I don’t understand the Colorado Rockies. At all.
News
came out yesterday that the team had resigned pitcher Jorge De La Rosa to a
two-year deal. And it made me remember something I had thought of many times
before: I’m pretty sure the Rockies don’t really have a strategy.
Sure, they have a solid core. Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos
Gonzalez are great…when they aren’t injured. Nolan Arenado has prospect
pedigree and has shown talent at the major league level (hopefully he avoids
the problems with injuries the other two have had). After that, though, they are surprisingly shallow in talent. Sure, Charlie Blackmon, Drew Stubbs, and Corey
Dickerson are okay, but that’s pretty much every other decent part they have
left.
And you know what’s the sad thing? It didn’t have to be this
way.
You know when the last time the Rockies had a winning season
was? 2010. It wasn’t even that successful a season, either, with only 83 wins.
And yet, here are the things they have done since then to improve:
