Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for May 4-5, 2024
It’s pretty clear that the 8-23 Colorado Rockies are not a good baseball team.
However, last night, they got a rare road win, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2. Plus, they stopped an historic skid.
The streak is over:
The Colorado Rockies, for the first time this season, never trailed in a game, winning. 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The streak ends after an MLB record 31 games.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) May 4, 2024
Add to that, Cal Quantrill had a good game — as in the third best start in Rockies history.
Cal Quantrill was downright unhittable against the Pirates on Friday allowing three baserunners and striking out nine.
7.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K
His game score of 82 is the best for the #Rockies since Chad Kuhl in 2022 and best on the road since Antonio Senzatela in 2020.
— Patrick Lyons (@PatrickDLyons) May 4, 2024
And Ryan McMahon hit a splash into the Allegheny River.
Clearly, the Rockies are who they are, and one good game doesn’t change that. Whether they’re about to catch fire (in a good way) or revert to being a dumpster fire (in a bad way) remains to be seen.
Still, we’ll take any wins we can get.
In the meantime, the work of Purple Row continues. Here’s what we did last week:
- The Rockies may soon receive an injection of Mike Honcho energy | Evan Lang
- Colorado Rockies to promote Jordan Beck | Skyler Timmins
- Warren Schaeffer should be the Rockies 2025 manager | Samantha Bradfield
- The broken nature of a historically bad Rockies team | Skyler Timmins
- Hagen Smith’s numbers could be too big to ignore | Kenneth Weber
- The Rockies have lost their heads on the basepaths | Joelle Milholm
And for your listening pleasure:
Affected by Altitude: Bienvenidos a un episodio frustrado | Evan Lang & Skyler Timmins
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Debuts are fun!
Jordan Beck and Angel Chivilli made their MLB debuts, which you may read about here and here. Well, okay, Chivilli has yet to actually appear in a game, but it’s probably happening.
Then there was Beck’s epic entrance:
Big Dinosaur Guy pic.twitter.com/a6Z4SeWKZV
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) April 30, 2024
Let the kids play.
(Note to self: Order one of those shirts.)
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Weekly poll
We know the Rockies are bad, but how bad?
Explain your prediction in the comments.
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For your listening pleasure
I’m just going to drop some Bottle Rockets here for your weekend because if the bar’s on fire in Pittsburgh, well, it seems timely.
I miss this band.
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