Beginning with Monday night’s series opener in Arizona, the Rockies have just 44 games left in the 2026 season. And while Rocktober isn’t returning in 2026, there are some critical moments and milestones that can be reached the rest of this season.

Avoiding 100 losses

Let’s start with perhaps the most obvious number of them all, and that is what it will take for the Rockies to avoid a fourth consecutive 100-loss season. After Sunday’s loss in St. Louis, where they dropped two of three to the Cardinals to fall to 46-72, Colorado needs to go at least 17-27 the rest of the way to not have 100 losses this season.

Of those final 44 games, it’s an even split for the Rockies in games still to be played at Coors Field (22) versus on the road (22).

A key to avoiding 100 losses may come in the rubber matches of series, where Colorado is now an MLB-worst 3-13 this season, including 1-8 on the road. Colorado hasn’t won a series-deciding game on the road since April 1 in Toronto, so it’s obvious where the team needs to improve in the final portion of the schedule.

While the series totals haven’t been great on the road, Colorado’s offense has been doing its part. Entering Sunday, the Rockies averaged 4.4 runs per game on the road. That’s the highest mark since the 2007 World Series team averaged 4.72 runs per game away from Denver, so that number is one to watch the rest of the way.

Individual numbers

Another number to watch over the next 44 games is Hunter Goodman’s home run total. His 34 home runs this season are the most in a single season for a Rockies player since Trevor Story hit 35 and Nolan Arenado belted 41 in 2019.

If Goodman can reach 40 homers this season, it would mark the first time a Rockies player has reached that number since Arenado’s 41 in 2019. Arenado also hit 42 in 2015, the same year Carlos Gonzalez smashed 40.

In Rockies history, there have only been 14 times a player has hit 40 or more in a season, with Todd Helton and Larry Walker holding the franchise record with 49.

Rookie first baseman TJ Rumfield is chasing some records of his own as well. He enters Monday with 121 hits, the eighth most in a single season by a rookie. Arenado is seventh on the list with 130, while Troy Tulowitzki holds the record with 177.

Additionally, Nolan Jones holds the rookie record (minimum 300 at-bats) for on-base percentage at .389. Rumfield isn’t far behind that at .374.

Potential call-ups

Rockies fans have been clamoring all season to see Charlie Condon and/or Zac Veen called up before the end of the season. While both are performing well at Triple-A Albuquerque, a roster crunch in the outfield may keep that from happening.

Jake McCarthy has settled in as Colorado’s leadoff hitter, and Cole Carrigg has proven himself to be everything the Rockies need in center field. Mickey Moniak’s two-year extension is a testament to his place in the batting order, giving Colorado three solid options in the outfield not only for this year but heading into next season as well.

The Rockies have given Jordan Beck another chance to prove himself at the plate, and he hit safely in his first four games after being recalled from Triple-A on Aug. 3.

Colorado also has Willi Castro, Troy Johnston and Tyler Freeman as outfield options, so it’s hard to see a Condon or Veen call-up without an injury or roster move (Veen is on the 40-man roster already while Condon is not) being made over the final few weeks.

While the possibility of a position player move seems murky, it’s possible Colorado could call up a pitching prospect to make his debut before the end of the season.

One name to watch is Mason Adams. The 26-year-old right-hander is a starting pitcher who was acquired in the Brenton Doyle trade with the Chicago White Sox and threw four scoreless innings in his first start for Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday night, scattering three hits and striking out five.

“Probably the only way we would have moved Brenton was with a guy that we thought could be one of our starting pitchers in relatively short order,” Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta said after the Doyle trade. “We think Mason Adams has a chance to be in our rotation.”

DePodesta added that Adams was “certainly a very viable competitor for our rotation, whether it’s the end of this year, the beginning of next year or sometime during the course of next year.”