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Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Rockies set new record for futility with 50th loss
The post Rockies set new record for futility with 50th loss appeared first on ClutchPoints. Things just keep getting worse for the lowly Colorado Rockies. The Rockies established themselves as possibly the worst team in baseball history on Sunday, during yet another loss. Colorado has now played more games in a season than any team in Major League Baseball history without getting a 10th win, per USA Today. Advertisement The club set this record of futility on Sunday by losing to the New York Mets, 5-3. The Rockies led after three innings, but couldn't hold on to win. Colorado has now played 59 games this year, with wins in just nine of them. Only four other teams have played at least 55 games before getting a 10th win, per the outlet. They are: the 1895 Louisville Colonels, the 1904 Washington Senators, the 1886 Washington Nationals, and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. All four of those teams picked up a 10th win by their 59th game. But not the Rockies, who are now 9-50 on the season. The Rockies could set the MLB season record for losses this year The futility of the Rockies this season is quite remarkable. Colorado is on track to lose more than 130 games, which would be a MLB record. Just last season, the Chicago White Sox lost 121. Advertisement The Rockies fired manager Bud Black in the midst of this nightmarish season. Colorado's interim manager is former third-base coach Warren Schaeffer, who also may not last the entire season. It doesn't help the club that they play in the National League West, with some of the best teams in baseball this season. Colorado currently trails the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in that division by 27.5 games. The lowly Rockies have won just three games so far this season away from Coors Field. Colorado's struggles are due in part to their offense. The team is dead last in MLB this year in batting average, runs batted in, and hits, per MLB stats. Colorado gets their next chance to finally pick up a 10th win on Monday. The Rockies play the Miami Marlins.
Fox News
3 days ago
- Business
- Fox News
Rockies make unfortunate history with 50th loss of season
The Colorado Rockies made awful history on Sunday with a 5-3 loss to the New York Mets. With the defeat, the Rockies fell to 9-50 on the season. Colorado became the first team in MLB to hit 50 losses this season and entered a league of its own when it comes to baseball futility. The Rockies have the worst record in 59 games of any major league team in modern baseball (since 1901). The team has been swept 10 times in 20 series, tied for the most sweeps through 20 series with the 1962 Mets, the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers and the 1994 Oakland Athletics. USA Today noted the Rockies have played the most games without earning their 10th win, with only four teams in the sport's history having played 55 games or more games before winning at least 10. Those teams include the 1985 Louisville Colonels, 1886 Washington Nationals, 1899 Cleveland Spiders and the 1904 Washington Senators. The Mets won Sunday's game, 5-3, behind Pete Alonso's three-run home run and Francisco Lindor's go-ahead homer. Juan Soto also added a dinger to his stat sheet. The team regained sole possession of first place in the National League East. The team has won the last 26 games in which Lindor has homered. It's the second-longest streak of its kind since the Brooklyn Dodgers' 29 consecutive wins when Carl Furillo hit a home run from 1951 to 1953. The Rockies' season isn't getting any easier after already firing Bud Black in May. The team continues its road trip on Monday against the Miami Marlins. The team welcomes the Mets and San Francisco Giants to town once the club returns to Denver. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
New York Times
23-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
MLB manager May-hem: Weird & Wild endings, and beginnings — for 3 new hires
Editor's note: This is a bonus Weird & Wild. To read this week's main W&W column, go here. Is 'big-league manager' a good job? It's a hard job. It's an exclusive job. (There are only 30 positions.) And 'universally beloved' is not a description you're likely to hear about anyone doing that job, no matter how good they are at it. So why do we ask this question? That's why. Advertisement That's not usually the sort of question we ask here at Weird and Wild World HQ. But this hasn't been a 'usual' kind of month for the big-league managing profession, possibly because of this: May 7 — Pirates fire Derek Shelton May 11 — Rockies fire Bud Black May 16 — Orioles fire Brandon Hyde If you're scoring along at home — and please tell me you're not — you'll notice a trend there. Maybe two trends: Three managers fired by May 16! That's one trend. Three managers fired in 10 days — by May 16! Is that a second trend? Sure. Why not? So why is this Weird and Wild material? Because so many of you seem to want to know how unusual that is. I ran those questions by my friends at STATS Perform. In a related development, now we have answers. The May trifecta — STATS found just four other seasons since 1988 that featured (at least) three managerial firings before the end of May. Sit back and savor these. We have some fun names coming. 