Keeler: If Rockies really love Ryan McMahon, German Marquez, they’ll trade them

Count on the Rockies to buy low sell nigh You could field at least half a starting nine and a salty one out of the players Dick Monfort let walk away since DJ LeMahieu at first or second Brendan Rodgers at second Trevor Story at short A battery of Jon Gray on the mound and Elias Diaz behind the plate Which is why we re on our knees Mr Monfort We re begging here If you truly love Ryan McMahon let him go If you truly love German Marquez let him go too As in find them a exchange to greener pastures Far be it for us to suggest how to run a - baseball organization let alone one that could clinch a third-straight -loss season by August Most of MLB clubs operate in one of two modes We re trying to win now or We have no chance of winning now but holy cow look at our farm system The Rockies of whom Monfort is CEO have somehow managed to live outside either realm for the better part of a half-decade now Just know that wherever Monfort sets the bar in January for what this club should be s theme was We ll catch the ball by golly rest assured the Rox will inevitably land several rungs short Haven t RyMac and Marquez been through enough already The pair have been good loyal troupers while the S S Monfort caught fire then sank They ve announced the right things They ve watched friends leave They ve watched friends retire Shouldn t they be rewarded And by that we mean set free Now that they re finding particular mojo again it s time to build a boat that gets them off of baseball s loser island You don t think there s a sector and a decent prospect return for McMahon The Tigers could use a third baseman right about now That goes double for the Yankees and Mariners MLB Pipeline in March ranked Detroit s farm system as No in baseball It ranked Seattle No Minnesota No New York No Marquez s numbers are getting better by the week and he s staring at a walk year The Cubs Red Sox and Dodgers could use more starting pitching MLB Pipeline ranked their farm systems eighth third and fourth respectively Colorado was th Charlie Condon is at least two years away Chase Dollander s already here At McMahon should be hoovering up grounders for a contender Not trying to beat the Dodgers Giants Padres and Diamondbacks all by his lonesome After a frigid turgid April average everything s starting to come to life again for one of the good dudes in the meeting Since May McMahon s hitting with nine homers while posting an OPS of His glove meanwhile never left Baseball Savant as of Thursday afternoon charted him with recording five Outs Above Average OAA while the Fielding Bible credited him with six Defensive Runs Saved DRS That last number was tied for third across all of MLB with the Giants Matt Chapman A plus defender and a plus guy on a contract that s worth million this season and million each in and Let s put it this way Chapman s in line to rake in million each of the next three seasons Compared to that RyMac s a steal Heck he even averaged five of those per season from - Marquez is in the final season of a two-year contract extension Like McMahon he s warmed up with the temperatures The hard-throwing Venezuelan shut out woeful Washington over innings on Wednesday night Which was the sixth start out of his last eight dating back to May in which he s allowed three earned runs or fewer Marquez s ERA in June is According to Baseball Savant his four-seam fastball averaged more MPH against the Mets and Braves this month than he did over his last two starts of before Tommy John surgery His strikeout-to-walk ratio over the last days is -to- He just turned You know what they call that on Wall Street An appreciating asset The Rockies open a six-game homestand Friday night against Arizona Don t let the last road trip lull you into false hopes Yes the local nine are kinda-sorta playing their best ball of the season which granted isn t saying much They d won a season-high four straight before the Nationals homered in the th inning to snatch a - win on Thursday Let s keep our eyes on the prize here Of Colorado s victories four have come against Washington Against teams that aren t the Marlins or Nats the Rockies are - You don t need McMahon and Marquez to sell tickets You need McMahon and Marquez to keep their respective sanities Is trading away an ace and one of your middle-of-the-order bats admitting defeat Absolutely But what kind of argument is that On th and Bleak defeat isn t just assumed Defeat rents a -room condo at The Rally Hotel Defeat orders room function on Monfort s tab three times a day The shame isn t admitting it The shame is denying it