Each MLB team’s season success or failure?
Colorado Rockies
68-94, 5th in NL East
The Rockies entered the season with minimal expectations but had some optimism following a 7-2 start. Just like the past two seasons, Colorado faded back to reality after April en route to another losing season.
Colorado’s most important moment of the season came with the deadline deal of franchise cornerstone Troy Tulowitzki to the Toronto Blue Jays. It’s always hard to tell when evaluating unproven prospects, but it doesn’t appear the Rockies got as much value for Tulowitzki as they could have in previous years or last offseason.
Pitching continues to be a constant area of need, and the Rockies struggled again in 2015 even when taking park adjustments into consideration. Poor performances from young pitchers Tyler Maztek and Jon Gray did little to raise hopes for the rotation heading into next season.
The offense didn’t have enough depth to make up for the pitching staff. At the very least, the Rockies can be happy with the performances of Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez, who both returned from injury-shortened 2014 campaigns to post strong numbers this year.
Of major concern was the lingering foot injury to Corey Dickerson, who is a key part of the Rockies’ core for the future. The Rockies will need Dickerson healthy and plenty of improvement over the offseason to avoid a sixth straight losing season in 2016.
Failure. Other than Arenado and Gonzalez, things are a mess in Colorado.
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