The Rockies have, for the most part, been a team followed by negative headlines for most of the season: “Where is Trevor Story headed? Will they be the first Rockies team to lose 100 games? Will they finish the season with the fewest road wins ever?”
These are just a few of the questions Rockies fans and baseball pundits have asked throughout the year. I myself have asked these questions frequently–often in these very Thursday Rockpiles.
So how can a team that’s gotten almost only negative press be 71-80 on the season? Not a great showing by any means, but much better than most people would have expected.