If you’re a Rockies fan who forgot what baseball with promise looks like in LoDo, take a look west toward Grand Junction.
Colorado’s rookie-level team, the Grand Junction Rockies, just finished their Pioneer League season in which they made the playoffs under manager Jake Opitz for a second straight year, losing in the divisional round. While success in the minor leagues, especially at the rookie level, doesn’t necessarily translate to the big leagues, it does offer hope down the line.
Grand Junction featured the Pioneer League MVP for the second season in a row, this time utilityman Colin Simpson.