Rock Bottom: Colorado Rockies’ Season Already Over at 4-23 Record


Finishing 13 games below .500 in 2021 is starting to feel like the good old days for the Colorado Rockies.

Even last season’s Chicago White Sox (41-121) are looking at the Rockies and saying, “Geez, how awful are those guys?”

The season is just one-sixth over and there is plenty of baseball to be played. But one thing can already be said about the 2025 Colorado Rockies.

Guys, your season is over.

We don’t need a magic number to eliminate Colorado from playoff contention.

The Rockies are an abysmal 4-23 as April nears a close.

Colorado is on pace to win 24 games this season — about 80 fewer than the Los Angeles Dodgers might win.

The Rockies are 1-14 on the road with 13 consecutive losses.

The Mile High air that used to be good for Colorado no longer has an effect, as these Rockies are just 3-9 at home. They were just victims of a three-game weekend sweep in which they allowed 22 runs to the Cincinnati Reds.

Colorado can’t score, it can’t pitch and it can’t field.

The Rockies are next-to-last in the majors with 89 runs and a 5.33 ERA. They rank 28th in batting average (.213) and 27th in errors (23).

Let’s not forget that Colorado leads the majors by striking out 286 times.

Ryan McMahon and Michael Toglia are tied for the major league lead with 40 strikeouts apiece. Both players have done that in just 94 at-bats.

McMahon, who was Colorado’s All-Star representative last season, is batting just .160 with two homers and four RBIs.

Bad news for the payroll department — McMahon is making $12 million this season and is owed $16 million in both 2026 and 2027.

Kris Bryant is in the fourth season of a seven-year, $182 million deal and has played in just 170 total games for the Rockies. This season, the former National League MVP has played in 11 games, is batting .154 and is now on the injured list with more lower-back issues.

Bryant has produced just 17 homers and 61 RBIs for Colorado. Did the franchise lose the Mile High rights when it traded Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals?

The starting pitching has been a disaster so far, with only right-hander Ryan Feltner (0-1, 3.86 ERA) resembling a big leaguer.

Left-hander Kyle Freeland (0-4, 5.93 ERA) surely checks the back of his baseball card often to see that he really did go 17-7 with a 2.85 ERA in 2018. He has gone 32-59 since that big season.

Right-handers Antonio Senzatela (1-4, 5.22 ERA) and German Marquez (0-4, 9.30 ERA) are trying to revive their careers after major arm injuries.

Right-hander Chase Dollander (1-3, 7.91 ERA) is Colorado’s top prospect, but there’s nothing elite about his four-start stats. He’s tied for the major league lead with eight homers allowed despite pitching just 19 1/3 innings.

The defense definitely misses injured Gold Glove shortstop Ezequiel Tovar (hip). Kyle Farmer is seeing action at shortstop to help soften the loss, but Colorado’s infield defense is much better when Farmer is at second base.

You also have to wonder how manager Bud Black has made it to his ninth season running the Rockies.

A 68-94 mark in 2022 didn’t get him fired. Going 59-103 in 2023 didn’t prompt the pink slip, nor did last season’s 61-101 mark.

That’s 298 losses over a three-year span. Those playoff berths in 2017 and 2018 seem to have given Black a very long leash.

The future doesn’t feel too bright either. Colorado whiffed on the Bryant deal and hasn’t recently been major players in the free-agent market.

If Dollander is the best the farm system has to offer, just think of all the middling prospects the Rockies have.

Colorado does have a noted hitting prospect in 2024 No. 3 overall pick Charlie Condon. But alas, he fractured his left wrist in a minor league spring training game and hasn’t yet begun his season.

With the Rockies, you can’t even say “Wait till next year.”

It’s more like … wait till next decade.

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