The Rockies were proactive in trading LF Matt Holliday, who can be a free agent after this season, to the A's for three players in November, knowing there would be a glut of corner outfielders on the market and it behooved them to move quickly. 

The Rockies began Cactus League play with seven consecutive losses in which they were outscored 53-26 and outhomered 11-4. 

--1B Todd Helton, coming off back surgery last September, enjoyed a strong spring debut. 

Todd Helton had a ho-hum reaction to hitting a 450-foot home run in his first plate appearance of the spring following offseason back surgery. 

Todd Helton had a ho-hum reaction to hitting a 450-foot home run in his first plate appearance of the spring following offseason back surgery. 

Todd Helton had a ho-hum reaction to hitting a 450-foot home run in his first plate appearance of the spring following offseason back surgery. 

Todd Helton had a ho-hum reaction to hitting a 450-foot home run in his first plate appearance of the spring following offseason back surgery. 

Todd Helton had a ho-hum reaction to hitting a 450-foot home run in his first plate appearance of the spring following offseason back surgery. 

The Rockies were proactive in trading LF Matt Holliday, who can be a free agent after this season, to the A's for three players in November, knowing there would be a glut of corner outfielders on the market and it behooved them to move quickly. 

The Rockies were proactive in trading LF Matt Holliday, who can be a free agent after this season, to the A's for three players in November, knowing there would be a glut of corner outfielders on the market and it behooved them to move quickly. 

The Rockies began Cactus League play with seven consecutive losses in which they were outscored 53-26 and outhomered 11-4. 

--RHP Taylor Buchholz will miss at least the first month of the season after being diagnosed with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. 

The Rockies began Cactus League play with seven consecutive losses in which they were outscored 53-26 and outhomered 11-4. 

--RHP Taylor Buchholz will miss at least the first month of the season after being diagnosed with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. 

Franklin Morales pitched as though he belongs in Colorado's rotation.