Taylor Buchholz deserves to be on this list for pitching 1.1 scoreless innings against the Padres in the one game playoff in 2007 alone. But Buchholz’s career is much more important than his context in Rockies history. Especially considering his courage to speak about his anxiety and depression during his playing career.
Buchholz is from just outside Philadelphia and went to the same high school as Mike Scioscia. He was drafted by the Phillies in 2000 right out of high school. The Phillies traded him in 2003 to the Houston Astros as part of a deal for perennial All-Star Billy Wagner.