Colorado Rockies: The keys to winning awards based on past results

Reaching a World Series is a feat the Colorado Rockies have accomplished only once – though fans likely don’t need a reminder how it went. Awards are largely the one area they can always compete, though their proverbial goalposts are farther away than other teams.

Only four years before I was born, a professional baseball team dubbed the Colorado Rockies, after the mountains which cascade over the western view of the park, was brought about.

Through 27 full seasons, and the latest abbreviated campaign, they have yet to bring home the types of awards other franchises have. For the purposes of this piece, the focus will be on the league’s two biggest accolades: Most Valuable Player and Cy Young.

As many know, each league, both American and National, gets their own crowns. It’s the one sport out of the major four in America which boasts a pair of players for their awards.

Though the number of awards doled out is doubled, naturally, the Rockies are only eligible for one of each given their standing in the NL.

While the goal of this piece is to lay a blueprint of sorts for the team to win awards moving forward, it also serves as a barometer for their chances this year.

In the 60-game, shortened campaign, the Rockies have already seen their stalwart outfielder, Charlie Blackmon, accomplish feats which seemed impossible. He started the year hitting nearly .500, putting the league on notice as he looks to become the first player since Ted Williams to hit .400 or better in a season – though historians would likely always put an asterisk next to the accomplishment given the year’s anomalous nature.

He’s not the only Rockies’ standout, though.