Cave, who turns 32 next month, hit .251/.290/.396 in 346 plate appearances for the Rockies last season. He departs for Korea with a .232/.292/.400 line in 523 big-league games.

The 31-year-old Cave played the hero in a few Rockies wins this year, but he wound up hitting a modest .251/.290/.396 in 346 plate appearances, leaving him with an 84 OPS+ that was below his career mark of 88. We imagine the club will offer him a minor league deal to come back and compete for a job next spring.

Cave had an excellent day at the plate in New York, collecting four hits. He doubled in the second inning, then drove in a run with a base hit in the third before scoring on a double by Nolan Jones. Cave added another single in the fifth and took Michael Tonkin deep for a two-run homer in the seventh to extend the Rockies’ lead. The 31-year-old outfielder is slashing .262/.303/.418 with seven homers, 35 runs scored, 34 RBI, and five steals across 274 plate appearances.

With the Rockies trailing 4-2, Cave swatted a two-run blast off Hunter Strickland to tie the game at 4-4, and the Rockies would score another in the 10th to pick up the win. Cave has gone deep four times with 24 RBI to accompany a .251/.297/.372 slash.