I take a lot of pride in my MLB The Show Diamond Dynasty record. Probably too much. In MLB The Show 24, I got off to a dismal 8-24 start in Ranked Seasons. I rallied, finishing more than 40 games over .500 when the game cycle was complete, but I was rethinking life for a while. So when the Colorado Rockies lost again to drop to 7-36 in 2025, it’s hard not to notice how historically futile they have been.
Colorado plays in one of the best ballparks in the league and has had some great moments in its history. The Rockies have had Hall of Famers, made World Series appearances, and had competitive teams as recently as eight years ago. Okay, eight years is a while. I’m trying to find (any) positives here.
No Hope In Colorado?
When the Chicago White Sox finished 41-121 in 2024, fans assumed they had just seen the worst team ever. And they had until this year. The Rockies are currently on pace to finish with 15 fewer wins than the 2024 White Sox. The worst part of this is that there isn’t much reason for Rockies fans to have hope.
Brenton Doyle is a good player. Zac Veen has promise. Michael Toglia has been just okay in the big leagues, and he strikes out too much. Toglia was a highly touted prospect, but he has a strikeout rate of over 46%. That’s good for the bottom one percent in all of baseball.
Colorado’s schedule doesn’t help, either. Playing the Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks, and Giants 13 times might make this more demoralizing. Each of those four teams is likely good enough to make the National League playoffs. And the Dodgers should be historically good by the time the season is over. Colorado is already 21 games out of first on May 15. It’s only getting worse from here.
The pipeline doesn’t have a lot, either. For as bad as the Rockies have been, their farm system is only ranked 18th. Much of that ranking is relying on the success of Chase Dollander and Charlie Condon, the Rockies’ only two MLB Top-100 prospects. For Colorado to be successful, it has to draft and develop dominant pitchers. Find out what the Guardians do right and do that. You’re never going to get elite pitching free agents to choose Coors Field. They’re going to have to be homegrown.
What The Rest Of 2025 Looks Like For Colorado
Even MLB The Show 25 was much kinder to the Rockies this year than real life has been. A simulation of the 2025 season had the Rockies finishing with a record of 58-104, 52 games behind the Dodgers. It seemed bad when I did the simulation in March, but it feels like it’s dreaming big now. Not to add to the pain, Rockies fans, but the team is going to sell at the deadline, too. They’re actually going to be worse in August and September than they are now.
The piece that should be moved is Kris Bryant, but he’s mostly untradeable. I give Colorado credit for swinging big when they signed Bryant to a free-agent deal, but it hasn’t worked out. He’s been plagued by injuries, which is the worst possible thing to happen for a team that doesn’t swing big often. It reinforces the idea that spending on payroll and pursuing significant improvements doesn’t yield benefits. All Rockies management has to do is look within the division for evidence to the contrary. Still, Colorado leadership has become quite adept at telling themselves what they want to hear.
The only meaningful move the Rockies have made this year is firing Bud Black, the person arguably least responsible for this mess. I see it as not a move to improve the team, but rather an act of mercy. Rockies fans aren’t so lucky. They have to wait until the end of September for the merciful end to this.
