On Saturday, when the press piled into the media room beneath Coors Field, they shared the space with several of German Márquez’ teammates and coaches, including Nolan Arenado, Trevor Story, and Tony Wolters. GM Jeff Bridich started the press conference with praise for his young hurler and acknowledged the impetus for a long-term marriage between the two parties. “It’s something...

The Colorado Rockies have a vision for their future. Midway through last season, and maybe even as recent as a month ago, most of the national media and more than a handful of the local crowd, saw their window of contention as one that was quickly closing. But they had other plans. It began innocuously about this time a year...

Back at the Winter Meetings in December, I asked Colorado Rockies GM Jeff Bridich a question about the possibility of extending some of his young players, buying out their arbitration years in a similar fashion to the way the club has in the past with players like Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez. Bridich understandably was reluctant to go into details...