There were very few positive things to say about the Colorado Rockies this season especially around their pitching staff. From the outside looking in it is easy to place the blame on the staff as a whole, but that isn’t necessarily true. One of the best things about the Rockies this year was actually with their bullpen specifically with Jimmy Herget, Victor Vodnik and Juan Meija.
Herget, Vodnik and Meija were arguably some of the best relief pitchers in baseball, not just on the Rockies. The trio was led by Herget who had a 2.48 ERA with 81 strikeouts in only 59 appearances. No matter how good these three were they aren’t enough to fill a whole bullpen.
Now, it isn’t much of a secret that the Rockies don’t love to spend money as they were the 22nd biggest spenders in baseball last year. Even if Colorado does decide to spend a little money this year, the primary focus needs to be with some sort of arm in the starting rotation and another bat in the lineup.
With that being said if the Rockies are going to add a nice complement to Vodnik, Herget and Meija in the bullpen it is going to be someone who had a lagging year like Danny Coulombe or an aging veteran like Craig Kimbrel.
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