It had only been 445 days since he last took the mound in a big league game, but who’s counting?
Germán Márquez certainly was when he finally walked out of the Colorado Rockies dugout in the bottom of the first on a warm and somewhat cloudy afternoon at Citi Field in Queens.
Márquez had not walked up the steps of the Rockies’ dugout to start a game since April 26th, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio. Just 3 2⁄3 innings after that, the Rockies’ ace found his season over before it truly began.