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Posted on July 18, 2018 at 07:16 AM.

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OOTP 19: The Colorado Rockies

Rockies Disappoint in First Month of 2018

After a surprising run to the playoffs last year, the Rockies hope to continue that success in 2018. The team spent a lot of money to improve its notoriously bad bullpen. Otherwise, the Rockies stood pat, much to the chagrin of fans and analysts alike.

With one month in the books, the Rockies are right around where most expected them to be, if not worse. Colorado stands at 14-16, third in the NL West, five games back from the 18-10 Dodgers and 4.5 games behind second place Arizona (17-10.) San Francisco is right on the Rockies� heels at 13-16. Meanwhile, San Diego is the worst team in baseball at 8-22. Colorado is 2.5 games out of the WC hunt.

Standings:

Spoiler

For Colorado, the pitching is still holding the team back. Injuries have made matters worse. Starters Kyle Freeland and Antonio Senzatela both went down and, from today, will miss about a month plus rehab. The bullpen, despite all the money flowed to it in the offseason, remains among the worst in baseball (13th ERA in NL.) Brian Shaw was playing well as our closer but he got hurt. He�s on a rehab assignment in AAA. Wade Davis has been solid but Ottavino, Dunn and Oberg have been bad.

The offense hasn�t been able to pick up the pitching. The Rockies rank just 7th in the NL in RS, 5th in average and 7th in OBP. They still hit dingers, though. (5th in NL.) The defense is terrible, too (12th in NL) which makes the pitching even worse.

Charlie Blackmon got off to a horrible start but he�s coming around. At least, he was till he went down with a concussion and was placed on the DL. Top OF prospect Raimel Tapia would have taken his place, but he got hurt in AAA and is out 2-3 months. Mike Tauchman got the call and now he�s starting and batting leadoff.

Top prospect Ryan McMahon made the opening day roster. He�s only batting .234 but he won NL Rookie of the month. Nolan Arenado is great (.322, 7 HR.) David Dahl is only batting .206 with 2 HRs, which is disappointing. LeMahieu is �only� batting .303 to start his contract year.

Gerardo Parra has been amazing with a .382 BA and a .500 Slugging percentage. Ianetta has been �meh� at catcher (.263) while Trevor Story�s play on the field (.239, 7 HR) doesn�t match his work off it (got the Rockies to start a charity.) Jordan Patterson and waiver claim Renato Nunez have been solid off the bench. Similarly, Ian Desmond is bating .305 off the bench as a utility guy. Somehow, Bud Black isn�t starting Car-Go, who�s batting .262.

It�s a long season, so hopefully Colorado can pick itself up before it�s too late.