The pundits aren’t pulling any punches.

The wise guys at FanDuel put the Rockies’ win total for 2025 at 59 1/2.

In ESPN’s “Way-too-early 2025 rankings,” the Rockies are 29th out of 30 major league teams.

“Colorado is coming off consecutive 100-loss seasons and, given the strength of the rest of the division, might be hard-pressed to avoid a third straight such season,” ESPN opines.

Ouch. Hard shot to the solar plexus.

FanGraphs’ Dan Szymborski, who actually spends time dissecting the Rockies (a rarity for a national media guy), says, “Things might slowly be getting better.”

But for his ZiPS Projections, Szymborski also wrote: “You can’t get out of a hole until you stop digging. That said, if these projections are accurate, there is still an awful lot to do to turn a better process into better results. It takes a lot of time to restore that ’79 Corvette that’s been rusting in your garage for 25 years.”

Szymborski concluded: “The Rockies are very likely to finish in last place in the NL West again, but it wouldn’t be crazy to see the team approach 70 wins.”

The Athletic ranked Colorado 28th at the end of 2024. With spring training on the horizon, The Athletic now ranks the Rockies 29th.

“The Rockies seem to believe they’re closer to contending than, shall we say, the collective baseball consciousness,” The Athletic opinioned. “By declining to trade third baseman Ryan McMahon and starter Cal Quantrill at the deadline, they signaled their intention to keep the core — such as it is — intact. There are reasons to like the Rockies roster. Ezequiel Tovar, Brenton Doyle and Michael Toglia turned heads in 2024.”

But, The Athletic concluded: “The Rockies are light on veteran hitters and desperate for more pitching. Playing in a brutal division makes their climb toward relevancy like scaling a cliffside. They have yet to get off the ground.”

MLB.com, always gentle with its coverage, ranks the Rockies 28th, a not-so-quantum leap from No. 29.

“It’s always steady-as-she-goes in Denver, for better or worse,” MLB.com opined. “This team looks like it did last year, and kind of like it looked the year before.

Talk about your Nattering Nabobs of Negativism.

Not that I can blame them. The Rockies did close to nothing during the offseason. Status quo is the franchise’s motto.