Even so, the Rockies were skeptical about the camera. “Is this gonna put more things in your head?” asked Rockies manager Bud Black and his staff. The self-effacing Ottavino had a reputation as an intelligent player but also as a “thinker,” which can be a dangerous label in a major-league clubhouse. “When a person who’s perceived as intelligent or a thinker struggles, they think you’re overthinking,” said Ottavino, describing an issue also plaguing Bauer. “That was part of what I was hearing [in 2017] is, ‘Oh, you’re just overthinking things.’”
