The offseason is now for the Colorado Rockies. That means the questions they were always going to have to confront are coming into focus, although much sooner than anyone would have liked. Let’s take a look.
DJ LeMahieu is the best second baseman the Rockies have ever had, and time and again players in the Rockies clubhouse say how important he is for the team. But he’s a 30-year-old glove first second baseman who may not have room on the Rockies for the price and years he’ll demand in free agency. Garrett Hampson played impressively as a utility infielder in 2018, and the Rockies top prospect Brendan Rodgers cut his teeth at Triple-A.