Back in mid-March when everyone was making their 2024 projections, there was general consensus that the Colorado Rockies would not be a very good baseball team but that their exceptional defense would continue.
After all, Brenton Doyle won a Gold Glove while patrolling the most challenging outfield in baseball while Ryan McMahon and Ezequiel Tovar were Gold Glove finalists. Plus, Nolan Jones had been very good defensively, and it was widely held that he, too, would have been a Gold Glove finalist had he played enough innings to qualify.
MLB.com’s Mike Petriello projected that the Rockies would fie for the fourth-best defense with the Texas Rangers.