Season In Review
October 6th, 2020
W - 114 / L - 42
What a year it was for the Colorado Rockies, in a season shorter than in years past due to MLB rule changes a few years ago they still came within 2 games of matching the highest win total ever set in the majors of 116 last done by the 2001 Seattle Mariners. As they head into the playoffs with by far the best record in the majors let's look at the teams that will try to keep them from returning to the World Series after a 1 year absence.
NL Playoff Teams
Colorado Rockies - 114-42
San Diego Padres - 93 -66 (wild card)
Los Angeles Dodgers - 88-68 (wild card)
Philadelphia Phillies - 87-69
Chicago Cubs - 86-70
AL Playoff Teams
Texas Rangers - 99-57
Tampa Bay Rays - 94-65
Seattle Mariners - 94-65 (wild card)
Baltimore Orioles - 90-66 (wild card)
Minnesota Twins - 81-75
Now before we jump into the postseason let's take a look at the Rockies team stats. Of note is that new addition in the offseason CF Mike Trout won the NL batting title with a ridiculous batting average of .342 which was 13 points ahead of the 2nd place player, teammate RF Glenn Mackie, Trout also finished 3rd in the NL in Home Runs with 44 behind 2 teammates and 4th in RBI's with 116.
Starters
C - Stryker Trahan - .313/.422/.533 31 HR 68 RBI WAR 4.0
1B Anthony Rizzo - .280/.335/.486 26 HR 89 RBI WAR 2.7
2B Marco Hernandez - .274/.351/.404 14 HR 67 RBI WAR 1.2
SS Troy Tulowitzki - .227/.342/.374 14 HR 69 RBI WAR -0.6
3B Rosell Herrera - .293/.342/.487 26 HR 82 RBI WAR 3.5
LF Yasukazu Tsuchiyz - .294/.378/.592 47 HR 142 RBI WAR 4.4
CF Mike Trout - .342/.442/.685 44 HR 116 RBI WAR 10.4
RF Glenn Mackie - .329/.374/.664 45 HR 129 RBI WAR 4.9
Bench (min. 30 Games)
1B Bill Decker - .219/.286/.430 6 HR 26 RBI
IF Jordan Pacheco - .285/.329/.444 4 HR 25 RBI
SS/2B Steve Wallace - .267/.369/.508 12 HR 37 RBI
OF Blake McKinney - .250/.322/.445 5 HR 18 RBI
Rotation
Bryant Reed - 20-6 / 3.08 ERA / 1.10 WHIP / 216.0 IP / 270 K / 2.70 FIP
Evan Anderson - 13-6 / 4.16 ERA / 1.19 WHIP / 201.1 IP / 222 K / 3.73 FIP
Travis O'Bryan - 15-3 / 3.31 ERA / 1.22 WHIP / 193.0 IP / 169 K / 2.45 FIP
Carlos Peterson - 9-4 / 3.78 ERA / 1.22 WHIP / 128.2 IP / 174 K / 3.15 FIP
Claudio Martinez - 7-2 / 3.72 ERA / 1.15 WHIP / 111.1 IP / 81 K / 3.78 FIP
Bullpen (min 30 innings)
Bill Scott - 13-6 / 95.1 IP / 5.38 ERA / 1.57 WHIP / 3.91 FIP
Andres Garcia - 35.0 IP / 3.34 ERA / 1.37 WHIP / 4.20 FIP
Jose Suarez - 92.2 IP / 3.88 ERA / 1.24 WHIP / 2.75 FIP
Rex Brothers- 55.1 IP / 3.42 ERA / 1.21 WHIP / 2.48 FIP
Antonio Baez - 51 Saves / 74.1 IP / 1.94 ERA / 1.00 WHIP / 2.66 FIP
The Rockies will move on to face the San Diego Padres after they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Wild Card round.