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March 1, 2021 By: Karl Wimer

Cartoon: Colorado Rockies — A dumpster fire like no other

‘The Colorado Rockies: A dumpster fire like no other’

The Colorado Rockies have been picked dead last for the upcoming MLB season by a number of national pundits. Just two years ago they seemed poised to join the ranks of the regular playoff contenders.

Nolan Arenado, perhaps the best player in the franchise’s history is no longer in Denver. Traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for a weak batch of prospects and a backup pitcher, a disgruntled Arenado has left the Mile High city. Fans and players are all left scratching their heads with the move. And oh yeah, the Rockies also parted with $51 million.

All this in the wake of a string of other bad baseball decisions by General Manager Jeff Bridich and owner Dick Monfort. Fans should be excited about the news of some attendance allowed with adjustments to Covid limitations. But will they for this baseball product?

The question has been raised if the organization truly cares about winning. Sure, it costs a bundle to keep up with the high-spending Joneses of Major League Baseball: the Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers, to name a few. But cost-cutting, and failure to step up to hold on to gems like Arenado, not to mention DJ LeMahieu, who was the AL Batting Title champ in 2020, doesn’t add up to a laser focus on fielding the best team possible.

Somehow this dumpster fire of a team magically keeps kicking out money. Perhaps the organization is blessed with a growing city looking for things to do on spring and summer nights no matter how good the team is. But probably the reality is that none of the key people knows how this thing is supposed to work.