The Colorado Rockies may be a lot better than last year’s 119-loss disaster, but they’re still living in seller territory as the 2026 MLB trade deadline hits. With 44 wins already on the board, they’ve clearly outpaced their 2025 pace. That hasn’t been enough to lift them anywhere near contention, and it leaves them as one of the few obvious teams looking to move pieces.
For much of the season, Hunter Goodman has been the name everyone has circled. Colorado’s best player has come up in trade chatter at different points, but his production has also pushed plenty of people to expect the Rockies to keep him and try to build around him. The catcher made the All-Star Game and has 33 home runs this year.
Goodman was scratched from the lineup ahead of Colorado’s Aug. 2 game against the Kansas City Royals, a day before the deadline, but the move was not tied to a trade. It was simply a scheduled day off for a player at the game’s most demanding and least replaceable spot. The conditions also made the decision easier: temperatures for the game were expected to climb into the triple digits, Colorado had played a night game the day before a midday start, and Goodman had not had a rest day since July 18.
For now, the expectation is that Goodman stays put. That doesn’t mean the Rockies are done dealing. Seth Halvorsen has already been moved, and Mickey Moniak, Jake McCarthy, and Antonio Senzatela are still among the players who could be dealt.
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It is the kind of call that fits the uncertainty of a rebuilding club, but it also invites immediate second-guessing. Goodman still has no contract extension in place, and with the Rockies clearly not close to contention, passing on a chance to maximize his market value could look like a missed opportunity for a team that needs every edge it can find in the next phase of the rebuild. [Read more 🡒]