Former Rockies reliever Greg Holland struck a deal with the Kansas City Royals on Monday. His tenure as the Rockies closer was brief, and the trend in Colorado is not limited to Holland.
With so many candidates and no Mariano Rivera, how do we determine the greatest Rockies closer of all time?
Baseball Reference has a year-by-year list of “Most Common Pitchers” for the Rockies in which they identify 16 different closers in Colorado’s 28-year history. While the Yankees have Rivera on their list for 15 consecutive years, the list for Colorado takes a much different look:
*The Baseball Reference list doesn’t include closers who filled in for a shorter period of time (i.