters C

Wolters is not starting Wednesday against the Giants, Jenny Cavnar of AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain reports.

Wolters has a very slight playing-time edge behind the plate in Colorado, though he's only started in back-to-back games once in the last 15 games. Chris Iannetta will get the call Wednesday.

Wolters is out of the lineup against San Diego on Thursday, Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post reports.

Wolters will take a seat for a standard day off after going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI during Wednesday's victory. In his absence, Chris Iannetta will handle the catching duties and bat eighth.

Wolters possesses a .160/.268/.269 slash line to start the second half.

Wolters' stat line is downright awful. Strikeouts aren't much of a concern (17.4 percent strikeout rate) and he walks plenty (10.1 percent walk rate). However, he's not doing anything with the balls he puts in play. His BABIP sits at a lowly .181 mark and his ISO is just .109. Fortunately he's an above-average defender behind the plate and can play the infield as well, otherwise he could find himself back in Triple-A in the near future thanks to the emergence of Tom Murphy at the big-league level.

Wolters is batting .162 with two home runs and eight RBI across 89 plate appearances this season.

Wolters tapered off significantly in the second half of last season, and it seems like that sluggish finish has carried over into the 2018 campaign. As one would expect, his numbers at Coors Field are fine -- he holds an .814 OPS in 34 at-bats at home. However, he's struggling mightily on the road, as he's just 2-for-40 (.050) away from Colorado. With Chris Iannetta ahead of him in the pecking order and prospect Tom Murphy scorching the baseball at Triple-A, Wolters' time as a major-league contributor may be running out.

Wolters went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Friday's 8-7 win over the Mets.

The blast was his first of the season -- and his first extra-base hit. Wolters hasn't been able to get anything going at the plate so far, posting a .140/.240/.209 slash line in 16 games, and even though Chris Iannetta hasn't been doing much better at the plate, Wolters' opportunities for playing time will be few until he strings together some hits.