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Colorado Rockies: Top 10 all-time best Opening Day lineups

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 18: Nolan Arenado #28 of the Colorado Rockies celebrates with Charlie Blackmon #19 after hitting an eighth inning two-run home run against the Miami Marlins at Coors Field on August 18, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - AUGUST 18: Nolan Arenado #28 of the Colorado Rockies celebrates with Charlie Blackmon #19 after hitting an eighth inning two-run home run against the Miami Marlins at Coors Field on August 18, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
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4. 2007 (Overall Batter OPS+ 104)

  1. Willy Taveras CF
  2. Kazuo Matsui 2B
  3. Garrett Atkins 3B
  4. Todd Helton 1B
  5. Matt Holliday LF
  6. Brad Hawpe RF
  7. Troy Tulowitzki SS
  8. Chris Iannetta C
  9. Aaron Cook P

This has been argued to be the best team to grace Coors Field. When you take the whole roster into context, this may be true. However, the lineup taken alone just barely cracks the top five.

This is still the most entertaining team without a doubt, winning 20 of 21 games to close out the season and eventually grab a spot in the World Series and birth Rocktober. How does a team accomplish this? By having a lineup led by Matt Holliday of course. He slashed .340/.405/.607 with 36 homers and 137 RBI for an OPS+ of 150. He led the league in both RBI and average, almost taking the Triple Crown (finished fourth in home runs) and finishing second in MVP voting. I think we can all agree on this placement as much as Holliday touching the plate.

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