After a much-needed day off to wipe the stink off that was blowing two huge leads in the last three games to the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies head west to begin a nine-game road where they could possibly make a huge statement. The trip starts out on Tuesday against the red-hot Arizona Diamondbacks, then a series against the team with the National League’s best record, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and then concludes out in San Francisco against the NL West’s bottom-feeder, the Giants.
Sitting 10.5 games behind the Dodgers and tied with the Diamondbacks in the West, the Rockies have a chance to tell the entire league that they are legitimate contenders for the playoffs.