The Colorado Rockies made a trio of trades on Monday, and each move was made with a grander plan for this season and beyond in mind.

After trading relievers Antonio Senzatela and Victor Vodnik plus outfielder Brenton Doyle on Monday, Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta said that the moves made before the MLB trade deadline expired at 4 p.m. local time fit into a “two-year runway” for the franchise.

“When we went into this process, we told everybody, ‘Listen, our entire position player club is under control going into 2027,’” DePodesta said. “We knew that when we broke spring training. We have a lot of good players and we wanted to see how those players came together.

“In June, we were a very good offensive club, one of the best in baseball, so we do feel like it’s coming together and it was designed back in the offseason specifically so we would have at least a two-year runway with all these players if we felt like we could afford that. That didn’t change.”

Among those position players are catcher Hunter Goodman and outfielders Jake McCarthy and Mickey Moniak, names that were spoken often in the days leading up to the trade deadline by national insiders.

“We had a lot of players who were asked about. We had a set price in mind of what it would take to acquire any of our players,” DePodesta said. “We think we have the foundation of something here that has a chance to be pretty good.

“It was going to take a lot to pry any of those pieces away. And I don’t think we got particularly close on any of those players because our internal price was going to be higher than what the market would bear.”

While some may question why any of those three players would not be traded when their values were at some of their highest marks, it’s clear that DePodesta believes keeping a core together, including the two-time All-Star Goodman, is more valuable than taking a chance on prospects and what they might bring to the table.

“If we did entertain (an offer), it was going to have to be a really substantial deal because we value them (Rockies core players) very highly,” DePodesta said. “There were certainly teams that reached out about them, but no one that ever really got close, at least in terms of how we think of them here in Colorado.”

While Colorado may have entered Monday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 45-67 record, DePodesta believes strongly there is much for this team to accomplish over the rest of this season. That could include avoiding a 100-loss season for the first time since 2022.

“We want to accomplish some things this year and we have not accomplished them yet,” DePodesta said. “I think we’re making progress toward those goals but we’re not all the way there yet. We still think those guys all contribute to hopefully reaching those goals before the end of the year.”

Rockies trades on Monday

Here’s a look at three deals that Colorado made on Monday.

• Outfielder Brenton Doyle to Chicago White Sox for minor league right-handed pitcher Mason Adams and minor league infielder Carlos Vielma

Doyle, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner in center field, was dealt by the Rockies to the White Sox in Monday’s first trade.

Adams was ranked by MLB.com as the eighth-best prospect for the White Sox and was pitching at Triple-A Charlotte. The 26-year-old Adams has a 3-3 record with a 4.25 ERA in 36 innings there.

Vielma is just 16 and playing in the Dominican Summer League, where he has batted .337 in 95 at-bats. He has played first, second and third base.
DePodesta indicated that Adams could be a competitor for a rotation spot “whether it’s the end of this year, the beginning of next year or sometime during the course of next year.”

• Reliever Antonio Senzatela to Milwaukee Brewers for minor league left-handed pitcher Mark Manfredi and minor league infielder Juan Martinez

After making 145 starts for the Rockies since his debut in 2017, Senzatela became a high-leverage option for Colorado out of the bullpen in 2026. His nine wins are the second most among all MLB relievers and are just two shy of his career high of 11 set in 2019.

Manfredi was a ninth-round pick of the Brewers in 2023 and advanced to Triple-A this season, posting a 1-2 record with a 3.09 ERA in 18 relief appearances.

Martinez is a 19-year-old shortstop who progressed to Low-A this season, playing in 18 games there after his promotion from the Arizona Complex League. He’s hitting a combined .294 this season, but just .208 in 67 Low-A at-bats.

• Reliever Victor Vodnik to Miami Marlins for MLB infielder Connor Norby and minor league right-handed pitcher Aiden May

Originally acquired by the Rockies in a 2023 trade with Atlanta, Vodnik went 13-10 with a 4.31 ERA over 169 innings pitched. He finished his time in Colorado with 23 saves and 152 strikeouts.

The 26-year-old Norby has played the past three seasons with Miami after being brought to South Florida via a trade with Baltimore on July 30, 2024. He has slashed .234/.302/.383 with 38 doubles, 21 home runs and 70 RBIs across 198 games in his MLB career.

At High-A Beloit this season, the 23-year-old May has logged a 3.80 ERA in 14 starts, going 4-3 with 24 walks and 58 strikeouts.