Purple Row After Dark: Do you stand by your pre-season predictions?
A lot has changed in the past month. Has your outlook going forward changed, too?
DENVER, CO - APRIL 3 : Colorado Rockies fans celebrate home opening day against Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) | Denver Post via Getty Images As Spring Training was coming to a close, we collected predictions about the 2026 season from the Purple Row community . At the time, here’s how folks thought the the season would shake out by October: Division Winners NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers NL Central: Chicago Cubs NL East: New York Mets AL West: Seattle Mariners AL Central: Detroit Tigers AL East: Toronto Blue Jays Award Winners NL MVP: Shohei Ohtani (LAD) NL Cy Young: Paul Skenes (PIT) NL ROY: Konnor Griffin (PIT)/Charlie Condon (COL)/TJ Rumfield (COL) all tied AL MVP: Aaron Judge (NYY) AL Cy Young: Tarik Skubal (DET) AL ROY: Kevin McGonigle There was nothing close to a consensus on where the 2026 Rockies record would end up with the range predicted extending from 55 all the way up to 82 wins.
We now have a little over a month of games on the books, which is enough time for opinions to have started to shift. What are the biggest changes in how you see the season unfolding now as opposed to your predictions before Opening Day? Are there any of your predictions that seem to actually be coming true?
Have any of your predictions already failed to come to pass? Let us know in the comments! Join the conversation!
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