Rockies on Pace of Avoiding Historically Bad Season

Entering the 2025 season, the Colorado Rockies were expected to be one of the worst teams in the league. The situation was so bad for the Rockies that the front office broke their promise of keeping Bud Black as manager for the entire season. It came two games after the Rockies suffered one of the league’s worst losses of the season on May 10 as the team suffered a 21-0 home loss to the San Diego Padres. 

Since then, the Rockies have accounted for an 8-24 record with infield coach Warren Schaffer as the interim manager. While there have been growing pains with the Rockies since the change of manager, there has been some good progress from the team.  

Rockies on a Roll by Their Standards in June

In June, the Colorado Rockies have won five of their last 12 games, including Sunday’s 10-1 road win over the Atlanta Braves. Most of their losses in the last few weeks were to red-hot teams like the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants. There was some fight in those losses. 

Colorado has been on a good run by their standards in June. The team is currently 15-57 after the 10-1 road win over the Braves on Sunday and a 6-4 win over the Washington Nationals. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale highlighted the team’s chance to go on a pace that would surpass early-season expectations after a terrible start. The Rockies are currently on pace to finish the season with a 32-130 overall record. 

This record would historically be one of the worst in the history of the league. It is, however, better than the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who accounted for a 20-134 overall record in 154 games played. 

There is a resurgence of hope and fight from this Rockies team, even if they are going to be one of the first teams eliminated from postseason contention this season. They managed to account for their first series sweep early in the month against the Miami Marlins. Sunday’s win against the Braves was another indication of their fight. 

The Rockies had 16 strikeouts at the plate, including 15 from Braves’ pitcher Grant Holmes in the first six and a half innings. They were able to score nine of their 10 runs in the last three innings of the game. 

Rockies Making Progress One Game at a Time

Colorado Rockies infielder Ryan McMahon has seen the highs and many lows of this team. Sunday was big for the team as they took down the Atlanta Braves 10-1 to avoid a series sweep. McMahon talked to the Associated Press’ Jack Magruder after the Rockies’ Thursday 8-7 home win over the San Francisco Giants. 

“I think we are just playing better baseball. As long as you focus on that when you are out in the field, the record takes care of itself. We can’t get it all back in one day. We have to take it pitch by pitch, day by day.” 

“To do what we did today, not give up, keep fighting. I think overall, that’s just big. You can look back at that. You can remember we’ve come back from situations like this before and that it kind of helps you keep going.” 

Just last season, the Chicago White Sox were believed to be on a similar run as the Rockies. The White Sox were hyped to be the team officially worse than the Spiders in 1899 and be labeled as the worst Major League team in modern baseball. Chicago would go on a good run to account for an overall record of 41-121.  

The Rockies have a long way to go before they can officially have one of the worst seasons in professional baseball. They do currently have momentum, which is something they didn’t possess at the beginning of the season. 

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