Rockies achieve early season success unseen until June of last year

Don't look now, but the Rockies are playing some inspired baseball. While it's only the first 11 games of the season, this performance is impressive, to say the least, by our standards.

Colorado achieved an incredible feat, something that hadn't been done until June of last year.

With a 5-1 victory over the Astros on Tuesday night, home runs from Mickey Moniak and Willi Castro sparked the offense, as Colorado earned their second series win of the season, and it's only April 8th.

The Rockies didn't secure their second series win until mid-June of last season, after sweeping the Nationals. Their first series win of the season came in early June against the Marlins. Before that, they set an MLB modern-era record of 21 consecutive series losses.

To put things into perspective, Colorado finished April last season with a 5-25 record; they already have five wins this year just 11 games in.

Their success is rooted in an innovative pitching approach and aggressive baserunning. Warren Schaeffer orchestrated several key moves in the Rockies' 2-1 victory over Toronto on April 1st. These included Jake McCarthy pinch-running for Kyle Karros, stealing second base, and scoring on Troy Johnston's RBI single to tie the game.

Kyle Freeland's performance last night was nothing short of remarkable. The Colorado native pitched 6.1 scoreless innings, allowing only one run on three hits and one walk, while striking out five.

Former starter Antonio Senzatela came in and finished the game, logging 2.2 innings while allowing no hits and striking out three. He seems to be enjoying and thriving in his new bullpen role.

Colorado will aim for their first series sweep of 2026 against Houston on Wednesday afternoon. They also didn't achieve this until June 2025, their first series win of the season against Miami.