The offseason is quickly approaching and decisions concerning the 40-man roster will soon need to be made. Last week, I wrote about a number of arbitration-eligible players that the Colorado Rockies will have to make decisions concerning. Those decisions also come in conjunction with pre-arbitration players that the Rockies will need to decide if they tender contracts or not.
This group gets interesting because there are a number of factors to consider. There is age, there are projections of production, and there is experience in the big leagues. The Rockies are going to have to split hairs when it comes to deciding how to craft the big league roster while opening room on the 40-man to protect prospects they hope to retain in the Rule-5 draft.