The Colorado Rockies are staring at another 100-loss season, and the math is as ugly as it sounds. Tuesday’s loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks locked in the franchise’s fourth straight triple-digit defeat, making Colorado just the fifth team in Major League history to hit that mark. The last club to do it four years in a row was the New York Mets from 1962-65.
That’s the backdrop. It’s bleak. But if president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta is going to sort through this mess and map out 2027, there are at least a few places where the organization can point to real progress.
Start with the lineup. Hunter Goodman has turned himself into the Rockies’ most dangerous hitter, entering Friday with 39 home runs, 83 RBI and a .525 slugging percentage. Whether he gets to 40 or not, the bigger point is already clear.
TJ Rumfield also answered a major question for the organization. The rookie went into the final series hitting .296 with a .386 on-base percentage, 15 home runs and 70 RBI. Colorado opened the season searching for a real solution at first base, and Rumfield gave them one.
Then there’s Jordan Beck, acquired from the Diamondbacks last offseason, who put together the best year of his career. He reached the final weekend of the regular season hitting .295 with 30 doubles, 13 triples, 15 home runs, 83 RBI and 32 stolen bases. That gives Colorado three productive hitters to build around, and for a team in this position, that matters.
The offense as a whole moved forward, too. Through September 20, the Rockies had scored 726 runs, their highest total since 2021.
Their offensive WAR jumped from minus-3.1 in 2025 to 8.6 this year. Not every stretch looked the same, either.
Some of the improvement jumped off the page, and some of it was easier to miss, but it was there.
One stretch in particular showed what this group can do when everything clicks. From May 29 through July 3, Colorado posted a 126wRC+, the best mark in baseball over that span. That level wasn’t going to last, especially not for the Rockies, but it did show the lineup is capable of far more than the record suggests.
The problem, as usual, was pitching. Colorado entered the final week with the highest team ERA in baseball, and nobody around the club would call that a surprise. It has become too familiar a place for this team, and fixing it needs to be DePodesta’s top offseason priority.
There were signs of growth in the system, too. Charlie Condon finished his Triple-A season with a .273/.390/.514 line, 27 home runs and 98 RBI. The former No. 3 overall pick also drew 79 walks and finished with a .904 OPS, enough to put him firmly in the conversation for a Major League role in 2027.
The 19-year-old also delivered across two minor league levels, hitting .305 with 29 doubles, eight triples, 10 home runs and 41 stolen bases. His contact skills and speed have made him one of the organization’s most promising prospects.
Ethan Holliday’s year ended early because of a stress fracture in his left foot, but the Rockies’ top prospect still showed plenty before the injury. At Single-A Fresno, he was slashing .262/.395/.557 with nine home runs in 152 plate appearances.
Colorado’s 2026 MLB Draft class also added to the sense that the system is moving in the right direction. Four members of that group climbed into MLB Pipeline’s organizational Top 30 in August.
None of that erases the record. The Rockies still have a massive amount of work ahead, with questions everywhere from the starting rotation to the defense. If the offseason brings only small tweaks, it won’t be enough.
But this wasn’t a total wipeout. For all the losses, Colorado did leave the season with a few concrete signs of life, and DePodesta now has to turn those individual bright spots into something much bigger.
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