In my list of Rockpile ideas, I have had a lingering item that I dreaded I might have to write: the end of the Germán Márquez era.
As the best and most consistent Rockies pitcher since 2017, the cornerstone of an ever-doomed rotation that’s been on the decline since 2019 and the most fun starter to watch, I was worried Márquez was done.
Márquez, for his part, has mostly been absent over the last two seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery early in the 2023 season. A slow recovery and lingering inflammation in his right elbow saw him make only five combined starts in the 2023 and 2024 seasons.