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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 an NL West title or a World Series. The Rockies have not reached the postseason since 2018, when they earned a wild-card berth. Complicating any hopes of a turnaround, the Rocky Mountains compete in a division with the back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Despite the odds stacked against them, one of the Rockies’ emerging 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 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/Imagn 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 guaranteed the Rockies advanced to the postseason.
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The Colorado outfielder was out for six of the Rockies’ first seven games this season with a sprained right ring finger. But if the team was in position for a playoff push, his availability likely would have been different. “Oh, I would have cut it off,” 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, Colo., on Sept. 16, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn 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 an outstanding 2025 campaign, hitting a career-best 24 home runs and recording 68 RBIs. Moniak also stole nine bases.
Colorado Rockies’ Mickey Moniak, back left, and Orlando Arcia, back right, strike out Brenton Doyle (9) after Doyle hit a two-run walkoff home run off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Dennis Santana in the ninth inning of a baseball game 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 to move to 6-6 early in the 2026 season.
