The Rockies had an impressive season in 2018, yet no player or pitcher won a major award in the league. Jake Shapiro at Rox Pile makes his predictions here for 2019, and he usually is pretty accurate. He puts the Rockies at 87 wins, less than last year, due mostly to losing a few of their veteran guys. Hopefully, though, Daniel Murphy and Mark Reynolds, not to mention the young stars, can bolster the offense to help compensate. We’ll also miss Adam Ottavino, but that starting rotation is nothing to scoff at. Expectations are high for both Kyle Freeland and German Marquez, but Shapiro picked Marquez as pitcher of the year as he has the capacity for development and consistency.
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