03-24-2024 MLB Preview - Flipbook - Page 45
MLB ’24 NL WEST PREVIEW COLORADO ROCKIES
Sunday, March 24, 2024 45
2023: 59-103, fifth place | Manager: Bud Black (eighth season) | Opening Day: March 28 at Arizona.
OVERVIEW
TOP HITTERS
3B Ryan McMahon (.240, 23, 70,
.753 OPS), C Elías Díaz (.267, 14, 72,
.725 OPS), DH Charlie Blackmon
(.279, 8, 40, .803 OPS), 1B Kris
Bryant (.233, 10, 31 in 300 at-bats,
.680 OPS).
PROJECTED ROTATION
LH Kyle Freeland (6-14, 5.03 ERA, 94
Ks in 155 ⅔ IP), LH Austin Gomber
(9-9, 5.50), RH Cal Quantrill (4-7,
5.24 with Cleveland), RH Dakota
Hudson (6-3, 4.98 with Cardinals),
RH Peter Lambert (3-7, 5.36), RH
Ryan Feltner (2-4, 5.82).
ONE TO WATCH
OF Nolan Jones (.297,
20 HRs, 62 RBIs, 20
SBs, .931 OPS)
KEY RELIEVERS
RH Daniel Bard (4-2, 4.56 ERA, 1
save), RH Justin Lawrence (4-7,
3.72, 11 saves), RH Jake Bird (3-3,
4.33), RH Nick Mears (0-1, 3.72), RH
Tyler Kinley (0-4, 6.06).
OUTLOOK
A second straight 100-loss season
could be on deck for the Rockies
after making no splashy offseason
moves. They have a youthful nucleus led by Nolan Jones, who finished
fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting, and Brenton Doyle, a Gold Glove
outfielder. Colorado will play Bryant
at first base in an effort to keep him
on the field. Bryant has 15 homers
over two seasons with Colorado
after signing a seven-year,
$182 million contract in 2022.
Starting pitchers Germán
Márquez and Antonio Senzatela
are working their way back
from Tommy John surgery.
Bard, one of the team’s
top relievers, recently
underwent knee surgery.
— Associated Press
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HE’S HERE
OF Sam Hilliard, RHP Cal Quantrill, RHP Dakota Hudson, LHP Jalen Beeks.
HE’S OUTTA HERE
LHP Brent Suter (left), RHP Chris Flexen, RHP Connor Seabold.
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