Rockies off to strong start despite adversity

Carlos Gonzalez lays out in right field to rob Eduardo Nunez of a hit and help Greg Holland earn the save in the Rockies' 4-3 winDENVER -- Considered a sleeper in the National League West when Spring Training opened, the Rockies began the season with four key members of their projected Opening Day roster on the disabled list, and they have seen the top of their lineup, other than Nolan Arenado, shut down in the first two weeks of the season.

And they still woke up Monday morning in first place in the NL West.

Now the season is only two weeks old. The Rockies do have 148 games left to play. But the short sample has shown that these Rockies could be long on resiliency.

In the course of a week in…