Colorado Rockies: The Race for the West Heading into June

As the calendar turns toward Memorial Day weekend and the beginning of June, we wanted to take a look at how the National League West stood … and where the Colorado Rockies are fitting into the division.

There’s no question that the Rockies have been one of the National League’s surprise teams so far this season, going 22-24 so far. With Trevor Story exploding onto the scene in April, the Rockies have been in the national spotlight since Opening Day. Will that continue … or will Colorado be dealing with a June swoon as the season progresses and the Dog Days of Summer kick in?

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To help us know where the Rockies might fit in with their National League West counterparts, we learned on our NL West brethren from the FanSided network to give us their hot takes.

It was a simple assignment: Tell us why you think the team you cover will (or won’t) win the NL West. With that in mind, we rank the teams in order of their standings in the division heading into this weekend’s series, including the first-place San Francisco Giants visiting the Rockies for a three-game set.

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