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

3. Nolan Arenado

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Charlie Blackmon

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.

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In the last few seasons, the Colorado Rockies have not had much to celebrate, but Ezequiel Tovar, the young Shortstop from Venezuela has given the fanbase nothing to worry about in the infield’s most demanding position.

Signed as a teenage free agent in 2017, Tovar made his MLB debut in late 2022, and was the Rockies starting Shortstop the following season.  Tovar had 143 Hits with 15 Home Runs, but elevated last season to 176 Hits, 26 Home Runs and a .763 OPS.  He also led the National League in At Bats (655) and Doubles (45), and won a Gold Glove.

As Tovar is under 25, there is a lot of promise, especially if he can elevate his OBP.

Brendan Rodgers has thus far played for the Rockies his entire career, which sees him enter his seventh MLB campaign in 2025, though as of this writing, he is a free agent.

The third overall pick in 2015, Rodgers debuted in 2017 and was Colorado’s starting Second Baseman by 2019.   Rodgers’ best season was in 2022, where he won the Gold Glove (with a 2.9 Defensive bWAR), and led all National League Second Basemen in most defensive categories.  Offensively, it was also his best year, with 140 Hits and 63 RBIs.

Rodgers may not return to Colorado, and if so he provided the club 449 Hits. 

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

3. Nolan Arenado

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Charlie Blackmon

 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.

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                     

3. Nolan Arenado

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Charlie Blackmon

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.

C.J. Cron was an average player (at best) for years, first making the Majors with the Angels in 2014, but faltering by 2020 with Detroit, where they had no problem letting him go.  Cron was signed to a Minor League deal by the Rockies to little fanfare, and most people in the Mile High City likely didn’t notice.  That would eventually change.

Cron won the starting job at First for the Rockies in 2021, showing his usual power (28 Home Runs) but batting .281, his highest to date.  He got off to a great start in 2022, earning his first trip to the All-Star Game, an unlikely achievement considering where he was two years before.  He finished the year with career-highs in Hits (148) and RBIs (102) with 29 Home Runs. 

Cron regressed in 2023, and dealt with injuries.  With the Angels desperate to try t make the playoffs in a bid to keep Shohei Ohtani, the Rockies dealt Cron there, ending his run in Colorado.  Overall, Cron had 334 Hits and the best run of his career.

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 pre-2022 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 National League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

The Rockies struggled last year, but there have been changes in the top fifty with active Rockies players and one new entry.

As always, we present the top five, which remain unchanged from last year.

1. Todd Helton

2. Larry Walker

3. Nolan Arenado

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Carlos Gonzalez

You can find the entire list here.

Trevor Story, a two-time All-Star at Shortstop moves up one spot to #8.

Starting Pitchers, German Marquez, climbs from #19 to #15, and Kyle Freeland moves from #21 to #19.  Another Pitcher, Jon Gray, who is now with Texas, advances from #30 to #24.  Finishing off with hurlers, Antonio Senzatela, moves up to #40 from #47.

The new entry is Third Baseman, Ryan McMahon, who debuts at #43.

The alterations remove Brian Bohanon from the list.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Ryan McMahon is as of this writing still with the Colorado Rockies, which is the only team he has ever played for at the Major League level.

A Second Round Pick in 2013, McMahon debuted for Colorado in 2017.  Bouncing back and forth from the parent club and Triple A in 2017 and 2018, McMahon became the Rockies’ starting Second Baseman in 2019, belting 24 Home Runs with 83 RBI and a .779 OPS.  

After 2020, McMahon was moved to Third Base in 2021, and he responded by leading the National League in Defensive bWAR (2.6) and offensively had 23 Home Runs with a .779 OPS.  In 2022, McMahon had his third 20 HR year, and added another the last two seasons, though has still yet to bat over .260.  He will stedily climb this ladder, though not break to the upper tier at this rate.

Ellis Burks compiled a much better career than you might be initially aware of.

