Colorado Rockies: Will there be little movement during Winter Meetings?

“Well … we’re waiting!!!” As Ted Knight’s character, Judge Smails, eloquently put it in the classic 1980 film “Caddyshack,” Colorado Rockies fans are eagerly waiting for news as other teams begin to make moves as “hot stove” season begins to heat up before the start of the Winter Meetings.

There are quite a few items on the Colorado Rockies‘ Christmas list this winter: A right-handed corner bat, a catcher who is actually competent with a bat, a back-end reliever to replace Adam Ottavino (who is likely to depart via free agency), an established starter to solidify the rotation and locking up Nolan Arenado as the face of the franchise for years to come, just to name a few.

As we all wait for general manager Jeff Bridich and the Rockies’ front office to begin wheeling and dealing, the lack of news coming out of Denver is starting to feel oddly familiar.

Flashback a few months ago to July of last season, as the Rockies were in the middle of a playoff race with the trade deadline approaching. The Rockies were facing some of the exact same issues and looked to be possible buyers but little was done to address them. Besides the acquisition of Seunghwan Oh and the signing of Matt Holliday, they stayed relatively quiet. Instead of filling glaring holes on the roster, they watched other teams, especially the Los Angeles Dodgers, pick up key pieces that were crucial to their own playoff runs.