Colorado Rockies: Jon Gray is not the only one at fault

But who is the person who believed that the Rockies starting pitching staff would be a playoff worthy rotation and expected Jon Gray to anchor that rotation? Jeff Bridich.

Obviously, it would be nice to believe that Jon Gray could develop into an ace but he has shown with his results that he can’t. He doesn’t look he is confident enough to be an ace either. Really, you could see it when he started for the Rockies in the Wild Card game last year.

Also, if you just look at this year’s group of players, or roster composition of the current Rockies, there are many questionable moves by Bridich.

Who resigned Carlos Gonzalez after a bad season in 2017, who has improved lately but still playing well below league average?

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Who signed Ian Desmond to play a position that he had never played in his life for five years and $75 million?

Who signed Bryan Shaw?

Gerardo Parra?

Mike Dunn?

Resigned Jake McGee (who has been doing better than the other relievers but that’s not saying much)?

Chris Iannetta?

Who didn’t get another starter, one that was a veteran?

Who didn’t sign somebody to help out the bench, particularly a veteran, instead relying on Pat Valaika, Tony Wolters, Mike Tauchman, and Ryan McMahon?

All were Jeff Bridich.

Let’s look back even further, though. In fact, let’s look back to Bridich’s entire tenure as general manager.