There are many lessons I hope the Rockies are learning from the failures of the past few seasons. The biggest one I would want them to get from 2023 is simple: You can never have enough starting pitching, especially in Colorado.
In 2023, 16 different pitchers made at least one start for the Rockies. Even if you subtract bullpen days, like three starts by Jake Bird, two from Brent Suter, and one from Matt Koch, that’s still 13 different starting pitchers to cover 156 games.
Five of those 16 pitchers had an ERA over 7.00, eight never earned a win, and only two pitchers totaled over 100 innings.