Colorado Rockies: The panic button needs to be pressed!

If Colorado Rockies fans haven’t done so already, that big bright red button labeled “Panic” needs to be pressed.

It’s been 51 games and a day less than 2 months but for the first time since April 11, the Colorado Rockies’ record has dipped below .500. The next day the Rockies would go on to defeat the Washington Nationals 5-1 to even their record to 7-7.

Now on June 10th, the Rockies have lost 7 straight at Coors Field and 13 of their last 20 games overall with very little positives to cling on to for hope. They are now in 4th place in the NL West and 3.5 games back of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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The prime culprit of the Rockies’ struggles has been the bullpen. The bullpen has become a wasteland of pitchers who are highly overpaid and can’t get anyone out. So much for the $106 million the organization shelled out to 3 arms to create this so-called “super bullpen.” The even tougher reality is that the return of a healthy Adam Ottavino isn’t automatically going to fix this mess.

So who in the bullpen does Bud Black actually has faith in? Of the guys on the active roster, only one player who has more than 3 appearances has an ERA below 3.50. And that player, Wade Davis, hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows as of late. His last four appearances, he has a 10.80 ERA with a loss and a blown saves.

The stat that shows how much the pitching has let the Rockies down is that they have lost 19 games in which they have had the lead this season (2nd most in the NL). Not that this all the bullpens fault but its a good indicator of what has wrong with this team.

To make things worse, a Wild Card spot is probably not coming out the NL West. With the three team race in the Central and two team battle in the East, the Rockies will have to win the division in order to make the playoffs. If approximately 90 wins is going to win the West, the Rockies will need to win 58 of the final 97 games (.598 winning percentage). That’s a tall task for a team that has gone 11-19 at home.

If there is any silver lining in this it’s that the team that just swept the Rockies, the Diamondbacks, went through a stretch in May where they lost 15 out of 17 games. Now they have won 9 of 12 and have taken 2.5 game lead in the West.

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The “Panic Button” has been pushed. Its time for the Rockies to rise to the occasion or continue to crumble into the abyss.

If Colorado Rockies fans haven’t done so already, that big bright red button labeled “Panic” needs to be pressed.

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