You’re reading the 2018 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2018. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). It’s not something the staff debated. We’ll begin with the player with the least amount of rWAR and end up with the player with the most.
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Colorado Rockies 2018 Season Review: Ranking the Rockies
Reviewing the 2018 Colorado Rockies season by breaking down the individual player seasons
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October 23, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 26, Raimel Tapia
Mucho Swagger did not play much of a role as the Rockies made the playoffs
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October 22, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 27, Drew Butera
The Rockies felt they had a problem at catcher and somehow arrived at Butera as the solution
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October 21, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 28, Jeff Hoffman
Hoffman had another discouraging season in 2018
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October 20, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 29, Brooks Pounders
It wasn’t for very long, and it wasn’t very good, but still, he was here.
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October 19, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 30, Jerry Vasto
He was definitely a corporeal being for the club.
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October 18, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 31, Tom Murphy
Murphy started off red hot in his first stint with the club, but quickly cooled off to finish 2018
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October 17, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 32, Chris Iannetta
The veteran catcher helped to guide one of the best pitching staffs in Rockies history.
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October 16, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 33, Mike Dunn
A season marred by injuries made it one to forget
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October 15, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 34, Mike Tauchman
Primed to break out, Mike Tauchman struggled to meet expectations at the big-league level
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October 14, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 35, Ian Desmond
Desmond was pretty good in June and July, but at other times he dragged down the lineup
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October 12, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 37, Chris Rusin
The lefty helped the Rockies during the playoff push.
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October 11, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 38, Jake McGee
Unfortunately the Rockies had just paid him for being his good version the previous season.
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October 10, 2018
Ranking the Rockies: No. 39, Bryan Shaw
Shaw had the worst season of his career — by a lot
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October 9, 2018
Ranking the Rockies, no. 40: Pat Valaika
Lack of production over the first month of the season resulted in less playing time for Pat Valaika down the stretch.
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October 8, 2018
Ranking the Rockies, no. 41: Noel Cuevas
The Rockies needed a bat from that side, which gave Cuevas his first taste of the big leagues.