PHOENIX -- Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich hopes to follow the steps of the 2014 and '15 Royals and the '16 Indians as mid-market teams that reached the World Series.
Bridich, speaking Tuesday at Cactus League Media Day, didn't see the point in pronouncing the Rockies contenders after six straight sub-.500 seasons.
But after increasing spending in the offseason to sign Ian Desmond to play first base, Greg Holland and Mike Dunn to bolster the bullpen and Alexi Amarista to add versatility and depth, he can look to the Royals and Indians as examples of solidly built teams who made proper in-season moves to appear in the last three World Series.