2002 (4) — Phil Garner, Davey Lopes, Buddy Bell, Tony Muser 2001 (4) — Larry Rothschild, Johnny Oates, John Boles, Felipe Alou 1991 (4) — Nick Leyva, Don Zimmer, John Wathan, Frank Robinson 1988 (3) — Cal Ripken Sr., Chuck Tanner, Larry Bowa If you get the impression that managerial job stability wasn't a thing back then, you're on top of this. And especially in 2002, when, believe it or not, all four of those managers got canned in April! Ten days in May — Now let's dig in on the rapid-fire portion of these 'festivities.' Three firings in a week and a half before June? You don't see that much (thankfully). There were three in 12 days in 2002. But only once since 1988 have we seen three managers get the boot in the first two months during a stretch this short. That happened in 1991 when, incredibly, three managers lost their jobs in four days: Zimmer on May 19, Wathan on May 21, Robinson on May 22. Is that a record that will never be broken? Let's hope so. Advertisement So how's it going? Do you want the bad news or the good news? The bad news: The three new fearless leaders — Don Kelly (Pirates), Warren Schaeffer (Rockies) and Tony Mansolino (Orioles) — who inherited these managing jobs started a combined 4-19! So those firings went well. The good news: Hey, whaddaya know, they've won *three games since Tuesday — two by Kelly, one by Mansolino. But speaking of those two guys … Welcome to the dugout, Tony — When you get that first big-league managing job, you'd like to believe that dreams come true. Then the games start! And in the very first inning of the very first game Mansolino managed in Baltimore, his team found itself behind, 6-0. Good times. So how rare is that? According to STATS, only two other managers since 1901 have had the thrill of seeing their teams allow at least six runs in the first inning of their major-league managing careers: Brian Snitker, on May 17, 2016 (after replacing Fredi González with the Braves). Joe Kuhel, on Opening Day, 1948 (after replacing Ossie Bluege with the Washington Senators). More good news/bad news: The good news for Mansolino is, at least Snitker's and Kuhel's teams gave up seven in the first, not six. The bad news for Mansolino is, his team gave up seven runs in the first two innings two days in a row. Pretty sure that's not how he game-planned it! For the win — It took a few days. But we're pleased to report that finally, on Wednesday, Mansolino's Orioles did win a game, in his fifth try. And it went pretty smoothly, other than the part where they blew leads in the ninth and 10th innings (before winning in 11). So yeah, I wondered what you wondered: How many managers could possibly have won the first game of their careers in a tilt like that — with blown leads in the ninth and any extra inning? The answer, according to STATS, is weird and wild, all right. Advertisement The 'Managers' page at Baseball Reference lists 850 men who have managed in the big leagues. Some managed in the 19th century. But … According to STATS, exactly one other manager in the modern era 'enjoyed' his first win in a game like that Tony Mansolino game. And he's still managing in the big leagues. That was Bob Melvin, on Opening Day 2003, for the Mariners. Kaz Sasaki and Jeff Nelson blew saves, but Seattle won anyway, inspired by a tie-breaking 11th-inning home run by my friend, Ben Davis! Happy Ejection Day – And then there was Don Kelly. He knew how to make an entrance … by getting ejected from the second game he ever managed in the big leagues. Plate ump Clint Vondrak did the honors. Don Kelly has been ejected in his second game as a MLB manager Absolutely love it. — Platinum Ke'Bryan (@PlatinumKey13) May 10, 2025 Then, just to prove that was no fluke, Kelly also got ejected from his seventh game. If you're thinking that seems hard, well, excellent thinking. According to STATS, just six other managers since 2002 have gotten the boot within the first 10 games of their careers: David Bell (2019 Reds), Dave Roberts (2016 Dodgers), Pat Murphy (2015 Padres), Kevin Cash (2015 Rays), Rick Renteria (2014 Cubs) and Ron Gardenhire (2002 Twins). But … How many of them got ejected as early as their second game? Right you are. That would be zero. And how many of them had gotten kicked out twice by their seventh game? Right you are again. That would also be none. So let's ask again. Is big-league manager a good job? Seems kinda stressful! (Top photo of Don Kelly: Heather Barry / Getty Images)
