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Colorado Rockies: 3 simple ways to improve the offense

By Kevin Henry

DENVER, CO - APRIL 11: Ian Desmond #20 of the Colorado Rockies hits a RBI sacrifice fly the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Coors Field on April 11, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - APRIL 11: Ian Desmond #20 of the Colorado Rockies hits a RBI sacrifice fly the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Coors Field on April 11, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FL – APRIL 29: David Dahl #26 of the Colorado Rockies freezes during a pitch from Caleb Smith #31 of the Miami Marlins in the second inning during the game between the Miami Marlins and the Colorado Rockies at Marlins Park on April 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL – APRIL 29: David Dahl #26 of the Colorado Rockies freezes during a pitch from Caleb Smith #31 of the Miami Marlins in the second inning during the game between the Miami Marlins and the Colorado Rockies at Marlins Park on April 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

There is no other way to put it. The Colorado Rockies are in an offensive funk right now and something has to be done to snap them out of it.

It has been a historically bad month for the Rockies at the plate as was detailed in this article. Entering Monday’s game in Chicago, Colorado was hitting .222 in April. The Rockies went 7-for-33 on Monday night (including a 3-for-4 performance from Noel Cuevas) and it seemed like they were lighting the world on fire with their efforts. That’s how bad it has gotten in recent days.

In the last four games, the Rockies have scored a total of four runs. That’s it. One of those was an RBI double from Antonio Senzatela in a 1-0 win in Miami that started Colorado’s streak of barely being able to push anyone across the plate. In fact, Senzatela has totaled as many RBI in his last seven games as Nolan Arenado, Chris Iannetta and DJ LeMahieu … and one more than Gerardo Parra has been able to push across.

Now some of that can be explained by Parra’s suspension and LeMahieu’s hamstring injury … but some of it is also the fact that the Rockies just aren’t hitting right now. And when they’re not hitting, RBI chances go down as well.

So what can the Rockies do to turn things around? Here are three ideas…

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