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3 Reasons why September will be the most exciting part of the Rockies season

Looking ahead at why the month of September will be the most memorable part of 2023 for the Rockies.

By Thomas Murray |
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In the city of Denver, the 2023 baseball season might've felt longer then usual due to the recent success of the Colorado Avalanche and the Denver Nuggets. Heck, even the Denver Broncos have a lot of buzz and optimism surrounding them right now.

Unfortunately, on the streets of 20th and Blake, the dog days of summer have felt longer than usual as the 2023 Rockies season is one to forget. The team has a record of 51-88 and is projected to lose 100 games for the first time in franchise history.

With the season coming to a close and the Rockies on an off day today, I decided to look into why the month of Sept. will be one that could be remembered.

1. The opportunity to spoil someone else's season

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With just 23 games remaining on the schedule, the Rockies will have the opportunity to play spoiler this year as the Rockies remaining schedule is against teams who are all playoff contenders this year.

The message in Colorado this month is to play and have fun.

Aside from playing against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins this month, every team the Rockies play this month is almost not guaranteed a spot at the playoffs this year.

Teams like San Diego, San Francisco, or even the Chicago Cubs are now starting to find themselves in must-win series as the season is quickly coming to a close. As these teams take a look at their calendar, they are all noticing that they play the Rockies this month. For them, this may be a sigh of relief. For Colorado, all of these games should put a chip on their shoulder.

Spoiling another team's season could be something that could really help a team put things together and build momentum heading into next season.

2. September call ups

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The message all year long in the Rockies' clubhouse has been "Let the kids play." The meaning of that message will take on another level in the month of September. The Rockies will have the opportunity to let some of their younger, more promising players play, giving fans a glimpse of their future. Colorado has a young team that has improved significantly, despite their record not reflecting it.

Before call-ups officially began, the Rockies were able to witness first baseman and corner outfielder Hunter Goodman make his MLB Debut after dominating in AAA.

Before being called up to the MLB roster, Goodman played in just 15 games for the Isotopes. During that stretch, he was on fire with a .371 batting average, nine home runs, 33 RBI's and an incredible OPS of 1.321. So far, he has not disappointed on the MLB roster as he's slashing .323/.371/.855.

The Rockies still have a number of other prospects we could see this month including a couple of pitchers they traded for before the trade deadline including Mason Albright and Victor Vodnik who I think have a great shot at making next year's roster.

3. Opportunity to watch a couple defenders strike gold

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This year, the Rockies have three players who are eligible to win gold gloves with the organization for the first time in franchise history.

Ryan McMahon, Ezequiel Tovar and Brenton Doyle all rank among the top 3 at their position defensively in the National League. The most impressive part about this is two of these three players are rookies and could be names we see in contention for a Gold Glove for years to come in Colorado.

Doyle's arm strength continues to impress this year as the rookie center fielder's arm strength recently rose to 105.7 MPH over the weekend which is the fastest in the statcast era.

Tovar continues to remain one of the smoothest defensive shortstops in all of baseball as he continuously puts on a clinic at short and is making a new highlight play everyday.

McMahon, also has had a terrific year on defense with a fielding percentage of 0.971 with 242 assists on the year and has turned 39 double plays at the hot corner, making him one of the more elite third baseman's in all of baseball.

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