When looking at the Colorado Rockies' situation a couple of weeks ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline, MLB analyst Jim Bowden looks at what the team might offer in trades.
While the Colorado Rockies might enter into the next couple of weeks ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline on August 3 as sellers, just what does the team have to offer?
According to one MLB analyst, Colorado really doesn't have much in the cupboards to put forth as trade chips.
On Friday night, the Rockies, who are 20 games under .500 as the second half of the 2026 MLB season starts in earnest, will have a three-game weekend series at Coors Field against the Cincinnati Reds. This gives the ballclub a chance to get off to a good start at this point.
What will DePodesta do at MLB Trade Deadline?
When Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta looks at potential trade chips on the team, there might not be much to work with right now.
Former longtime MLB executive Jim Bowden, who regularly writes for The Athletic, offered his thoughts on what Colorado might do before or at the trade deadline.
"The Rockies really don’t have a lot to offer," Bowden wrote. "They could dangle starting pitchers Kyle Freeland, Ryan Feltner and Michael Lorenzen as potential backend starters for contending teams, but their best assets are relievers like Antonio Senzatela, Juan Mejia, Jimmy Herget and Brennan Bernardino.
"On the position player side, they can offer a couple of fourth-outfielder types in Jake McCarthy or Mickey Moniak and maybe a utility player like Willi Castro, but the reality is that outside of a couple of relievers, there is not a lot they have that moves the needle," Bowden concluded.
Who's on the potential trade block for Rockies?
When looking at Moniak and McCarthy, their names have been connected, according to some stories online, to the Houston Astros. Senzatela has been tied with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres.
When a trusted voice like Bowden writes about the MLB world, people perk up their ears. There obviously a few other teams who are in selling mindsets at this time of the 2026 MLB season, too.
Any move that DePodesta oversees has to have some solid payoff for the Rockies. Any trade that happens needs to include a player or pitcher who will contribute for Colorado either this season or in future seasons.
It's been another tough season for Rockies fans to sit through and wait for the Rockies to get their act together. This season, Colorado has shown a knack for coming back in games where they were trailing.
Relief pitchers have been pretty good, while getting length out of starting pitchers has been a struggle. Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has had to go into the bullpen much earlier that he'd probably want to do so.
Players like Moniak, McCarthy, Hunter Goodman, Cole Carrigg, and TJ Rumfield have either been good or really good at the plate. The problem, though, appears to be that there are ebbs and flows between players being hot or cold. A lack of consistent, good play across the board has hurt the team.
Of course, awful records in March/April/May did not parlay into a better overall record for the team.
Should DePodesta make a move or two, those moves need to make an impact.
The Rockies can ill afford to spend another season watching a roster just sort of limp through a season with a bad record.
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