Colorado Rockies 2025 Season Preview

The Rockies have not finished over .500 since 2018. They are looking to avoid an awful trifecta this season. They have lost 103 and 101 games, respectively over the past two seasons. Three in a row in three-digit losses would be brutal. Don’t be surprised if it happens. The NL West is top heavy and Colorado is destined for the bottom.

2025 Colorado Rockies Win Total Projection & World Series Odds

In MLB news, the Rockies are near the bottom when it comes to win total projection. The bar has been set low at 59½. When it comes to World Series odds, Colorado is +50000. Do not look for any MLB predictions or MLB playoff predictions to factor the Rockies into the mix of success.

2025 Colorado Rockies Projected Starting Lineup

• Brenton Doyle, CF
• Ezequiel Tovar, SS
• Ryan McMahon, 3B
• Kris Bryant, DH
• Michael Toglia, 1B
• Kyle Farmer, 2B
• Nick Martini, RF
• Jordan Beck, LF
• Jacob Stallings, C

Lineup Strengths and Weaknesses

One has to feel for Bryant. The DH is at the end of his career and is far from flourishing. Once one of the toughest MLB matchups, he has hit 17 home runs in three seasons as a Rockie. That’s so far from his heyday. Sad. Tovar has star potential. He hit 45 doubles last year to lead the NL. He also missed enough pitches to strike out 200 times. The Rockies have to hope his hitting eye gets sharper.

Utilityman Thairo Estrada already has fallen victim to MLB injuries. He has a fractured wrist and is out for 4-to-8 weeks. Tough way for the former Giant to start his career in Colorado.

The team is relatively young, except for Bryant. That doesn’t paint a picture of whether it is positioned for success. The Rockies are bad enough, but throw in the fact that their lineup will have to contend with Dodgers and Padres pitchers and you have a recipe for another 100-plus loss season.

Colorado Rockies Projected Starting Rotation

1. Kyle Freeland, LHP
2. Ryan Feltner, RHP
3. Austin Gomber, LHP
4. Germán Márquez, RHP
5. Antonio Senzatela, RHP

Of holdovers, Gomber and Freeland had the most wins each for the Rockies in 2024 when it came to starters. If you played MLB baseball parlay picks – kidding – that each would win five games, you collect. Talk about embarrassing starter stats. Cal Quantrill took his eight victories to the Marlins. Talk about a lateral move for a pitcher. Ugh.

Projected Bullpen

RHP Seth Halvorsen, RHP Victor Vodnik, RHP Tyler Kinley, LHP Scott Alexander, LHP Luis Peralta, RHP Angel Chivilli, RHP Jake Bird, RHP Jimmy Herget, RHP Bradley Blalock

Vodnik looks like the man who will earn closer responsibilities. Not sure how many games he will have a chance to close since this team figures to be on the short side of most scoreboards. Don’t be shocked to see Blalock get a start or two until the rotation settles. MLB teams should have no problem forcing Bud Black to go to the bullpen numerous times in every game. Tyler Kinley had the most wins of anyone on the team in 2024, with a grand total of six.

Colorado Rockies Schedule and Key Matchups

Won’t keep beating the drum about how bad this team is because it is redundant. It will have to take advantage of home games and other weak opposition to try and maintain a level of success. After a quick road trip to open the season, the Rockies are home to the Athletics and Brewers.

That is followed by a road trip to San Diego and the Dodgers. Ugh.

Nine of the final 12 games in April are at home. There is a rough homestand toward the end of May when the Phillies and Yankees come to the Mile High City.

The Dodgers visit in June before a road trip takes Colorado to Milwaukee, Houston and the White Sox. A Rockies-White Sox series has the potential to be one of the worst of the year among MLB teams.

Seventeen games in August are home, so Rockies fans will get a chance to see some other teams that have hopes, including the Dodgers.

In September, the month opens with 13 straight games against NL West competition. A road trip to Seattle and San Francisco should end the season.