Colorado Rockies: series preview against the Padres

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The rest of the offense

The Rockies offense, outside of Gonzalez, has not performed well. They are hitting .268/.338/.431 in the month (all three are slightly lower than their season average, which for playing half of the games at Coors Field, isn’t great anyways. Their OPS+, which is adjusted for park’s played in, is 90 with 100 being league average).

In their past seven games, they have scored 30 runs, which is about 4.3 per game. However, 16 of these runs were scored in one game against the Padres. The other six games have seen 14 runs, or an average of 2.3 runs per game.

The team has also hit .270 in the past seven games but if you take out the 16 run game, they are hitting .238 in six of the last seven games.

Final Thoughts

The Brewers will be facing the Cubs for four games starting tonight so this could be a great time for the Rockies to gain some ground in the Wild Card race. It is crucial that the Rockies win at least three of these games. Even if the Brewers do well against the Cubs, if the Rockies keep winning, the Brewers will only gain ground in the NL Central (in which they are only 3.5 back of the Cubs).

Hypothetically, let’s say that both the Rockies and Brewers sweep (it’s unlikely but stick with me). The Brewers would have a half game lead on the Rockies and the Cubs would be 1 1/2 back of the Rockies for the second wild card.

Next: A look at the playoff situation with 10 games left

The bottom line is the Brewers (or Cubs) can’t gain ground if the Rockies don’t lose and against a team like the Padres, you really shouldn’t lose much.