There’s been a lot of player changes for most teams this offseason so it’s always interesting to look at how computer simulations would look at the 30 MLB teams as they currently constructed heading into the upcoming season.
One of those simulations is done by Baseball Prospectus with their PECOTA system, which stand for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm.
Heading into 2019, the system projected the Colorado Rockies to be a 85-77 team, which would have been good enough for second place in the NL West but just outside of the playoff picture.