Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, Purple Row is hosting our own Rockies Madness Tournament this year. We selected the 36 best players in Rockies history in order to figure out who the best player is in franchise history. We sorted them into four regions in order to force the most interesting matchups: Infielders, Outfielders, Mile High (for relievers and starting pitchers who began their career before the humidor), and Humidor (for starters who began their career after the humidor). All stats are from Baseball-Reference.
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Today is Round 1 in the Humidor Region: No. 2 Aaron Cook vs. No. 7 Kyle Freeland
Aaron Cook, Starting Pitcher
2002-2011
Cook Career Rockies Stats
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
| 17.1 | 72 | 68 | 4.53 | 238 | 206 | 1312.1 | 558 | 1.468 |
All-Star (2008)
Kyle Freeland, Starting Pitcher
2017-Present
Freeland Rockies Career Stats
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bWAR | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | SO | WHIP |
| 10.8 | 31 | 29 | 4.14 | 88 | 83 | 462.2 | 359 | 1.403 |
4th place NL Cy Young (2018)
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Poll
Humidor Region: Round 1, Game 3
This poll is closed
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69%
No. 2 Aaron Cook, RHP
(134 votes) -
30%
No. 7 Kyle Freeland, LHP
(59 votes)