In the five games since the All-Star break, the Rockies are 3-2. It’s a small sample size, but baseball has been fun in Colorado over the last week.
Winning a series against the Yankees and splitting with the defending World Champion Astros is a pretty great way to start the second half of the season. Even if those teams aren’t in first place in their respective divisions, they still have winning records.
Despite only outscoring the Astros and Yankees 23-22, the Rockies out-homered them in a landslide: 11-3. Solid starts by Austin Gomber and Chase Anderson, with some great performances out of the bullpen as well, deserve applause for holding two powerhouses to three homers in five games (one per 0.