We at BSN Denver are running a series where we rank how valuable each of the Rockies’ 51 players was to the team in 2015. Value was calculated by statistics, viewing, and how memorable each player’s contributions were. The rankings will be from last to first, you may view the full rankings (here).

Player: Scott Oberg

Stats: 64 G, 58.1 IP, 3-4, 6.79 ERA, 1.526 WHIP, 5.76 FIP, 1-3 SVO, 92 ERA+, 6.79 K/9, 4.78 BB/9, WAR -0.9

Big Moment: May 19th, the Rockies are at home playing the Phillies. Boone Logan comes in to pitch the eight with the Rockies leading 5-3. He allows three singles, walked one, hit one batter, and struck out one. With one out in the eighth and already two runs in for the Phillies, Oberg enters with the bases loaded. In his first pitch he throws a ball, the second pitch he left over the middle of the plate but Carlos Ruiz pounded it to the second basemen for a 4-6-3 double play. In the bottom half Ben Paulsen hit a solo shot and Oberg was in line for the win. Oberg added a season high .288 win probability to the team, which perhaps says a lot about his season considering those two pitches was his best performance of the season.

Season Recap: By WAR, Oberg had the seventh worst year by a reliever in the last ten years. He tied for the most innings pitched coming out of the Rockies’ pen. Oberg also pitched 8 innings for the ‘Topes this year in AAA, which was the first time he pitched in AAA because he made the jump from AA to the majors this year. The 25 year-old, and former 15th round pick made it through the minors relatively quick, so maybe that has something to do with his very poor season, but to say Oberg was bad in 2015 would be an understatement, he was historically bad.

What’s Ahead: Oberg has plus stuff and that’s why he threw so many innings, besides for the fact that there weren’t many other options. He still has the potential to be a solid relief option, but if he gets off to a rough start his prospects of a big league career will most likely be over. The Rockies will be able to bring him back cheap if need be, and I think it says a lot that he’s already made it through the first round of cuts.