In order to properly evaluate what the future Rockies will look like, we have to look at which players are going to be free agents after this season, which players will be free agents after 2019, and which players they have under team control for the foreseeable future.
The Returning Core
First, let’s look at the players that the Rockies have locked down for the foreseeable future. The good news is that the pitching staff – the perpetual area of need for the Rockies – looks relatively stable for the first time in, oh, I don’t know, forever.