Colorado Rockies: what should the postseason rotation look like?

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In Freeland’s last three starts and 10 1/3 innings pitched, he has an ERA of 6.97 with nine walks, a .366 opponent batting average, a .471 on-base percentage, and a .488 slugging percentage.

Since his return from the disabled list on August 15, they haven’t been much better: six starts, 28 innings, 0-3 record, 5.46 ERA, 17 walks, .317 average against, .403 on-base percentage, and a .481 slugging percentage.

Game Five

For game five, I would have to go with German Marquez again. As we mentioned, his numbers have not been good recently but you have to hope that he would deliver for the Rockies in a potential game five. However, if Chad Bettis does better in game two, he very well could start. Bettis would be on regular rest (Marquez would be on five days rest if the schedule plays out as planned).

Final Thoughts

I was a little bit concerned with the Rockies starting rotation before I started writing this article but after doing the research on the starters, the only one that I could confidently say that the Rockies could win is when Jon Gray is pitching. I think that Chatwood could be a diamond in the rough but his problem is limiting walks and not pitching for length. Gray has the potential to throw a complete game, three hit shutout in his starts.

Even if Chatwood pitches well, you can’t expect more than five innings from him and with the Rockies bullpen (outside of Chris Rusin and Pat Neshek) scares me a bit. A bullpen ERA of 4.40 (entering Wednesday) that’s 19th in the NL is not something that I have a ton of confidence in.

Since the beginning of August, these are the ERA’s for the relievers that I am concerned about for the Rockies: Greg Holland (8.80), Jake McGee (5.11), Adam Ottavino (5.25), and Mike Dunn (4.73).

Scott Oberg has pitched surprisingly well since the beginning of August as his ERA is 3.00 in 12 innings.

Next: A look at the Rockies 2018 schedule

Bottom line is that the pitching staff (and particularly, the starting rotation) concerns me in the postseason. They very well could prove me wrong (I hope they do) but good pitching wins championships. If you can’t pitch well, you’re not a threat in the postseason.