Colorado Rockies: Predicting the Wild Card roster in Arizona

Colorado Rockies celebration — DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 30: Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies is doused by his teammates in the lockerroom at Coors Field on September 30, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Although losing 5-3 to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Rockies celebrated clinching a wild card spot in the post season. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

On Saturday, the Colorado Rockies earned a spot in the 2017 postseason when the Milwaukee Brewers were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals. Milwaukee’s loss handed the Rockies the second National League Wild Card spot and ensured that Colorado would face its division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks, in Phoenix on Wednesday night.

As September began, we took our first stab at which players might make Colorado’s postseason roster. Check it out here (it will open in a new tab so you won’t lose your spot here). Now that the Rockies have actually ensured that the postseason is a reality, it’s time to revisit which players might make the postseason roster.

A big reminder here … every postseason roster reverts back to the 25-man limit. Colorado has been well over that since September call-ups happened so some players who have been a part of Colorado’s September will not be a part of the team’s October.

Plenty has changed since we made our first prediction. That includes a starting pitcher who has emerged as one of Colorado’s most reliable options on the mound … and he wasn’t even healthy when we made our first predicition.

Let’s take a look at who we think will be a part of the 2017 version of Rocktober, starting Wednesday night in Phoenix…

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