The offseason for the Colorado Rockies is typically bland. There will be a few moves involving some minor league signings, perhaps some meager trades and the occasional signing that makes you go, “Huh?” The well of content and news is about as dry as the turkey your great-aunt Margret insists is alright to eat at Thanksgiving dinner and still, writers like myself will pontificate ideas and hypotheticals as I see fit because the Rockies are such a bizarre antithesis of societal norms in the baseball world.
So, let’s talk about trading Ryan McMahon.
The Rockies have said they are hoping to cut payroll, as evidenced by the non-tenders of Brendan Rodgers and Cal Quantrill last week.