With the holidays in the rear-view mirror and baseball players preparing for Spring Training, it’s probably time to turn to FanGraphs 2025 ZiPS projections for the Colorado Rockies.
Dan Szymborski’s projections merit the refined baseball fan’s attention, and I always appreciate the fact that he gets the Rockies. That is, he understands how they work, but Szymborski’s analysis is never “lol Rockies.” Instead, he considers the big picture, taking seriously a team that should perhaps take itself more seriously.
Szymborski’s ZiPS prologue
I want to begin by quoting at length from the introduction because it provides an interesting spin on the Kris Bryant contract.