The Rockies starters posted a 4.17 ERA in 2018 and pitched an average of 5.7 innings per game –critical given the bullpen’s inconsistency. 25-year-old Kyle Freeland and 24-year-old German Marquez were the clear standouts; Freeland posted an ERA of 2.85, a 8.2 bWAR and was fourth in Cy Young voting (and had a coming-out performance on the national stage in the NL Wild Card game), while Marquez had a 3.77 ERA and an elite strikeout rate of 28.2 percent.
Both pitchers will probably regress a bit. Freeland is more at risk of regression (he pitches to contact and his fielding independent pitching (FIP) of 3.