Arbitration decisions loom large for the Rockies

Decisions, decisions.

Bill Schmidt and the Colorado Rockies have a difficult winter ahead of them. Having missed the playoffs four years in a row, each with a losing record, Dick Monfort penned in a letter to season ticket holders that it was “unacceptable” that this has been the case. He once reiterated their intentions that they are “devoting all their efforts this off-season to improving this team in 2023.”

Make of that what you will, since we have heard this same type of thing copied and pasted for years, but there are plenty of important decisions to be made for the front office if they want to prove they are committed to improving. The first round of these decisions will come in the…