Bleak is the word some are using around Major League Baseball to describe the situation with the Colorado Rockies. Without a head of baseball operations to start the offseason and with their top two candidates having rebuffed them, will Dick Monfort change course to club's 5th-best option? What are the odds they go with an internal candidate as an interim GM for this next season?

Someone pushed the "claim" button on Wednesday on 1B/OF Troy Johnston. Who is the former Marlins' 28-year-old left-handed hitting bat? Should we be more surprised that Kris Bryant or Jeff Criswell was activated from the 60-day IL?

Plus, Willie MacIver and Rico Garcia find new homes, Colorado gets set to play Team USA during Spring Training and how Trevor Story separated himself from Kris Bryant this season.

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