The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.
Such is the case with the myriad failures that accompanied the end of the Jeff Bridich era — mistakes that will undoubtedly haunt the Rockies well into his successor’s tenure.
And it’s Bridich’s final blunder as Colorado’s general manager that came home to roost this week, as interim replacement Bill Schmidt swung and missed on his attempt to deal Trevor Story at the MLB trade deadline.
Rockies — F
If this was Schmidt’s audition for the permanent job as Rockies GM, color the Grading the Week staff unimpressed.