Rockies Close 2026 Season Sunday at White Sox; Offseason Questions Loom
The short version
- Colorado plays its 162nd and final game of 2026 on Sunday at the Chicago White Sox after a 9-6 win Saturday.
- TJ Rumfield finished his rookie year at .300 with a chance at the NL on-base percentage title; Hunter Goodman hit his 40th and 41st home runs.
- The Rockies won just six games in September and were swept by the Tigers, Yankees and Diamondbacks.
- The offseason includes player and coaching evaluations, the Kris Bryant situation and ownership change rumors.
- MLB faces collective bargaining negotiations with a lockout viewed as highly likely.
Colorado finishes its 162-game schedule at the White Sox with a series win in reach, while milestones, roster decisions and labor uncertainty shape the final day.
The Colorado Rockies close out the 2026 Major League Baseball season on Sunday, meeting the Chicago White Sox for game 162 at Rate Field. A win would give Colorado a series victory and a softer landing for a season that turned sour late.
The Rockies opened the weekend with a 9-6 victory over the White Sox on Saturday, stepping into the spoiler role in the season's final days. Several individual milestones came along with the win, giving the club more than the scoreline to appreciate.
Rookie TJ Rumfield, a lineup mainstay in his first season, is finished for the year and closes with a .300 batting average and a chance to end up atop the National League on-base percentage race. Hunter Goodman handled the power milestone, hitting his 40th and 41st home runs to reach rare company in both franchise and major league history. Jake McCarthy, per coverage this week, remains in pursuit of a rare 15-15-15-15 statistical season.
The finale concludes a year of contrasting halves. Colorado ranked among baseball's most productive offenses around midseason and received standout individual campaigns from McCarthy and Rumfield, a candidate for Rookie of the Year. Even so, the team faded badly down the stretch, a finish some fans were eager to see end.
September has been especially harsh. The Rockies have six wins this month and have weathered two losing streaks of five or more games, along with sweeps at the hands of the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The home schedule ended September 24 with a game against Arizona at Coors Field.
Other threads of the week's coverage leaned toward the future. Ezequiel Tovar's strong closing months drew a look, Charlie Condon's season at Triple-A Albuquerque was reviewed, and Rumfield and Gabriel Hughes reflected on their rookie years. Director of player development Chris Forbes discussed the state of the farm system and players to watch. The roster turnover that helped raise the club's floor this year was another theme, alongside a retrospective on Todd Helton.
A demanding winter follows the final out. Colorado faces evaluations of personnel on both the player and coaching side, a possible resolution to the Kris Bryant situation, and rumors of an ownership change to manage. The larger project is a rebuild that returns the franchise to something Colorado fans can take pride in, after a four-year stretch that includes 400 losses.
League-wide labor uncertainty hangs over it all. Baseball must negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, and a lockout before play resumes is viewed as highly likely.
Colorado's finale is set for Sunday at 3:10 p.m. EDT at Rate Field in Chicago. Fans looking to watch can find the game on MLB.TV, Rockies.TV and CHSN.
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