One of the more intriguing battles in spring training for the Colorado Rockies is the formation of the bullpen. The Rockies ended the 2024 season with an arm barn of hard-throwing, albeit inexperienced, young relievers with a smattering of various experienced players.
The need to address the bullpen has been an issue for the team for thirty years, but it has been even more of a prevalent detriment during its current six straight losing seasons. Since 2019 the bullpen has the highest ERA in baseball at 5.27 with the next closest being Washington’s 4.71 ERA. The team didn’t do much to address the 5.