If all goes according to plan, German Marquez will make four more starts this season for the Colorado Rockies. Those could be his final moments on the mound in purple.

Marquez is in the final days of a two-year, $20 million contract extension that kept him as a member of the Rockies rotation in 2025. However, beginning with a scheduled Tuesday night start in Los Angeles against the Dodgers, it’s clear the 30-year-old Marquez and his time in Colorado is on the clock.

“I take this game and my life day by day,” Marquez said on Sunday morning inside the Rockies clubhouse at Coors Field. “I’m just trying to do my best every day.”

Marquez makes clear the future does not weigh on him. A 3-12 record and 6.19 ERA in his first full season following Tommy John surgery isn’t how Marquez drew up the

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