Entering the 2025 season, Michael Toglia seemed primed to finally solve the riddle of first base for the Colorado Rockies.
Since 2014, the first season following the retirement of Hall of Famer Todd Helton, 41 different players have logged innings at first base. By contrast, the team used 57 first basemen in their first 20 years of existence.
The Rockies have struggled to find a suitable and sustainable option to sit upon the throne that Helton built, instead having to rely on a revolving door of faces to varying results.
That’s what made Toglia’s outlook for this season so compelling.