Back to the postseason
October 1st, 2013
Final Record - W - 86 / L - 76
It took a 15-10 record in September for the Rockies to stay in contention for the Wild Card spot they started the month 3 games out from. They ended up taking 4 of 6 from the Dbacks but lost 2 of 3 to the Giants, the 2 teams they were competing with for that final spot. It was part winning and part luck for the Rockies as they saw Arizona lose the final 5 games of their season and the Giants lose 8 of their last 10 to make way for the Rockies to move into the final wild card spot and beat out the Giants by one game.
It wasn't a smooth road though as multiple players missed a few games due to injury including
LF Carlos Gonzalez who is still ailing with a sprained knee but could be good to go for their Wild Card round game against the Atlanta Braves. Even worse though is the loss of
RP Rafael Betancourt who tore a ligament in his elbow and is expected to be out of action for 9 months. We likely won't see him before the All-Star break next season.
First year manager Walt Weiss had this to say "This was a tough year for us I mean just look at all the injuries we went through this season and the change we have seen around the organization. I think our new GM though did a good job giving us those extra couple of pieces we needed to make this run and also to stay competitive while guys were out with injuries. We also had a lot of players really step up for us this season who are young and things just really clicked for them, like Wilin Rosario just crushed the ball this year. We are going to go into this postseason playing our hearts out for 2 things... one is for the fans who deserve a championship team in this city... and two for Todd Helton, the Toddfather. That man has meant so much to this city and organization and with the year he has had (.274/.359/.426 11 HR 56 RBI) we have no idea yet what his plans are after this season but we'll worry about that later we want a title for him."
Team Stats: Starters
C Wilin Rosario - 133 Games - .287/.327/.574 41 HR 108 RBI - WAR 2.9
1B Todd Helton - 139 Games - .274/.359/.426 11 HR 56 RBI - WAR 1.2
2B Josh Rutledge - 124 Games - .246/.306/.427 14 HR 57 RBI - WAR 1.1
SS Troy "Tulo" - 147 Games - .282/.342/.502 30 HR 108 RBI - WAR 4.5
3B Nolan Arenado - 64 Games - .294/.317/.438 7 HR 24 RBI - WAR 0.8
LF Carlos Gonzalez - 149 Games - .315/.366/.568 32 HR 113 RBI - WAR 6.2
CF Dexter Fowler - 101 Games - .292/.367/.475 9 HR 41 RBI - WAR 2.5
RF Michael "Cuddy" - 149 Games - .257/.331/.467 25 HR 79 RBI - WAR -0.2
Contributors - minimum 30 games played
2B Kolten Wong - 55 Games - .258/.349/.344 2 HR 8 RBI
C/1B Matt McBride - 79 Games - .240/.282/.372 5 HR 29 RBI
UIF Jordan Pacheco - 89 Games - .279/.318/.383 2 HR 22 RBI
OF Tyler Colvin - 109 Games - .275/.321/.465 12 HR 35 RBI
OF Charlie Blackmon - 112 Games - .285/.301/.430 6 HR 26 RBI
Rotation
LHP Jorge De La Rosa - 12-12 / 4.40 ERA / 1.56 WHIP / 190.1 IP / 97 BB / 181 K
RHP Juan Nicasion - 14-12 / 5.05 ERA / 1.50 WHIP / 196.0 IP / 55 BB / 144 K
RHP Jhoulys Chacin - 11-10 / 4.91 ERA / 1.43 WHIP / 196.0 IP / 83 BB / 140 K
LHP Tommy Milone - 6-2 / 3.90 ERA / 1.20 WHIP / 80.2 IP / 17 BB / 51 K
LHP Felix Doubront - 6-3 / 4.94 ERA / 1.63 WHIP / 71 IP / 30 BB / 57 K
Bullpen (minimum 30 innings)
RHP Mike McClendon - 3-1 / 5.28 ERA / 1.45 WHIP / 58.0 IP / 18 BB / 46 K
LHP Joe Ortiz - 3-1 / 3.40 ERA / 1.29 WHIP / 39.2 IP / 16 BB / 33 K
RHP Matt Belisle - 5-0 / 4.18 ERA / 1.31 WHIP / 90.1 IP / 25 BB / 106 K
LHP Sean Burnett - 3-7 / 4.88 ERA / 1.34 WHIP / 62.2 IP / 26 BB / 52 K
LHP Rex Brothers - 5-3 / 2.60 ERA / 1.07 WHIP / 79.2 IP / 38 BB / 120 K
RHP Rafael Betancourt - 33 Saves - 2.04 ERA / 1.06 WHIP / 70.2 IP / 29 BB / 63 K
NL Playoff Teams
Washington Nationals - 100-62
Cincinnati Reds - 97-65
Los Angeles Dodgers - 97-65
Atlanta Braves - 95-67 (wild card)
Colorado Rockies - 86-76 (wild card)
AL Playoff Teams
Los Angeles Angels - 107-55
Detroit Tigers - 101-61
Baltimore Orioles - 86-76
Oakland Athletics - 84-78 (wild card)
New York Yankees - 83-80 (wild card)