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Colorado Rockies: The Phillies TV broadcast’s mistakes and snafus were aplenty this weekend

By Noah Yingling

Apr 17, 2021; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Rockies second baseman Ryan McMahon (24) throws to first for an out in the first inning against the New York Mets at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 17, 2021; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Rockies second baseman Ryan McMahon (24) throws to first for an out in the first inning against the New York Mets at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dom Nunez of the Colorado Rockies
DENVER, COLORADO – APRIL 20: Dom Nunez #3 of the Colorado Rockies hits a solo home run against the Houston Astros in the seventh inning at Coors Field on April 20, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

But the Rockies had a good 8th place hitter coming up after Fuentes

Simply put, Dom Nunez has been hitting much better than your average catcher or average 8th place hitter.

In fact, he was in the top ten percent in baseball entering the game in:

  • Weighted On-Base Average (.585), top three percent
  • Barrel Percentage (18.2 percent), top nine percent
  • Expected Weighted On-Base Average (.551), top seven percent

But, most importantly, you always want to give everyone opportunities to drive in runs for three main reasons.

  1. You do have to score to win games.
  2. You have to have all players playing well to be a playoff-caliber team.
  3. Even the worst hitters in baseball (pitchers) do occasionally have hits.

So, after this, Dom Nunez comes up and walks … and the Rockies get a hit … from the pitcher.

Jon Gray gets an RBI single and the Rockies are business. Enough business that they score seven in the inning (single inning taco’s) and Daza comes back around later in the inning.

The broadcasters then comment that Daza was “probably thinking ‘I shouldn’t have sacrificed’ with the way that the ball is jumping now in this inning.”

Yet again, another Coors thing … but Coors just popped up in this inning.

Chase Anderson was just a victim of Coors, apparently.

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