CBS News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Colorado Rockies record worst 50-game start in the modern era of professional baseball
The Rockies have made history, and not in a good way. With Thursday's 2-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado fell to 8-42. That's the worst 50-game start in the modern era (since 1901). Brenton Doyle of the Colorado Rockies walks back to the dugout after striking out in the sixth inning as catcher Rafael Marchan of the Philadelphia Phillies throws the ball around the horn at Coors Field on Thursday. Justin Edmonds / Getty Images The Rockies are 5-20 at home and have been shut out seven times this season. "The Rockies' run differential (-150) ... is nearly twice as bad as the next worst team. There's no sense denying that luck exists on both sides of extreme performance, but this Rockies team appears to be every bit as bad as its record indicates," wrote R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports earlier this week. Earlier this month the organization fired longtime manager Bud Black and named Warren Schaeffer the interim manager. Nothing has really been going right on the ballfield for the Rockies for several seasons. As CBS Sports notes, the organization hasn't made the playoffs since 2018 and hasn't won a playoff series since a run to the World Series in 2007.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rockies notch worst 50-game start in MLB history after sweep by Phillies
The Chicago White Sox became the losingest team in MLB history last season. The Colorado Rockies are on pace to blow that achievement in futility out of the water. With a 2-0 home loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, the Rockies saw their record fall to 8-42. It is the worst 50-game start in MLB history, breaking the mark previously held by the 2023 Oakland Athletics, who went 10-40. Colorado entered this season with rock-bottom expectations and have still failed to reach them. The team has already fired manager Bud Black — back when their record was 7-33 — but that won't change a roster short on firepower in every conceivable way. Let's just rattle off how bad the Rockies have been through nearly two months, beyond their record: They have not won a single series and have now been swept seven times, with the Phillies taking all four games in this week's series. They have won consecutive games only once this season. Their minus-159 run differential is not just the worst in MLB (nearly double the second-worst Baltimore Orioles, who are minus-85). They are on pace for a minus-515 run differential, which would be the worst mark in MLB history by more than 100 runs. They lost a game 21-0 to the San Diego Padres, a margin worse than any loss the White Sox took last year. They were shut out by a Rule 5 draft pick making his second career start in that game. They are the worst offense in MLB by wRC+, which weighs park factors, at 66. Even granting them the advantage of Coors Field sees them post a .646 team OPS, third-worst in MLB. Their pitching staff is fifth-worst in MLB by ERA- at 125, which again weighs Coors Field. Without that consideration, their 5.82 team ERA is easily worst in MLB. Their starting pitchers have a 6.86 ERA. All eight Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers with multiple starts this season have a better number. They are the worst fielding team in MLB by some metrics as well, such as -33 defensive runs saved. They are 3-13 against the NL West, a division with no other clubs below .500. Despite three straight last-place finishes and no winning records since 2018, their minor-league system came in as only the 18th-best on MLB Pipeline's preseason rankings. The Dodgers, who have not picked higher than 20th since 2013, were fourth. Kris Bryant, the largest free-agent splash in club history, is on the injured list dealing with a lumbar degenerative disease that sounds hard to come back from and has been placed on the IL nine times since 2022. He has slashed .222/.307/.335 over the past three seasons. At this point, baseball fans are used to rebuilding cycles. They're used to bad teams not trying to get better anytime soon, so they can rack up draft picks and pick up free money from the league's revenue-sharing system. We've gone from 100-loss teams being something of a rarity to having multiple teams reach that mark each season. These Rockies are shaping up to be something new, the opposite of an apex predator. They are on pace to finish the season 26-136 in a sport where a team just received a torrent of mockery while setting an MLB record with 121 losses. There is some reason to expect improvement, from sheer regression (by Pythagorean record, their run differential implies they should have won two more games) to some injured players returning. Unfortunately, even mild improvement would still leave this team as the worst baseball has ever seen.
