Kiz: The Rockies have crumbled. Well, playoff-quality baseball was fun while it lasted. But is sustained success realistic in LoDo? We’ve heard forever it’s hard to win at altitude. And now the apologists want to tell us the Los Angeles Dodgers are simply too rich for the Rockies to beat. Is that true? Is it really all about the Benjamins of TV revenues? Or do the flaws in Colorado’s organization begin at the grassroots level, where minor-league stars seem few and far between?
Newman: Prior to this season’s June draft, Fangraphs ranked the Rockies as having the 24th-best farm system in baseball.