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The Colorado Rockies finished with MLB’s worst record in 2025. The team fell to 2-5 early in the 2026 season after a 10-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.
The franchise has never won a National League West title or a World Series. The Rockies have not made the postseason since 2018, when they clinched a wild card berth. Complicating any hope of a trade, the Rockies compete in a division with the back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Despite the odds stacked against him, one of the Rockies’ rising stars said he’s eager to turn things around in Colorado and end the team’s playoff drought.
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Colorado Rockies right fielder Mickey Moniak celebrates with his teammates after hitting a solo home run against the United States in the fourth inning at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Arizona, on March 4, 2026. (Rick Scuteri/Image Images)
Mickey Moniak, the No. 1 pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, said he would go so far as to amputate a body part if it would guarantee the Rockies advanced to the postseason.
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The Colorado outfielder was sidelined for six of the Rockies’ first seven games this season due to a sprained right ring finger. But if the team was in position to advance to the playoffs, his availability likely would have been different. “Oh, I would have cut it,” Moniak told reporters.
Colorado Rockies right fielder Mickey Moniak runs after hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning against the Miami Marlins at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on September 16, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Image Images)
Moniak debuted with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2020 before being traded to the Los Angeles Angels in 2022. After appearing in 124 games in 2024, he signed with the Rockies the following year. He had a breakout campaign in 2025, hitting a career-high 24 home runs and recording 68 RBIs. Moniak also stole nine bases.
Colorado Rockies’ Mickey Moniak, back left, and Orlando Arcia, back right, dunk Brenton Doyle (9) after Doyle hit a two-run home run off Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dennis Santana in the ninth inning of a baseball game on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)
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The Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros on Wednesday, moving to 6-6 entering the 2026 season.
