Ending 13 video games beneath .500 in 2021 is beginning to really feel like the nice previous days for the Colorado Rockies.
Even final season’s Chicago White Sox (41-121) are wanting on the Rockies and saying, “Geez, how terrible are these guys?”
The season is simply one-sixth over and there’s loads of baseball to be performed. However one factor can already be mentioned in regards to the 2025 Colorado Rockies.
Guys, your season is over.
We do not want a magic quantity to eradicate Colorado from playoff rivalry.
The Rockies are an abysmal 4-23 as April nears a detailed.
Colorado is on tempo to win 24 video games this season — about 80 fewer than the Los Angeles Dodgers would possibly win.
The Rockies are 1-14 on the street with 13 consecutive losses.
The Mile Excessive air that was once good for Colorado now not has an impact, as these Rockies are simply 3-9 at residence. They had been simply victims of a three-game weekend sweep during which they allowed 22 runs to the Cincinnati Reds.
Colorado cannot rating, it could possibly’t pitch and it could possibly’t area.
The Rockies are next-to-last within the majors with 89 runs and a 5.33 ERA. They rank twenty eighth in batting common (.213) and twenty seventh in errors (23).
Let’s not overlook that Colorado leads the majors by putting out 286 instances.
Ryan McMahon and Michael Toglia are tied for the most important league lead with 40 strikeouts apiece. Each gamers have carried out that in simply 94 at-bats.
McMahon, who was Colorado’s All-Star consultant final season, is batting simply .160 with two homers and 4 RBIs.
Unhealthy information for the payroll division — McMahon is making $12 million this season and is owed $16 million in each 2026 and 2027.
Kris Bryant is within the fourth season of a seven-year, $182 million deal and has performed in simply 170 complete video games for the Rockies. This season, the previous Nationwide League MVP has performed in 11 video games, is batting .154 and is now on the injured checklist with extra lower-back points.
Bryant has produced simply 17 homers and 61 RBIs for Colorado. Did the franchise lose the Mile Excessive rights when it traded Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals?
The beginning pitching has been a catastrophe to date, with solely right-hander Ryan Feltner (0-1, 3.86 ERA) resembling a giant leaguer.
Left-hander Kyle Freeland (0-4, 5.93 ERA) certainly checks the again of his baseball card typically to see that he actually did go 17-7 with a 2.85 ERA in 2018. He has gone 32-59 since that huge season.
Proper-handers Antonio Senzatela (1-4, 5.22 ERA) and German Marquez (0-4, 9.30 ERA) try to revive their careers after main arm accidents.
Proper-hander Chase Dollander (1-3, 7.91 ERA) is Colorado’s high prospect, however there’s nothing elite about his four-start stats. He is tied for the most important league lead with eight homers allowed regardless of pitching simply 19 1/3 innings.
The protection positively misses injured Gold Glove shortstop Ezequiel Tovar (hip). Kyle Farmer is seeing motion at shortstop to assist soften the loss, however Colorado’s infield protection is a lot better when Farmer is at second base.
You additionally should surprise how supervisor Bud Black has made it to his ninth season working the Rockies.
A 68-94 mark in 2022 did not get him fired. Going 59-103 in 2023 did not immediate the pink slip, nor did final season’s 61-101 mark.
That is 298 losses over a three-year span. These playoff berths in 2017 and 2018 appear to have given Black a really lengthy leash.
The longer term does not really feel too brilliant both. Colorado whiffed on the Bryant deal and hasn’t not too long ago been main gamers within the free-agent market.
If Dollander is the most effective the farm system has to supply, simply consider all of the middling prospects the Rockies have.
Colorado does have a famous hitting prospect in 2024 No. 3 general decide Charlie Condon. However alas, he fractured his left wrist in a minor league spring coaching sport and hasn’t but begun his season.
With the Rockies, you’ll be able to’t even say “Wait until subsequent 12 months.”
It is extra like … wait until subsequent decade.