SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — That chip on the Rockies’ shoulder has gotten bigger.
Thursday, FanGraphs projected that the Rockies will win 74 games this season, predicted there’s a 0.4% chance they’ll win their first National League West title and put their chances of making the playoffs at 4.9%.
Ouch.
Not that skepticism is anything new to the 2020 Rockies. After making the playoffs in 2017-18 — the first time the club made the postseason in back-to-back seasons — Colorado plummeted to 91 losses in 2019 and most pundits are predicting only slight improvement.
The Rockies, naturally, disagree.