'Bottom line: this franchise lacks an identity and it needs to take a hard look at itself. A little honesty with the public would be nice, too. 'Rebuild' doesn’t have to be a dirty word.'
Do they really believe they are close to being contenders? Just a player or two away from the playoffs? Their 43-51 record screams otherwise.
We’ve been told many times through the years that the Rockies are a “draft-and-develop organization,” and yet they gave Kris Bryant a seven-year, $182 million contract that confounded the baseball world. In 2019, after making the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in franchise history, the Rockies tumbled to a 71-91 record. After the season, owner Dick Monfort, former GM Jeff Bridich and manager Bud Black met with the media. Monfort and Bridich took umbrage with my question about whether the team was in a rebuilding mode.
“And I think you start with Nolan, Charlie , control of Trevor and the young pitchers — Jon Gray and Freeland and Marquez and all of that — I think you have an incredible nucleus of players that you need to build on and try to take this to the next level.”
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