Colorado Rockies: A look at All-Star snubs throughout their history

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2016

In 2016, the Rockies had two All Stars in Carlos Gonzalez, who started in left field, and Nolan Arenado.

The Rockies, per usual, had some players that were worthy of being an All Star.

One of them was Charlie Blackmon, who put up yet another good first half.

First or Second Half
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	sOPS+
1st Half	75	336	300	51	93	15	12	43	10	26	49	.310	.374	.493	.868	.336	134

Another Rockie that was snubbed was rookie shortstop Trevor Story who, had he been able to stay healthy, would have probably won the NL Rookie of the Year award.

First or Second Half
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1st Half	81	354	319	52	83	20	21	57	29	114	.260	.329	.545	.874	.335	93	132

His double play partner, DJ LeMahieu, was also snubbed after posting these numbers in the first half of the season.

First or Second Half
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1st Half	80	338	296	53	99	21	5	32	31	46	.334	.398	.490	.887	.379	95	140

2017

Last season, the Rockies started off the season red hot and, as a result, the Rockies had four All Stars, which is the most in their franchise history.

The name that you probably remember the most in being snubbed is Mark Reynolds, as he was one of the final five players on the NL Final Vote.

Here’s what his first half of the season looked like.

First or Second Half
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1st Half	85	354	306	52	87	11	19	61	46	101	.284	.379	.513	.892	.364	113	138

Another guy that could have been an All Star was reliever Chris Rusin. Even though it may not seem like it now since he has struggled a lot in 2018, he was much better in the first half of 2017.

First or Second Half — Game-Level
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
1st Half	3	0	1.000	2.30	33	5	1	47.0	32	13	12	3	13	35	0.957	6.7	2.69

First or Second Half
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1st Half	33	181	166	13	32	4	3	.193	.254	.283	.537	.225	68	45

Final Thoughts

As you can see throughout our extensive look at the Rockies and their snubs, there’s at least one player every year that is looked over.

Whether or not that’s because Denver is not New York City, Boston, or LA, just an ignorance of how to quantify stats in relation to all the other parks (be it for a lack of stats/info 10+ years ago or now), or just other players being better in the NL that year, Kyle Freeland and Adam Ottavino being left off the All Star Game roster is an oversight.

Next: What worked for the Rockies in 2018 before the All Star break?

For me, personally, I think it’s a little of all of the above.