Colorado Rockies Tinder: Is The Road Trip Over Yet?

Aug 28, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Colorado Rockies shortstop J. Reyes (7) at the bat rack prior to the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

The Colorado Rockies are mercifully wrapping up a road trip this week at historic Dodger Stadium. Let’s never go out on the road again, OK? 

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But, like, seriously, are the Colorado Rockies done with their road trip yet? The San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners aren’t, like, elite, but they’re also not terrible — and the Rockies most certainly are usually terrible. (Although I’ve got to give them credit, they’ve played better than terrible over the past ten days.)

Now, though, the Rockies are facing two more games on the trip, both this week in Los Angeles against the Dodgers, before Colorado gets to return home for a little while. Yay!!!

And because it’s now Tuesday again, and life is flying by us at breakneck pace, know the drill. Let’s look back on the week that was for those playing for the Colorado Rockies as we enter the final stretch run of the 2015 season…

But first, here’s a fun story about Tinder! Ok. Back to baseball…

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Sep 7, 2015; San Diego, CA, USA; Colorado Rockies shortstop D. Descalso (3) singles during the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

Swipe Right On These Colorado Rockies

Daniel Descalso. Hey, look, buddy, I know. Descalso is 3-for-7 this week though, and besides him the bats have gone really, really cold. Cristhian Adames and Justin Morneau are each 4-for-12, so I guess there’s that?

Pitchers facing the Rockies. The Colorado Rockies have struck out 64 times in 228 at-bats across the last seven days. That’s really bad, right? It’s not, like, prodigiously bad, but it is approaching 30% so it’s really not that great.

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Dustin Garneau. Garneau isn’t crazy hot (3-for-14), but he does have two homers in the last week, so that’s certainly something we probably never collectively expected to have happen!

Jairo Diaz and Justin Miller. The two have combined for 4.2 innings allowing no hits, no runs, and three walks with seven strikeouts. Both are impressing as power arms late in the pen, and both ought to be considered for bullpen roles next season.

Scott Oberg. Oberg has had a tough rookie season, but the Colorado Rockies keep going to him — so they are obviously counting on him for something next year and beyond. This week, he figured it out, with three scoreless innings across three appearances with the Rox.

John Axford. Three for three on save opportunities with seven strikeouts in three games this week. Axford has gotten back in a good groove, and I’ve gotta give him some credit because things looked bad earlier this year.

Kyle Kendrick. ‘Nuff said right here.

Jon Gray. ‘Nuff said right here:

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