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Colorado Rockies: 2019 Season and Player Predictions

By Tyson Crocker

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 11: Daniel Murphy #9 of the Colorado Rockies fields a ground ball during the spring training game against the Oakland Athletics at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 11, 2019 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 11: Daniel Murphy #9 of the Colorado Rockies fields a ground ball during the spring training game against the Oakland Athletics at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 11, 2019 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images) /
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Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland
CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 02: Kyle Freeland #21 of the Colorado Rockies pitches in the first inning against the Chicago Cubs during the National League Wild Card Game at Wrigley Field on October 2, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

PREDICTION FOR 2019

The Rockies will win 88 games. I’m not going to say whether that wins the division or not, but that’s what I think the total will be. The pitching will be good, but there’s also a chance that Kyle Freeland regresses a bit and Germán Márquez falls somewhere in the middle of what he was in the second half a year ago. If Jon Gray has a really good year and wins 15-16 games and strikes out over 200, then the Rockies will have a good shot at the playoffs. Health is huge for this team, too. Big injuries will kill a season and kill it early.

The Rockies need bounce back years from a litany of relievers. Mike Dunn, Bryan Shaw, Jake McGee and Chris Rusin could not have been worse a year ago, and that’s, oddly enough, a good sign for a team that made the playoffs with a bad bullpen. Even Wade Davis should be in line for a bounce back in terms of ERA. Full time additions to the bullpen, DJ Johnson and Harrison Musgrave will be the question marks, where guys like Scott Oberg and Seung-Hwan Oh will be tasked with bigger roles.

Another key is consistency. The last two years, the Rockies have been a tail of two halves. In 2017 the Rockies were an excellent 52-39 in the first half of the season and in the second, they were 35-36. In 2018, they were 51-45 in the first half and if not for a hot streak heading into the All-Star Game, they were headed for a sub-.500 first half.

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