The Colorado Rockies saw how badly the Chicago White Sox performed last season and said, “Anything you can do, I can do (better? Worse?)” and have gotten off to a less than stellar start in the first two months this season. After losing to the Yankees 13-1 today (yes, seriously), the Rockies are 9-43 on the season.
If they maintain this pace in their remaining games, they will finish with a 28-134 record, eclipsing the record set last season by the White Sox. No one wants to lose this many (I hope), but I’ve offered an opportunity to bet on where they finish. Happy hunting!
Left one option open in case the 2025 season is not fully played by the Rockies due to contraction, giant meteor, players’ strike, lockout, etc.
For the record, in order for the Rockies to lose 90 games or fewer, they have to go 63-47 in the remainder of their scheduled games. I thought this would look crazier, but I forgot the bar for a 72-90 season is a 44% win percentage.
1,000Revisiting some of my q’s during my lunch break today. Since the inception of this market, the Rockies have doubled their win total to 18, and in that span they have posted a 9-18 record for an overall W/L of 18-61.
At this pace, their final win total would be 37-124. This is still on pace to be the worst team in modern MLB history. Bugger off, 1899 Spiders!