Colorado Rockies: Wish list for the Washington/Pittsburgh road trip

Well, the first Colorado Rockies homestand of the season was an adventure, huh? I read plenty of “season prediction” articles over the winter and none had Nolan Arenado barreling to the mound in fury and frustration by game 13. As has often been said over the course of baseball history, you just never know what you might see during a day at the ballpark.

The good news is the benches-clearing brawl in the third inning on Wednesday at Coors Field finally lit a spark under the you-know-whats of the Rockies offense. While there’s still plenty to be concerned about with the offense to start the season, it was borderline exhilarating to finally see a string of good at-bats yielding good results and manufactured runs.

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The Rockies will now embark on their second road trip of 2018 with trips to the nation’s capital for four games against the Nationals, followed by three in Pittsburgh against the surprisingly hot Pirates. Before we check out my wish list for the road trip, let’s quickly look back at how the list fared on the last trip.

We were looking for a good start from the new guys in the bullpen, a hot start for Carlos Gonzalez and Trevor Story, and some stolen bases.

So how did it go? Bryan Shaw and Wade Davis combined for 5.1 innings pitched giving up just one earned run, CarGo and Story combined to hit just .192 and the Rockies stole four bases as a team. CarGo and Story have since heated up at home so let’s hope for them to continue. Otherwise, it was a pretty successful road trip … but the Rockies can do better.