The 9 greatest players in Colorado Rockies history
While José Reyes briefly was the successor to Troy Tulowitzki (more on him in a minute) for the Colorado Rockies, Trevor Story was faced with the unenviable task of being the heir apparent to the greatest shortstop in franchise history.
To his credit, Story was unphased by the task.
Story took over as the full-time starting shortstop in 2016, five years after the Rockies had selected him in the first round of the MLB Draft out of Irving High School in Texas. Despite being limited to just 97 games, Story finished fourth in National League Rookie of the Year Award voting in 2016, and never gave the starting shortstop job back.
In six seasons with the Rockies, Story homered 158 times, drove in 450 runs and posted an .863 OPS. Story won two Silver Slugger Awards as a Rockie, and posted a 21.6 fWAR between 2016 and 2021, the eighth best mark among all shortstops and 26th among position players over the period.

Though he never won a Gold Glove Award as a Rockie, Story was an excellent defender. Between 2016 and 2021, Story accumulated 69 defensive runs saved, the sixth best mark among all qualified fielders.
At the time of publication, Story is a free agent. And while the door isn't entirely closed on a return to Colorado, the most likely scenario probably is that he plays elsewhere starting in 2022.
As is, Story is one of the better players to ever suit up for the Rockies franchise, which began play in 1993. However, he'll need to re-sign with the Rockies and continue putting up more great seasons to ever be an inner-circle member of the franchise.
With Story, Dante Bichette and Aaron Cook among those on the outside looking in, here are the nine greatest players in Rockies history: