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Our All Time Top 50 Colorado Rockies have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Colorado Rockies.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.
Last year, the Rockies had an awful year, winning only 61 Games. The year did see two new entrants based on last season, and one return based on the new algorithm.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes
1. Todd Helton
2. Larry Walker
You can find the entire list here.
Pitcher Kyle Freeland moved up one spot to #13.
Infielder Ryan McMahon advanced to #17 from #25.
Pitcher Antonio Senzatela, who was inactive most of the year due to injury, held his spot at #42.
Shortstop and last year’s Gold Glove winner, Ezequiel Tovar, debuts at #44.
Second Baseman, and current free agent, Brendan Rodgers enters at #46.
Pitcher Jerry Dipoto makes his return to the list based on the new algorithm.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
If I Had a Vote in the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
After a decade of "ballot logjam," has voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame finally returned to normal? We will know when results from the ballots cast by the qualified members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA, or "the writers") are announced on January 21, 2025, although based on voting trends over the last decade, the bulk of the results are predictable and, by now, unsurprising.
What does a "return to normal" mean? Of the 14 first-time candidates on the BBWAA 2025 ballot, only two, CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki, stand out as likely Hall of Famers, and neither are a lock for first-ballot induction. Of the 14 returning candidates, none of the "normal" candidates are automatic Hall of Famers, else they would have been elected already. Thus, there is no "ballot logjam," meaning that there are not more than ten sure-fire Hall of Famers who exceed the maximum of ten votes allowed per ballot.
Our All-Time Top 50 Colorado Rockies have been updated to reflect the 2023 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2023 revision of our top 50 Colorado Rockies.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Colorado had a bad year, and it resulted in no new entrants and only a few changes on the list.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Todd Helton
2. Larry Walker
You can find the entire list here.
It is worth noting that Blackmon was unable to move past the #5 spot, which is where he was last year.
Pitcher, Kyle Freeland, rose to #14 from #17, and it impacted another hurler, German Marquez, who was injured and was overtaken by Freeland. He dropped one spot to #16.
Infielder, Ryan McMahon, went from #32 to #25.
Pitcher, Antonio Senzatela, was also injured, and did not move from #42.
C.J. Cron, was traded to the Los Angeles Angels, was unable to climb from #50.
We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All Time Top 50 Colorado Rockies have been updated to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Colorado Rockies.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Colorado had another abysmal year, but there was a new entry and some fluctuation.
As always, we present our top five, which had one change.
1. Todd Helton
2. Larry Walker
You can find the entire list here.
Blackmon just did enough to make it into the top five, moving from #6 to #5.
Pitchers, German Marquez moved up one spot to #15, and Kyle Freeland, advanced two ranks to #17.
The biggest jump was by Infielder, Ryan McMahon, who advanced ten spots to #32.
First Baseman, C.J. Cron, is the lone new entrant, debuting at #50.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Troy Tulowitzki
Debuting in 2006 and finishing second in National League Rookie of the Year voting the following season, Troy Tulowitzki was one of the best Shortstops in the game for a good half-decade.
A five-time All-Star (all with Colorado), Tulowitzki’s best years were between 2009 to 2011, where he finished in the top ten in MVP voting with the latter two seasons seeing “Tulo” win both the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove.
In 2015, Tulowitzki was traded to Toronto for their playoff run and save for five Games in 2019 with New York in an aborted comeback, and his career basically ended in Canada.
He retired with 225 Home Runs and a lifetime Slash Line of .290/.361/.495.
Baseball Hall of Fame: Ballot Forecast 2021 to 2025
In a tumultuous year that was not normal for anything and everything including baseball, one thing that might be back to normal is voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Granted, the 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has 14 returning candidates, with just about every one of them owning cases for induction that range from borderline to compelling.
Our All-Time Top 50 Colorado Rockies have been revised
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the second revision of our top 50 Colorado Rockies of all-time.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
This is the first time that we have revised this specific list, which was first put up in 2016, and there are many changes, one of which affecting the top five.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories, which has altered the rankings considerably.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article. They are:
1. Todd Helton
2. Larry Walker
There are several new entries. Shortstop, Trevor Story is the highest debut, coming in at #13. Starting Pitcher, German Marquez is at #21. Starting Pitcher, Kyle Freeland, makes his first appearance at #22. Another Starting Pitcher, Jon Gray debuts at #30. Tyler Anderson, who now pitches for San Francisco is at #48. Relief Pitcher, Scott Oberg appears at #50.
Based on performances over the past three seasons, there have been significant rises on the list. Charlie Blackmon moved from #15 to #6. Current Yankees infielder, D.J. LeMahieu climbs from #13 to #8. Another current Yankee, Adam Ottavino went from #38 to #28.
We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.
Troy Tulowitzki Retires
Generally speaking, this is the season for football retirements but we have a mid-season baseball retirement that is significant as New York Yankees Shortstop, Troy Tulowitzki has announced his retirement from Baseball.
Debuting for the Colorado Rockies in 2006, “Tulo” would be the runner-up for the National League Rookie of the Year in 2007, the same season that he helped the Rockies reach their only World Series to date. The Shortstop would quickly ascend to the top of Colorado hitters and from 2009 to 2011 he would finish in the top ten in MVP voting and was twice named a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove. He would also go to the All-Star Game five times for Colorado. In the middle of the 2015 season, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for their playoff drive.
Unfortunately, injuries to his legs piled up and he would miss all of 2018 and only had 13 Plate Appearances this year
Tulowitzki accumulated 1,381 Hits with 225 Home Runs and a Slash Line of .290/.361/856. While his career bWAR of 44.2 is good, in the modern era it will be difficult to see him making the Baseball Hall of Fame when he is eligible in 2025.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to thank Troy Tulowitzki for his on-field memories and we wish him the best in his post-playing career.
Our Top 50 All-Time Colorado Rockies are now up
Ok, maybe we are trying to justify the slow pace of getting our Top 50 players of each franchise up, but we do have another one, and yes it is a return to the diamond.
As we are doing all of the franchises by random, the Colorado Rockies are up next, because…why…well, why not?
An expansion team in 1993, the Rockies have only made the playoffs three times, going as far as representing the National League in the World Series in 2007, though they were systematically destroyed in a four game sweep by the Boston Red Sox.
Casual fans still think the ball launches out of Coors Field (humidors have taken care of that) but that was the case in the 90’s and offense was a premium for the Rockies.
Perhaps this is why so many of those on this list are from the 90’s!
The entire list can be found here, but as per tradition we always unveil the top five in our news item which are as follows:
As always, we look forward to your feedback and look for us to unveil a new top 50 soon.
4. Troy Tulowitzki
