In the standings, the 2025 season is already a lost cause for the Colorado Rockies.
There will be no postseason as a 12-51 start entering Saturday has the franchise aiming to avoid a historically bad campaign — not Rocktober.
The lessons that can be learned from it, however, are ones the Rockies hope will stick with their young players they see as a part of the franchise moving forward.
“The record is what it is,” said Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer. “When we’re in the clubhouse and on this field, we don’t think about that. We have two jobs: to get better today and to win today. And if you’re focused on that, you really don’t have time to think about where you’ve been. We’re looking forward to where we’re going.”
The Rockies' future includes a group of young pitchers that cou