The Colorado Rockies are broken. The Arizona Diamondbacks are battered and bruised. The two teams comprise the basement of the National League West.

It’s a terrible situation for both teams. Yet these division rivals who share a spring training complex in Scottsdale are both trying to figure out how to put 2025 behind them and look into the future.

With the Los Angeles Dodgers currently sporting the second-highest active payroll (just over $245 million) and the San Diego Padres having the seventh-highest (just over $168 million), it's a steep uphill climb in the division. Both teams also have general managers who have a history of not only making shrewd signings in the offseason but also the right deals at the trade deadline.

Colorado’s active payroll stands at just under $41 million, t

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