Colorado Rockies’ MAY-Day Crash Little Too Familiar
The Colorado Rockies are once again floundering through another May. Their inability to hit on the road, and the dynamite extracted on the pitching staff and bullpen has left the Rockies grasping at moral victories and a new attitude in the club house. Unfortunately the story is a little too familiar. May-Day, the Rockies are going down in flames and need someone to save them! Unfortunately, no help is coming.
An 8-20 record in May last year sealed the Rockies’ fate. They never really recovered from the disaster. After a strong 17-8 start in April, the club’s descent to three games below .500 was part of a slow slide that coupled poor hitting with inconsistent pitching on their way to a 73-89 record after World Series expectations were put on the Colorado club. The poor season significantly lowered the baseball community’s expectations of the Rockies.
The Rockies executives, mainly General Manager Dan O’Dowd, spoke about how a new clubhouse atmosphere was going to change the dynamic of the Rockies club. He spent all of his money upgrading the position players and completely ignored a pitching staff with underdeveloped arms and the oldest pitcher to win a game in Jamie Moyer. The club barely held things together in April and half-way through May the results are becoming disastrous.
Even with a Marco Scutaro’s ninth inning homerun win last night the Rockies are 3-10 in May, with 14 contests left to get to the eight win mark of last year. Colorado has the worst record in baseball for the month and their pitchers have given up a league high 76 runs in that stretch, almost six runs a game.
Dan O’Dowd announced that there is no help coming for the Rockies. They have to figure things out on their own. O’Dowd’s over decade long run in the position has seen only two managerial changes and playoff berths. He preaches patience, but his farm system has yet to develop a pitching core that justifies the Rockies lack of activity in the area. The great prospects are always one promotion away. Unfortunately that promotion is not Coors Field.
Deaf ears from this organization will meet Rockies’ fans crying a distressed “Mayday,” as the team goes down in flames. Why would a club drawing in over two million fans a year change their strategy? Todd Helton may have given this club his career, but they are unwilling to do what it takes to deliver him a championship.
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