At 9-46 getting into Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies are off to a traditionally unhealthy begin to 2025. Let’s check out 10 stats that illustrate how putrid the Rockies have been to start the season.
1. The Rockies are certainly one of simply two groups since 1901 to have fewer than 10 wins of their first 55 video games, becoming a member of the 1904 Washington Senators. Colorado did handle to keep away from the most important league file, because the 1895 Louisville Colonels mustered solely eight wins of their first 55 video games of the yr.
2. The Rockies have continued to make the flawed type of historical past to start out the season. Not solely had been they tied for the sixth-worst file after 24 video games in main league historical past, however the Rockies had the second-fewest wins after 30 video games, 35 video games and 40 video games — trailing solely the 1988 Orioles, who started the season with 21 consecutive losses. The Rockies had the fewest wins after 45 video games, tied with the 1904 Senators, and 50 video games.
3. Kris Bryant signed a seven-year, $182 million contract on March 18, 2022. As Spotrac famous on Bluesky, the Rockies have since spent a complete of $30.5 million in free company on 10 gamers.
4. The Rockies have a 197-344 file since signing Bryant, the worst file within the majors because the starting of the 2022 season.
5. With their 4-3, 11-inning loss to the Cubs on Tuesday, the Rockies set a significant league file by shedding their twenty first consecutive sequence, courting again to final season. That passes the mark set by the 2024 White Sox en path to their traditionally terrible 41-121 file.
6. The White Sox’s file of 121 losses final season could not final for lengthy. The Rockies are at present on tempo for roughly 27 wins, the fewest in a non-pandemic season because the 1899 Cleveland Spiders had been 20-134. If the Rockies do proceed on this tempo, they may set the most important league file in losses, edging out the Spiders with 135 defeats on the season.
7. The Rockies misplaced their forty sixth recreation simply after Memorial Day. The 2001 Seattle Mariners misplaced 46 video games all season.
8. Getting into Wednesday, the Rockies had the bottom batting common (.219), twenty ninth in on-base share (.285) and runs scored (176), twenty seventh in slugging (.357) and are tied for twenty sixth with 46 homers. That offensive futility has made the Rockies offense value -3.6 fWAR, the one workforce within the majors beneath alternative degree.
9. The offense will not be solely accountable. The Rockies pitching employees has the worst ERA (5.66) and WHIP (1.603), and the fewest strikeouts (363) within the majors.
10. Third baseman Ryan McMahon, the Rockies’ most precious hitter, has been value 1.0 bWAR on the season getting into Wednesday. Not solely is that lower than the hole between Yankees outfielder Aaron Choose and second-place Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, however Rangers shortstop Corey Seager has been extra worthwhile (1.6 bWAR) in half the video games (26 video games for Seager, 53 for McMahon).
