The Colorado Rockies were not involved in negotiations for Madison Bumgarner a few reasons. The main two were because he was well out of their price range and the club views their starting pitching as the strength of the club heading into 2020.
Therefore, they did not escalate the price of a possible deal and make it get out of a comfortable range for the Giants.
So how did they help the D’Backs sign Bumgarner and the Giants lose him?
As Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic noted on Twitter on Sunday night, there was “momentum toward a multiyear extension for Bumgarner in 2017…” That was until late April, when on an off-day in Colorado before a series against the Rockies at Coors Field, Bumgarner suffered a shoulder injury after a dirt bike accident.