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Owner Dick Monfort: Rockies can “play .500 ball” in 2023

GREELEY — Prior to the 2020 season, owner Dick Monfort boldly predicted the Rockies would rebound from their disastrous 2019 season and win a franchise-record 94 games that year.

Instead, the Rockies slid into a three-year swoon, finishing the pandemic-shortened season with a 26-34 mark, followed by a 74-87 record in 2021 and 68-94 record last season.

Saturday morning, with spring training less than three weeks away, Monfort played it much safer.

“We have a lot of talent, a lot of good things are going to happen, and I think they are going to start happening this year, and I think we can play .