Rox Pile
Fansided

Colorado Rockies: Is their 2018 season like their 2008 season?

By Noah Yingling

DENVER, CO - MAY 30: Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies and starting pitcher Derek Holland #45 of the San Francisco Giants react after Gonzalez lined out to center field with two runners on to end the fifth inning at Coors Field on May 30, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - MAY 30: Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies and starting pitcher Derek Holland #45 of the San Francisco Giants react after Gonzalez lined out to center field with two runners on to end the fifth inning at Coors Field on May 30, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
4 of 4
Next
Colorado Rockies pitching change
DENVER, CO – JUNE 19: Bud Black #10 of the Colorado Rockies relieves Bryan Shaw #29 after Shaw loaded the bases with one out in the seventh inning of a game at Coors Field on June 19, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /

The 2018 Rockies pitching staff, as you probably know, has been…inconsistent, to put it nicely. They have an ERA of 4.96 collectively. The starters, however, have a 4.69 ERA compared to the not-so “super” bullpen’s ERA of 5.52. Overall, the staff was ok in March and April, better in May, and it just completely fell apart in June.

Months — Game-Level
Split W L W-L% ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP SO9 SO/W
April/March 15 15 .500 4.52 128 30 10 263.0 242 140 132 29 107 256 1.327 8.8 2.39
May 15 11 .577 4.27 103 26 9 234.0 231 112 111 32 78 207 1.321 8.0 2.65
June 11 16 .407 6.20 115 27 7 241.0 270 180 166 41 107 247 1.564 9.2 2.31
July 1 1 .500 3.71 8 2 1 17.0 16 8 7 2 4 12 1.176 6.4 3.00
April/Mar,GS 8 12 .400 4.27 30 30 0 158.0 149 81 75 18 65 145 1.354 8.3 2.23
May,GS 13 6 .684 4.39 26 26 0 151.2 158 75 74 20 43 130 1.325 7.7 3.02
June,GS 9 7 .563 5.37 27 27 0 157.2 167 96 94 29 55 170 1.408 9.7 3.09
July,GS 1 0 1.000 3.60 2 2 0 10.0 5 4 4 1 3 5 0.800 4.5 1.67
April/Mar,GR 7 3 .700 4.89 98 0 10 105.0 93 59 57 11 42 111 1.286 9.5 2.64
May,GR 2 5 .286 4.04 77 0 9 82.1 73 37 37 12 35 77 1.312 8.4 2.20
June,GR 2 9 .182 7.78 88 0 7 83.1 103 84 72 12 52 77 1.860 8.3 1.48
July,GR 0 1 .000 3.86 6 0 1 7.0 11 4 3 1 1 7 1.714 9.0 7.00

You can see it even further when you see their opponents slash line.

Months
Split AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SO/W BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip
April/March 989 140 242 51 9 29 107 256 2.39 .245 .323 .402 .725 .300
May 894 112 231 42 8 32 78 207 2.65 .258 .322 .431 .752 .301
June 951 180 270 52 10 41 107 247 2.31 .284 .358 .489 .847 .339
July 63 8 16 5 0 2 4 12 3.00 .254 .319 .429 .747 .286
April/Mar,GS 598 81 149 32 7 18 65 145 2.23 .249 .325 .416 .742 .299
May,GS 591 75 158 31 4 20 43 130 3.02 .267 .319 .435 .754 .309
June,GS 613 96 167 28 3 29 55 170 3.09 .272 .331 .470 .801 .327
July,GS 35 4 5 2 0 1 3 5 1.67 .143 .250 .286 .536 .138
April/Mar,GR 391 59 93 19 2 11 42 111 2.64 .238 .319 .381 .700 .301
May,GR 303 37 73 11 4 12 35 77 2.20 .241 .326 .422 .748 .285
June,GR 338 84 103 24 7 12 52 77 1.48 .305 .403 .524 .927 .358
July,GR 28 4 11 3 0 1 1 7 7.00 .393 .414 .607 1.021 .500

For comparison, this is how it looked prior to the All-Star break in 2017 (91 games).

First or Second Half
Split G R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip
1st Half 1256 461 840 150 21 104 442 33 23 259 799 .269 .328 .430 .758 .329

In 2008, they had an ERA of 4.72 and an opponent slash line that was inconsistent too. This is a little bit larger of a sample size as this runs to the All-Star break (96 games).

First or Second Half
Split R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SO/W BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip
1st Half 507 924 193 30 96 334 581 1.74 .278 .347 .440 .788 .309

As you can see, the month that they really fell apart was the month of May.

Months — Game-Level
Split W L W-L% ERA H R ER HR BB SO WHIP SO9 SO/W
April/March 11 17 .393 4.47 260 144 130 25 124 165 1.466 5.7 1.33
May 9 19 .321 5.67 283 165 155 31 102 180 1.565 6.6 1.76
June 12 15 .444 4.34 251 123 113 25 69 150 1.366 5.8 2.17
July 17 10 .630 5.01 247 137 132 21 85 169 1.401 6.4 1.99

More from Colorado Rockies History

Final Thoughts

So, in some ways, the 2008 and 2018 Rockies are similar (inconsistency offense and pitching staff both that has fallen flat of expectations). However, in many ways, the 2018 team is actually doing better.

After all, the 2018 team, through 85 games, is 42-43, and in 4th place in the NL West but only five games back of the division leading Diamondbacks and only 4.5 back in the second Wild Card.

The 2008 team, through 85 games, was seventeen games under .500 at 34-51 and also in 4th place.

However, they were eight games back of the division leading Diamondbacks, who only had a record of 42-43 in an obviously very weak division as the Dodgers ended up winning the division with 84 wins.

Home/Colorado Rockies History