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Doyle

Doyle is a Super Two player, so he still has four seasons left before free agency. He’s come up in trade rumors this winter, but the Rockies need to hold on to him as their defensive anchor in center and hope that he bounces back to 2024 levels offensively. If that happens, he’ll have considerably more trade value next winter.

The Rockies might be selling low on Doyle to move him now after a tough season in which he dealt with a family tragedy, but there’s still evidentially a pretty strong market for a 27-year-old who rates as one of the game’s top defensive center fielders and who flashed some legitimate offensive potential in 2024. It’d still might make more sense to keep him; he’s four years away from free agency and the organization doesn’t have anyone else capable of handling center field in Coors.

Doyle was right in the middle of the rally that won the Rockies the game Friday. The 27-year-old outfielder had an RBI single with another run scoring on an error. Then Doyle stole third base and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly. He’s hitting .237 with a .658 OPS and 56 RBI this year.

It’s been a tale of two halves for Doyle this season as he’s quietly been one of the most consistent hitters in the fantasy landscape since the All-Star break, batting .345 (48-for-139) with seven homers and seven steals over 40 games. He batted just .202 (62-for-307) with seven big flies and nine steals in 82 first-half contests.

Doyle also drew a pair of walks. The outfielder has been a shell of what he was in 2024 with an OPS of .692, but a slash of .345/.371/.655 has been at least a little encouraging for his chances of bouncing back in 2026.

Doyle came into Tuesday’s contest hitting .377 in August. He stayed hot with a two-run blast off Emmet Sheehan in the fourth inning. The 27-year-old outfielder is slashing .238/.285/.381 with 12 homers, 48 runs scored, 44 RBI, and 12 steals across 415 plate appearances.

The 27-year-old outfielder connected on a 382-foot (100.2 mph EV) two-run shot off of Kendall Graveman in the seventh inning that pulled the Rockies to within six runs at 12-6. He also singled in the ballgame. It has been a rough season overall for Doyle, slashing just .232/.279/.363 with 10 homers, 38 RBI and 11 stolen bases across 385 plate appearances.

Doyle has given a few reminders of the breakout campaign of 2025 as of late, and this was his ninth homer of the campaign. Those reminders have been far too few, however, as he’s still slashing .229/.276/.353 over 96 games.

Doyle’s home run was his eighth of the season. He hit a walk-off two-run home run off Dennis Santana in the ninth inning to seal a Rockies victory. The 27-year-old outfielder isn’t coming close to repeating his career-year from last year with a .225 average, .625 OPS and 33 RBI this season.

Doyle’s four-game absence is finally over. The centerfielder injured his shoulder making an excellent diving catch in his last appearance Tuesday, but the Rockies had not been forthcoming with the information that an injury was the reason Doyle had been held out of the lineup. He has seven hits in his last three appearances, so it shouldn’t have been performance-related.