I am so glad the Rockies haven’t signed one of these horrific contracts. The Rockies have a chance to keep this window open for a long long time. What is your opinion would help keep their window open longer? I think what will keep it open is doing trades like the Yence Almonte one, simple under the radar trades that add to your depth and long-term future. I find fans fascinating when the Rockies trade players away the fans say it’s horrible. Will Rockies fan ever be happy? Just think about the Corey Dickerson trade Rockies fan’s assumed that the trade was horrible and because the Dick Montford is cheap. Although I like Corey McGee and Marquez are awesome with the latter having unreal potential.

I am ready for baseball so excited.
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I’ve been thinking about the sabermetric evaluations of the Rockies offense, specifically when in regards to the three true outcomes: walks, home runs, and strikeouts. The sabermetric community favors hitters who have high on base percentages and hit lots of home runs, not necessarily punishing strikeouts as much as we used to. Batting average, especially batting average with high BABIP, is often considered a fluke. However, the three true outcomes approach isn’t the best approach to hitting at Coors Field. In an expansive outfield where well placed bloopers can lead to doubles, putting the ball in play is so much more useful than walking, and strikeouts are that much more detrimental. The Rockies have built their offense around players who can get the ball in play: namely LeMahieu, Arenado, and Blackmon. Their high BABIP’s I would argue are NOT fluky, but a representation of their ability to best utilize their home park. The sabermetrics still view these performances as fluky, and punishes the Rockies for not playing the way the metrics think they “should” play.
On the flip side, I think the Rockies aggressive approach hurts the offense when they are on the road. Pitches move differently, and being overly-aggressive to get the ball in play often leads to the weak contact and strikeouts we are all too accustomed to seeing during long road trips in August. This aspect of the Coors Field hangover effect are overlooked by the sabermetric community, who views these events as a sign of a bad offense, rather than a good offense struggling to make the most difficult adjustment of any team from home to away parks.
Would you agree with this assessment? I’m curious to know what you think.