The Rockies fell 4-2 to the Cincinnati Reds amid Terry Francona's 2000th victory as a MLB manager.
The loss gives Rockies a record of 22-74. On their current pace, they would finish with a record of 37-125 which would supplant the futility of the 2024 Chicago White Sox who finished with a record of 41-121. The Chisox eclipsed the 1962 New York Mets with the most losses in a single season in modern MLB history. The Rockies could relieve the White Sox of their infamy.
Currently, the Rockies have a winning percentage of .229. This is actually worse than the .235 winning percentage posted by the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics who went 36-117 finishing 54½ games back of the eventual World Series champion Boston Red Sox in the AL. To put this number into perspective, the 2024 Chisox had a winning percentage of .253 while the 1962 Mets had a winning percentage of .250.
Despite how bad things have been in the Mile High City, is the worst still to come for the 2025 Colorado Rockies?
The reason I ask is because for all of their poor play, the Rockies have not had a losing streak reach double digits. The Rockies have had four separate 8 game losing streaks this season (April 11-20, April 22-29, May 2-10 & May 24-June 1). By contrast, the 2024 Chicago White Sox had three double digit losing streaks. They lost 14 in a row from May 22-June 6, 21 in a row between July 10-August 6 (tying an AL record set by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles to start the season) and 12 in a row between August 23-September 3. The Chisox went 15-50 after the All-Star Break.
If there is a silver lining for the Rockies is that after a 9-49 start, the team is 13-25 since June 1st. Don't get me wrong. Losing two out of every three games is bad. But if the Rockies somehow maintain the pace they've had since the beginning of June, their second half record would be 22-44. In which case, they would finish the season 44-118 and be spared the indignity of surpassing both the 2024 Chicago White Sox, 1962 New York Mets for losses in a single season and, for that matter, the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics for worst winning percentage.
On the other hand, the dog days of summer are coming, and baseball becomes a grind in August and September. The first half of September, the Rockies are going to play a lot of baseball against their own division namely the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. All three teams could make the 2025 post-season and do so at the expense of the Rockies.
Believe it or not, the Colorado Rockies are not the worst hitting team in the NL Their .230 batting average is tied for second worst in the Senior Circuit with the Pittsburgh Pirates who are in last place in the NL Central. Only the San Francisco Giants have a worse team batting average at .229. The Giants, however, make up for their lack of hitting with pitching as their 3.50 team ERA is the best in the NL. The Rockies team ERA is more than two runs higher at 5.55. Combine the worst pitching with poor hitting it's no wonder the team has a negative run differential of 253 whereas the Pirates have a negative run differential of 102. The closest thing the Rockies have to a star player is catcher Hunter Goodman who leads the team in batting average, HR and RBI (,278, 17, 52) and is their lone representative to the All-Star Game in Atlanta.
It is the one of the few highlights from a team which may turn out to be the worst in modern MLB history.
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