No offense to Broncos quarterbacks and . But could it be the Rockies have better young arms in , , and ?
The Rockies are talking playoffs, the way the Broncos always do. The difference? The Rockies are a baseball team on the rise, while the Broncos are a football team in transition. Could it be that in 2017 will be a happier place than Mile High Stadium?
Now that would rock apountry, wouldn’t it?
The Rockies are finally acting like winners. With all due respect to new Broncos coach Vance Joseph, if he thinks our local NFL team can quickly reboot with Siemian or Lynch at quarterback, the only kick Joseph might get is in the pants.
Although they play in the National League West alongside San Francisco and Los Angeles, two franchises that expect to be in the postseason every year, the Rockies showed they are serious about winning again on Saturday, when formally introducing free-agent acquisition Greg Holland, a reliever that compiled a 1.86 earned-run average from 2011 to 2014 while playing for the .
As Rockies outfielder has repeatedly told me, if this team fixes its bullpen, look out. Yes, Colorado finished with a modest 75-87 record last season. But, as always, Rockies hitters can rake. And, for a change, Colorado looks as if it could have its best starting rotation since at least 2009. The nasty slider of Gray gives him a chance to be the team’s first legit ace since Ubaldo Jimenez. Bettis, Anderson and Chatwood are all 27 years old, the age when any of them could harness talent with the maturity to win 15 games. Not all will win 15. But one could.
The Broncos might fool themselves into thinking Siemian is a legitimate Pro Bowl candidate, but he played more like Kyle Orton when Denver’s playoff aspirations swirled down the drain in December. He came up small in crunch time. As Denver stumbled down the stretch of the regular season during consecutive losses to Tennessee, New England and Kansas City, Siemian’s quarterback rating was 77.3. Do you really want to know the career QB rating for Orton? Itap 81.2.
Lynch will be given every chance to win the starting job. Although Broncos general manager declares that winning the championship is this team’s goal every year, itap folly to think a young quarterback learning by trial-and-error can lead a team to the .
The Broncos are listed as 15:1 shots to bounce back next season and win Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. Thatap a sucker bet, so long as Elway insists on either Siemian or Lynch learning on the job.
The Rockies are 50:1 long shots to win the World Series. That sounds about right. Unlike Elway, who so far has resisted the temptation to take a chance on proven-but-fragile quarterback , Rockies general manager has gambled that Holland can recover from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow to again become one of the premier relievers in the major leagues.
Maybe the Rockies are more serious about making the playoffs than the Broncos.
Who would’ve thunk it?
