When Nolan Arenado raised questions about the St. Louis Cardinals’ orchestral tradition, Wiggle played hostile games on the field and wrote life on a perennial playoff contender, Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort was asked if he considered firing himself.
Yes, the trade of five-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Globe winner in St. Louis is declining compared to Denver. Monfort also lamented that the franchise eventually agreed to accept Arenado’s wishes and kept him away from the franchise that drafted him in 2009.
“I’m a fan. I really am.” Monfort said. “I understand how they feel. To be honest, I probably feel the same way. I feel the same way. When we signed Nolan, Nolan was trying to stay out of his career. But things changed. Going. “
The Rockies never won a division title with Arenado, but they made the playoffs in 2017 and 2018 as wild cards (Dodgers lost a tiebreaker game for the NL West title in 2018). However, they went 71-91 in 2019, and Monford said the club tried Arenado’s trade after that season, when he asked for the first trade.
The Rockies then went 26-34 in the KV Weed-Short 2020 season, and they discussed many trade prospects, eventually settling on the St. Louis deal, which brought itc Stein Gomber and four small leggings with garbage, probably a lot of money. Million 51 million – Also going to St. Louis to help pay off the remaining six years on Arenado’s contract.
Arenado may still be disliked after 2021.
General manager Jeff Bridich dismissed the idea that the Rockies were starting now.
“There are levels and variations in the rebuilding process, but it’s not as vague and specific as the specific teams have chosen to go.” “I think some players would have been traded if that had happened.”
One of those players will be the two-time All-Star Shortstop Trevor Story, who qualifies for free agency after the 2021 season. The story is in seventh place – with Arenado – in the WAR in position players from 2018. Bridich said he expects the season to start with the Story Rockies, though he added that it is difficult to predict what will happen this season.
“His position is different from Nolan’s, just like the rest of our players,” Bridich said. “We certainly appreciate keeping the treasure as a shortstop. It’s usually very difficult to predict what the coming months will look like in terms of this season, in terms of timelines … but we don’t know what the epidemic is and what the virus will do and how things will go.” Will work. “
For now, the Rockies are acting in such a way that if they are still without an arena and without receiving any effective players in return or without making any other significant se fisson moves, they can argue for a play f place in 2021.
“We have a very talented team,” Monford said. “They’re made for competition. Now it’s time for them to take the next step.”
After two weak asons, the numbers don’t really support that assessment. The Rockies were only eighth in the NL in 2020 – after finishing in the top three every season between 2009 and 2018. They were allowed to score the most runs in the league. However, Monfort believes the team will clash in 2021.
“My biggest belief is that we made the pitching and we did it internally. We have a lot of talented pots. … Jeff has done a good job of getting young weapons and not going ahead in the free-agency market. I think That pitching is really a major one we’ve never done in our history. “
The German Marquis Major has more underrated starters. Kyle Freeland finished fourth in the Sai Young voting in 2018 and bounced with a solid 2020 after struggling in 2019. Jon Gray looks top-of-the-rotation potential, but he suffered some injuries and struggled with a 6.69 ERA in 2020.
So the Rockies will roll without their franchise player and fans will wonder what will happen to the story.
To fire himself – or Bridich – Monfort replied, “I thought of shooting myself, but I didn’t think of firing Jeff.”
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