There will always be heightened awareness of Holliday’s progress because of where he was drafted. An organization attempting to turn a ship around in a swimming pool cannot afford to miss on a talent like this.

Star power. The Rockies need it. Charlie Condon looks like he has it.

To reach 70 wins, the Rockies would have to improve by 27 games from their 43-119 record. That would be a quantum leap.

Multiple factors are running through the baseball brains of Rockies head honchos Paul DePodesta, Josh Byrnes, and Warren Schaeffer as they look set the 26-man roster.

“What happened last year already happened, and we can’t fix it.”

The next Rockies pitching experiment has begun, and Jeff Francis has some thoughts.