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Philadelphia Phillies Sweep, Rockies Struggle in MLB
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5/24/2025
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00:00
Well, DRS, congrats to your Phils.
00:02
They just keep winning.
00:03
They swept the Pittsburgh Pirates during rivalry weekend.
00:05
They head to Colorado this week for a four-game set.
00:09
They win all four of those.
00:11
A sweep of the Rockies.
00:13
2-0 yesterday in the finale.
00:16
Ranger Suarez, sensational in Denver.
00:20
A couple of RBIs that they needed, including from Bryce Harper and Max Kepler.
00:25
2-0, the victory for the Phils.
00:27
In what was the lowest-scoring game of this four-game set.
00:30
But, Donnie, outside of the Phils winning seven straight
00:34
and expanding their lead atop the National League East,
00:37
I think the main storyline is actually the team that saw another loss.
00:42
The Colorado Rockies are now 8-42.
00:46
You see it there.
00:46
Sell the team.
00:47
The paper bags already out in 50 games.
00:50
8-42 through their first 50 games this year.
00:54
That is the worst record in the modern era of Major League Baseball.
00:59
Since 1901 for a team in their first 50 games of a season.
01:04
Yeah, baseball doesn't work in Colorado.
01:06
It's not the players' fault.
01:06
It's not the fans' fault.
01:07
They come out and show up.
01:08
It's a beautiful ballpark.
01:09
It's in a great setting at this point.
01:11
You just can't play baseball at that altitude.
01:12
And baseball whiffs.
01:13
And I know they've been there since the early 1990s.
01:16
They had some good seasons.
01:17
But the bottom completely is falling out.
01:19
And also understand this as well.
01:20
You're not in a division.
01:21
Maybe they can move Colorado to a central division.
01:23
Like, hey, we can have low payrolls and still try to compete.
01:26
You are in an arms race out there in the NL West that you're probably not going to be able to compete at.
01:30
And you might have money to spend.
01:32
But once again, you see Herman Marquez on the mound?
01:35
1-7 on the season with a 7.66 ERA.
01:38
Hey, guys.
01:38
Money is fantastic.
01:39
Come here.
01:40
You will be an embarrassment when you retire on your ERA and your wins.
01:44
Because we don't have a good organization.
01:46
No matter how well you pitch, you can't pitch below a 4 ERA.
01:49
It's darn near impossible.
01:50
And if you're an average pitcher, you end up around 6.
01:53
Sit around the campfire with all your buddies when you're 50 years old and retire and say,
01:57
Hey, man, let's tell some war stories.
01:58
What was your winning record?
01:59
Oh, it was 300 and, you know, 222.
02:02
And then, hey, how'd the Colorado guy throw?
02:03
Hey, I made a lot of money.
02:05
100 games under 500 and a high ERA.
02:07
But it was worth it all the while.
02:08
It just doesn't work there in Major League Baseball to have it at elevation.
02:12
And this is proof.
02:13
Like, this is one of the worst teams you will ever see in baseball.
02:15
Well, granted, they'll win some games as they go out.
02:18
But if you're on a pace to be the worst team of all time, two things aren't working.
02:22
Baseball and elevation and your team.
02:24
And also, Ben, understand this.
02:25
You're a high-ranking pitcher coming out of college baseball.
02:29
Let's say Colorado's the number one overall pick.
02:30
Hey, congratulations.
02:31
You were drafted by Colorado.
02:33
You might as well just go, I'm going to pull my name out and do like J.D. Drew did back in the 90s.
02:37
I'll go play in the Northern League for a year until I have to get back into baseball.
02:40
And hopefully, Colorado, don't you ever pick me again.
02:44
J.D., Drew, what a throwback and a great name right there, DRS.
02:48
In the Colorado Rockies, I believe the MLB draft now has a lottery.
02:52
So there's no guarantee that even if they have a historically bad record this year,
02:56
they get that number one overall pick.
02:59
Again, we are seeing bad baseball the last few seasons.
03:02
The White Sox last year, 41-121.
03:06
The worst record ever in the modern era of MLB.
03:10
Again, that's since 1901.
03:12
It's funny calling it the modern era.
03:14
For the NFL, that's 1970.
03:16
For the NBA, that's like 1972.
03:19
In Major League Baseball, it's 1901.
03:22
And we are on track to even outdo how awful the Southsiders were a season ago.
03:29
8-42 through 50 games.
03:32
Donnie, I read a really fascinating article earlier this week about where teams are in
03:37
the early going of this MLB season.
03:39
And although the Rockies are not great, at least often, even if they're not winning a
03:45
ton of games, at Coors Field, they have a good offense.
03:49
If you put their home offense up against everybody else because they play at Coors and at
03:54
altitude, their run scoring production is top 10, top 5 most years.
03:59
Doesn't mean they win every game because the road team can score a ton, and then the Rockies
04:03
have to play their other 81 games away from Coors Field.
04:07
But they often rank inside the top 10.
04:09
This year, they're not even top 15 or top 20 to begin the season, and they were planked
04:14
yesterday by Ranger Suarez and the rest of that field staff.
04:17
That's the brutal part about it.
04:19
You're supposed to at least go out there and have some fun and lose 8-7 every game.
04:22
You're just non-competitive on a day-to-day basis.
04:24
And I do bring this up because, again, it's not the ownership group to me, per se, and
04:29
it's not the fan base.
04:30
Like, ah, we're just apathetic.
04:31
We don't like baseball here in Denver.
04:32
They will show up if they have a winner.
04:34
But now you're taking a look at even free agents.
04:36
It's just such a quirky environment.
04:38
You're not going to get the best town who wants to go there.
04:40
That's strike one.
04:41
But also now you're looking at agents saying, don't you pick my pitcher because we don't
04:46
want him pitching in Colorado.
04:48
No other team has to go.
04:49
Yeah, people get upset you have to go to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
04:51
But at least if you're Paul Skeens, you're like, again, imagine if Paul Skeens went to
04:55
Colorado.
04:55
He's like, not only do we snake, but my ERA is sick.
04:58
Like, I can't even be like rookie of the year.
05:00
I can't be up for any Cy Young whatsoever because no matter what I do, I'm at a huge disadvantage.
05:06
That's the only sport and the only team that has to go through that.
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