Colorado Rockies - The Covid-19 Years (2020-2029)
 
   
 

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  Titles: Top Rockies Players of the Twenty Twenties  
  None  
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark: German Marquez (5.72) -   21  
  Coors Field Kyle Freeland (9.58) -   20  
    Daniel Bard (4.33) -   18  
  Team Name: Austin Gomber (4.17) -  16  
  Rockies Antonio Senzatela (4.74) -   9  
    Tyler Kinley (1.31) -  5  
  Owner:  Victor Vodnik (2.4) -  5  
  Consortium led by Dick and Charlie Monfort      
    Catchers:  
  General Managers: Elias Diaz (5.07) -   22  
  Jeff Bridich (2020-2021) Hunter Goodman (2.4) -  11  
  Bill Schmidt (2022-2025)    
  Josh Byrnes (2025) First Basemen:  
    CJ Cron (5.32) -  18  
  Managers:    
  Bud Black (2020-25) Second Basemen:  
  Warren Schaeffer (2025) Brendan Rodgers (6.2) -  17  
    Garrett Hampson (-0.32) -   7  
  No Hitters: Connor Joe (2.38) -  7  
       
  Hall of Famers: ShortStop:  
  None Trevor Story (6.79) -    25  
    Ezequiel Tovar (6.6) - 22  
  Rookie of the Year: Jose Iglesias (1.16) -  7  
  None    
    Third Base:  
  Cy Young Award: Ryan McMahon (13.9) -   31  
  None Nolan Arenado (1.42) -   4  
       
  MVP: Outfield:  
  None Charlie Blackmon (3.25)  -  23  
    Brenton Doyle (5.2) -  23  
  Notable Events: Nolan Jones (4.3) - 13  
  The 2025 version of the Rockies was one of the worst teams in baseball Raimel Tapia (1.77) -   9  
  history at 43-119. This after a six year slide from bad to worse. Randal Grichuk (1.25) - 7  
  Not much to say about last year's team, best left alone. No bright spots. Mickey Moniak (-0.6) -  7  
  A new regime has been brought in led by GM Paul Podesta who hasn't Jordan Beck (0.1) -  6  
  been involved with a big league organization for ten years. He was with the    
  Cleveland Browns of the NFL. You truly wish the guy the best but not only Notable Events:  
  was he involved in another sport, but one of the two or three most poorly    
  managed franchises in that sport.  It only seems appropriate somehow. 2020 - The Rockies had a couple of decent seasons in 2017 and 2018 when they  
   Prior to that he was with the Mets and Padres for ten years so he has made the wild card. They had some good players and were an entertaining team.  
   some idea of what baseball used to be like. Anyway, I don't believe However, 2019 was a bust as it brought them down to their normal levels at 71-91  
  he can do worse than what was already in Colorado. Apparently ownership and the covid year 2020 proved that 2019 was no fluke as they went 26-34.  
  didn't get rid of the people who perpetrated (the perps) last year's record In 2020, Colorado had some good players on the roster, remnants from their  
  on Colorado, they were moved elsewhere in the organization. Wild Card teams. In a couple of years, however, they would all be gone and not   
  A bizarre kind of loyalty to abject failures. replaced:  
  On top of everything else, the Rockies also lost their first overall pick in the 3B Nolan Arenado (traded to STL in '21); SS Trevor Story (FA to Boston in '22);   
  2026 college draft due to the new tanking rule. They will be picking eleventh.  OF Charlie Blackmon (retired after '24); 2B Ryan McMahon (traded to Yanks in '25);    
  It looks like that rule had an impact on management as they made a late As one after the other left, the Colorado landscape got bleaker and bleaker.  
  flurry of free agent signings bringing in actual bonafide major leaguers!  
  2020 - Dick and Charlie Monfort had owned the club for sixteen years coming  
  Starting Pitchers: into 2020. The Rockies have topped .500 only five times during their tenure including  
  □  LHP Kyle Freeland, 31, '14 8th overall pick, '25 5-17 4,98 all of the current decade.  
  □ RHP Chase Dollander, 24, '24 9th overall pick , '25 2-12 6.52 They have had three ninety plus win seasons and four post seaons appearances  
  □ RHP Tomoyoki Sugano,36, '26 IFA from Baltimore, '25 10-10 4.64 all prior to the current decade. Early on in the brothers tenure, 2007,  
  □ RHP Michael Lorenzen, 34, '26 FA from KC, '25 7-11 4.64 the Rockies made it to the World Series and Colorado fans had hope for the new  
  □ LHP Jose Quintana, 36, '26 FA from Milwaukee, '25 11-7 3.96 ownership. However, as subsequent events have proven, that world series run   
  □ LHP Tanner Gordon, 28,  '23 Trade deadline from Atlanta, '25 6-8 6.33 was a mirage. By and large, this ownership has not only had shallow pockets   
  □ RHP Gabriel Hughes, 24, '22 10th overall pick , '25 AA-AAA 5-6 4.19 but has been the opposite of baseball savvy and has not brought in particularly  
  □ RHP Ryan Feltner, 29, '18 4th round pick , '25 0-2 4.75 competent management. If you don't spend you better have overachieving  
  □ RHP McCade Brown, 25, '21 3rd round pick , '25 0-5 7.36 management. Frugality combined with schlocks in control is a recipe for what  
  □ RHP Bradley Blalock, 25, '24 Trade from Milwaukee , '25 2-6 9,36 we are seeing with the Rockies - and it is not pretty.  
  The pitching was off the charts bad last season, even by Colorado standards,  
  as the Rockies gave up a whopping 301 runs over league average.  
  Colorado made a major move towards mediocrity late in the offseason  
  signing three legitimate middle/bottom of the rotation major league pitchers.  
  Tomoyoki Sugano from Baltimore, Michael Lorenzen from the Royals and  
  Jose Quintana from Milwaukee. Added to face of the franchise starter   
  Kyle Freeland and prospect Chase Dollander this actually gives the   
  Rockies a rotation where they have a chance to compete every game.  
   
