The search for power

Let’s cut to the chase: the Colorado Rockies have hit 177 home runs this season so far with five games remaining, a total that ranks 22nd in baseball. If that feels like a low total and/or spot on the rankings, that’s because it is; the Rockies have almost never sunk this low when it comes to hitting the ball out of the ballpark:

That’s not good. You know what else is not good? The fact that since the full-season introduction of the juiced ball in 2016, the Rockies’ average HR rank is 16th. You don’t need me to tell you that playing half your games at Coors Field and being painfully average at hitting balls over the fence is a bad thing, particularly in this era of baseball where a huge…