{"id":1315158,"date":"2019-09-30T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/rockies-rocky-2019-ended-two-year-playoff-run\/"},"modified":"2019-09-30T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T04:44:00","slug":"rockies-rocky-2019-ended-two-year-playoff-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/rockies-rocky-2019-ended-two-year-playoff-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies\u2019 rocky 2019 ended two-year playoff run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8115942028986\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-988444-489\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | FR171620 AP | Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland, center, waves to the crowd after a win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 13 innings of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland, center, waves to the crowd after a win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 13 innings of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171620 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland, center, waves to the crowd after a win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 13 innings of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | FR171620 AP | Colorado Rockies right fielder Charlie Blackmon (19) waves to the crowd thanking the fans after their win over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 13 innings at a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Rockies right fielder Charlie Blackmon (19) waves to the crowd thanking the fans after their win over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 13 innings at a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171620 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Rockies right fielder Charlie Blackmon (19) waves to the crowd thanking the fans after their win over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 13 innings at a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | FR171620 AP | Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado (28) looks on from the dugout during a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado (28) looks on from the dugout during a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)<\/strong><br \/>AP | FR171620 AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-2.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado (28) looks on from the dugout during a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/John Leyba)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story reacts as he heads up the first base line after hitting a solo walkoff home run off Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Matt Albers in the 10th inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Rockies&#8217; Trevor Story reacts as he heads up the first base line after hitting a solo walkoff home run off Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Matt Albers in the 10th inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Brewers_Rockies_Baseball_07990-ce53c-3.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story reacts as he heads up the first base line after hitting a solo walkoff home run off Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Matt Albers in the 10th inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/rockies-rocky-2019-ended-two-year-playoff-run\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/rockies-rocky-2019-ended-two-year-playoff-run\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">DENVER \u2014 Tough times and bad timing defined the Colorado Rockies\u2019 hugely disappointing season that began with high hopes of ending the Dodgers\u2019 dominance out West but unraveled under the dual demons of frustration and failure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The pitching was horrendous, from the starters to the closers. Ace Kyle Freeland\u2019s mystifying plunge produced a cascading effect on the pitching staff and led to a bullpen implosion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The bats couldn\u2019t bail out the Blake Street Blunders once superstar Nolan Arenado endured a mid-summer slump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis is obviously not the season that we wanted to have,\u201d shortstop Trevor Story said as the Rockies wrapped up a 71-91 campaign that ended their two-year playoff run and sent them into an offseason of uncertainty. \u201cWe had some high expectations that we really didn\u2019t come close to meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI thought we were going to be good,\u201d Arenado agreed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Although, he acknowledges that the Rockies sort of saw this coming when the front office let DJ LeMahieu and Adam Ottavino leave last winter, not only hurting the Rockies\u2019 lineup and bullpen but taking something away from the clubhouse culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cTo be honest, no Ottavino, no DJ, I thought that would have an effect,\u201d Arenado said. \u201cAnd it kind of did. But I thought we were going to still win. I thought we still had a chance to be good, but we lost a lot of pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A lot of games, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Rockies finished 35 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, their biggest hole since their inaugural 1993 season when they finished 37 games behind the Braves in the old West Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Colorado castoffs helped the Yankees win the AL East with LeMahieu (.327, 29 homers, 102 RBIs) and Ottavino (1.90 ERA over 66 1-3 innings) making Rockies fans rue their departures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Major injuries included those to All-Star outfielder David Dahl (ankle), left-handed pitcher Tyler Anderson (knee) and top prospect Brendan Rodgers (shoulder).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cBaseball\u2019s a tough game, and I think we had just kind of a weird, bad year to where we didn\u2019t hit at the right times, we didn\u2019t pitch at the right times,\u201d Story said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cJust bad timing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Other takeaways from the Rockies\u2019 rocky 2019 campaign:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">JUNKYARD JULY<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Rockies overcame a 3-12 start to get to 40-34 only to see it all fall apart in July when they went 6-19, the worst full month in the franchise\u2019s 27-year history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t hit much in July. We didn\u2019t pitch (well) in July, either,\u201d manager Bud Black said. \u201cThat\u2019s a bad combo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">JUNE SWOON<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Two games against San Diego in mid-June foretold of the problems that lay ahead. The Rockies led by six runs heading into the ninth of the June 14 game and lost in 12 innings. Two days later, Wade Davis gave up four in the ninth in a 14-13 loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">DAHL STALL<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Dahl was putting together a solid year when a high right ankle sprain on Aug. 2 ended a breakout season in which he hit .302 with 15 homers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe numbers speak for themselves. I wish it could\u2019ve been through the end of the year and it really could\u2019ve been something,\u201d Black said. \u201cBut that\u2019s a lot to build on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">FUTURE FUEL<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cTimes like this, it\u2019s hard to see if we\u2019re going to recover or not. Time will tell,\u201d Arenado said. \u201cI mean, we have to. We have to get better because these teams in our division are getting way better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Story, for one, will use 2019 as a motivation for 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI know this year is going to make us super hungry for next year and our offseason workouts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">More AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP%E2%80%94Sports\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\u2014Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/sports\/rockies-rocky-2019-ended-two-year-playoff-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland, center, waves to the crowd after a win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 13 innings of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver. 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