Colorado Rockies: 10 individual milestones to watch for in 2022

In the 2022 season, the Colorado Rockies could have a lot of personal milestones during the season. There are 10 personal milestones that you should keep your eye on, though, for the 2022 regular season.

Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black gets to 1000 wins

Entering the 2022 season, Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black has 998 career regular season wins as a manager so he will certainly get to victory number 1000 and, almost certainly, he will get it during the first week of the regular season.

When he achieves this, he will become the 66th manager in MLB history to achieve this feat.

First baseman C.J. Cron gets 500 career RBI

Entering the 2022 season, C.J. Cron has 465 career RBI so barring any major injury, he will get to that number either late in the first month of the season or in the second month.

Third baseman Ryan McMahon 100 HRs

This won’t be the first time that Ryan McMahon is on this list. Entering the 2022 season, he has 61 career homers.

It will be tough to get to 39 homers this year but in the first two and half months of last season, he was on pace for 39 homers and 104 RBI so if he hits like that for the full season, McMahon could reach the 100 home run mark toward the end of the season.

Ryan McMahon reaches 100 career doubles

This one is a bit more realistic. He has 70 career doubles entering the 2022 season and in 2021, he had 32 doubles so could easily achieve that in 2022.

Ryan McMahon gets 134 hits

What’s the significance of Ryan McMahon getting 134 hits in 2022? With that, he would surpass Walt Weiss to get into the top 20 Colorado Rockies in hits. Currently, he is at 29th and 336 hits but Weiss is at number 20 with 469.

In 2021, McMahon had exactly 134 hits so this is another achievement that he could reach toward the end of the season.

Charlie Blackmon reaches 200 career HRs

Barring any major injury, this will be a milestone that will happen in the 2022 season. Charlie Blackmon will start the season with 191 career home runs. He hit 13 in 2021 and it was a down year for him in that department.

If he is closer to the 30 homer average he had in 2018 and 2019, he would blow this out of the water. As for all-time homers as a Rockie, Dante Bichette is 6th all-time with 201 homers and Carlos González is next at 227. Blackmon won’t pass CarGo this year but passing Bichette is likely.

Charlie Blackmon gets 1,500 career hits

Charlie Blackmon is 50 hits shy of reaching 1,500 in his career. He had 139 hits in 2021 so he will eclipse this total easily, barring any big injury.

He is already second all-time on the Rockies hits list but he reaches 1,500, he will still be 1,019 away from Todd Helton. That mark won’t be surpassed unless Blackmon sticks around for another 7-8 years after 2022.

Charlie Blackmon gets 73 runs 

If Charlie Blackmon gets 73 runs in 2022, he will pass Hall of Famer Larry Walker for second place in Colorado Rockies history. Blackmon has 820 runs, Walker had 892, and Todd Helton leads with 1401. Blackmon won’t pass Helton but Walker is very doable.

For comparison, Blackmon had 76 runs in 2021.

Charlie Blackmon gets 34 doubles

Currently, Charlie Blackmon has 264 career doubles, which is 5th all-time in Rockies history. However, if he gets 34 doubles in 2022, he will go all the way up to second on the all-time list (again, only behind Helton).

Blackmon would surpass Dante Bichette (270), Carlos González (277), and Larry Walker (297). He had 25 in 2021 but he had 42 in 2019 so while it will be hard to do, it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility.

Germán Márquez 11 wins (or 19 wins)

For the final milestone on the list, Germán Márquez enters 2022 with 54 career wins, which is 6th on the Rockies’ all-time list. If he wins 11 games, he will enter the top three among Rockies pitchers.

He would surpass Ubaldo Jiménez (56), Jason Jennings (58), and Jeff Francis (64). If Márquez has a really strong season and wins 19 games, he would pass Aaron Cook (72 wins) for second all-time among Rockies pitchers.

Márquez won 12 in 2021 but he has never won more than 14 in a season so the 11 wins should be easy but the 19 wins will likely have to wait for 2023.