I tried very hard to figure out the one or two things you could point to that explains why the Colorado Rockies are so bad, but my finger(s) kept drifting towards the front office. By total fWAR, they’re 25th in pitching (3.3) and last in Major League Baseball in hitting (0.7).
How does that happen beyond personnel choices directed by the personnel choosers? It’s a team like this I really don’t feel good about the San Francisco Giants facing right now.
Oh sure, the Giants are pretty good, and certainly much better than the Rockies by comparison — or, at least, on the hitting side, where their team fWAR of 8.