The best players to play a year or less for the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies set-up man Octavio Dotel

After Octavio Dotel retired after the end of the 2013 season, he was the all-time leader in teams played for in his career with 13 teams.

Dotel appeared in 758 games in 15 MLB seasons and he played with the Colorado Rockies in 2010 for eight games as the Rockies acquired him from the Dodgers on September 18 … for one reason: a compensation draft pick.

The Rockies used that draft pick in the 2011 Draft on a player by the name of Trevor Story. So that was a good trade for the Rockies.

Colorado Rockies closer Greg Holland

Greg Holland has spent parts of 11 seasons in the majors (eight with Kansas City) but he was with the Colorado Rockies in 2017 as their closer. He was an All-Star that year and led in the NL in saves with 41.

In his career, he is a three-time All-Star and has two top 10 Cy Young Award finishes and he has a career 3.10 ERA, a 140 ERA+, 220 saves, and 551 MLB appearances.

Honorable mentions: José Contreras, Pedro Strop, Ross Stripling, Ron Villone

There it is. A 26-man roster comprised of Colorado Rockies players who played with the team for one season or less. Not a bad team, if you look at the peak career of each player but, unfortunately for the Rockies, most of the best seasons for these players came with another team.