The Colorado Rockies seem content with a policy of drafting and developing starting pitchers to anchor their rotation, and judging by the results of the club’s first-ever consecutive postseason campaigns in 2017 and 2018, this has worked out pretty well. The Rockies either drafted or signed as an international free agent every starter for the 2018 team except for German Márquez, who they acquired while he was still in the minor leagues.
With all this success developing young hurlers, why would anyone want to shake things up by diving into the free agent market? If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!