The Montreal Expos had earned a reputation for scouting and signing Latin American talent, and one of the best examples of that was Venezuelan First Baseman, Andres Galarraga.

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 pre-2021 revision of our top 50 New York Mets 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.

There is one new addition on out Top 50, but nothing affecting our top five.  As always, we announce them here.

They are:

1. Todd Helton

2. Larry Walker

3. Nolan Arenado

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Teddy Higuera

The complete list can be found here. 

Despite the short season of 2020, we have three jumps.

Pitcher, Trevor Story, climbed from #13 to #8.  Fellow hurler, German Marquez, moved up from #21 to #19, and another Pitcher, Kyle Freeland, also jumped two spots, going from #23 to #21.

The new entry is also a Pitcher, Antonio Senzatela, who debuts at #47.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

From Venezuela, Antonio Senzatela signed with the Colorado Rockies as an amateur Free Agent in 2011, and he would make the Rockies roster in 2017, pitching in 36 Games and posting a 10-5 record with 102 Strikeouts.  

Senzatela bounced from the starting rotation to the bullpen in 2018, and while he was a permanent starter in 2019, with an 11-11 record, his 6.71 ERA and 1.748 WHIP were abysmal.  In the COVID-ravaged 2020 season, Senzatela led the Rockies in bWAR (2.8) and went 5-3, though he regressed in 2021, and his 2022 was not special, though that was better tha 2023, where he only played two games and underwent Tommy John Surgery.

Still with the Rockies and in his 20’s, Senzatela could make significant jumps if he repeats his 2020 performance in a full season, but he will have to be healthy to do it.

We finally have an entry where we get to look at a player before the franchise relocated to New Jersey.  Actually, we have a player before they got to Colorado.  Let’s do one better.  The player in question, Wil Paiement, was the first man drafted by the team.

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

3. Nolan Arenado

4. Troy Tulowitzki

5. Carlos Gonzalez

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.

Rob Ramage was the first overall draft pick in the NHL in 1979, though by that time he had already played professionally for the WHA’s Birmingham Bulls where he already established himself as offensively potent blueliner.  Ramage had a 62 Point season in his second year in Colorado though it was somewhat frustrating as the Rockies were terrible overall.  Ramage put his overall skills together in St. Louis where he was more of a complete Defenceman.  He had three 50 Point Seasons and was twice an All Star as a Blue but a trade to Calgary allowed him to win his first Stanley Cup in 1986.  Ramage would win a second Cup with Montreal seven years later.

Drafted 3^rd overall in 2013, Jon Gray made his Major League debut for the Colorado Rockies in 2015.  The following season, he was a fixture in the Rockies’ starting rotation.

Entering his seventh year in Baseball (all with Colorado), Trevor Story is as of this writing one of the elite players for the Rockies.

The 8^th Overall Pick of the 2016 Amateur Draft made the Colorado Rockies in 2017, where as a rookie he went 11-11 and was seventh in Rookie of the Year voting.  That wasn’t bad, but it was his 2018 year that turned heads around the baseball world.

Before he could play with Tampa, German Marquez was traded to Colorado in January of 2016.  He would pitch for the Rockies in six games that year, and he would make the starting rotation the following season where he went 11-7 and was fifth in Rookie of the Year voting.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such it is huge news that the Colorado Rockies will be retiring the number 33 of former Outfielder, Larry Walker.

After playing for the Montreal Expos for six seasons, he would sign with Colorado as a Free Agent for the 1995 season.  Walker, who was already an All-Star in Montreal, would ascend to greater heights in Colorado.  With the Rockies, the Canadian slugger would go to four All-Star Games, and would win three Batting Titles.  Walker won the 1997 National League MVP, while also capturing five Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers with the Rockies.

This is the final year that Walker is eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame, and it is considered that he has approximately a 50/50 shot for Cooperstown.

Walker joins Todd Helton (#17), and the league wide retirement of #42 of Jackie Robinson.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Larry Walker for earning this prestigious honor.