The Rockies lack a clear direction

The Trade Deadline came and passed and the Rockies were the only team to not make a deal. They were, however, the “only team to sign a player to an extension at the deadline” — 37-year-old closer Daniel Bard to a two-year deal. (Of note: the Padres and Braves also extended players, but that’s probably an honest mistake from Bill Schmidt. There are a lot of teams to keep track of.)

This, of course, also came after they made no major moves after the 2021 Trade Deadline.(They did trade away Mychal Givens and signed Ashton Goudeau for the 15th time.) The Rockies made two minor moves in 2020 — trading for Kevin Pillar and trading for Givens. In fact, the largest blockbuster deadline trade they’ve…