  Relief Pitchers:  
  □ Closer RHP Seth Halvorsen, 26, '23 7th round pick, '25 1-2 4.99  
  □ RHP Jimmy Herget, 32, '25 FA from Cubs, '25 1-2 2.48  
  □ RHP Victor Vlodnik, 26, '23 Trade deadline from Atlanta, '25 4-3 3.02  
  □ RHP Keegan Thompson, 31, '26 Trade from Twins, '24 Cubs 2-1 2.67  
  □ RHP Brennan Bernardino, 34, '26 Trade from Boston, '25 4-3 3,14  
  □ RHP Juan Mejia,25, '17 IFA , '25 2-2 3.96  
  □ RHP RJ Petit, 26, '26 Rule 5 draft from Detroit , '25 AA-AAA 10-2 2.44  
  □ RHP Pierson Ohl, 26, '26 Trade from Twins, '25 0-3 5.10  
  Not a very exciting bunch. RJ Petit from Detroit in the Rule 5 draft could be  
  a steal as a potential closer. A big six foot eight monster, he had gaudy  
  numbers in the minors for the Tigers last year. Odd he wasn't protected.  
  Other than that, Bernardino, Herget, Thompson, Mejia and Vlodnik look  
  like they may be decent.  
   
  Regulars:  
  □ C Hunter Goodman, 25,  '21 4th round pick, '25  31 91 ,278  
  □  1B Edouard Julien, 27, '26 Trade from Twins,  '25 3 12 .220  
  □  2B Willi Castro, 28, '26 FA from Cubs,  '25 11 33 .226  
  □ SS Ezequiel Tovar, 23, '17 IFA, '25  9 33 .253  
   □ 3B Kyle Karros, 23, '23 5th round pick, '25 1 9 .226  
  □ OF Jake McCarthy, 29,  '26 trade from Arizona, '25 4 20 .204  
  □ CF Brenton Doyle, 26,  '19 4th round pick, '25 15 57 .233  
  □ OF Jordan Beck, 25,  '22 1st round pick, '25 16 53 .258  
  □ OF Mickey Moniak, 28,  '25 FA from Anaheim, '25 24 68 .270  
  □ C Braxton Fulford, 27, '21 6th round pick , ' 25 1 16 .213  
  □  1B Blaine Crim, 29, '25 FA from Texas, '25 5 12 .241  
  □ 1B Troy Johnston, 28 , '26 FA from Miami, '25 4 13 .277  
  □ 1B TJ Rumfield, 26, '26 Trade from NYY, '25 AAA 16 87 .285  
  □ 2B Adael Amador, 23, '21 IFA, '25 1 10 .177  
  □ SS Ethan Holliday, 19, '25 draft 4th overall, '25 A 2 6 .239  
  □ 3B Kris Bryant, 35, '22 FA from SF, '25 0 1 .154  
  □ OF Ryan Ritter, 25, '22 4th round pick, '25 1 18 .241  
  □ OF Charlie Condon, 23, '24 3rd overall pick, '25 AA 14 58 .268  
  □ OF Zac Veen, 24, '20 1st round pick, '25 1 2 .118  
  The pitching, such as it is, is going to have to carry this club towards  
  mediocrity because the hitting sure won't.  
  Colorado scored 124 runs under the league average last year which is   
  remarkably bad considering Coors Field is a hitters paradise.  
  Unfortunately, not much quality was added in the off season.  
  C Hunter Goodman is the only good hitter on the team and should probably  
  be moved off of catcher to save his legs for hitting. There are four recent   
  first round picks floating around. Maybe there will be a breakthru:  
  OF Zac Veen '20; OF Jordan Beck '22; OF Charlie Condon '24 and  
  SS Ethan Holliday '25. There are some veterans who could be decent this  
  year: Oft injured 3B Kris Bryant; SS Ezequiel Tovar; OF Mickey Moniak and  
  CF Brenton Doyle. None of them are much above replacement level.