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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Projections for the Rockies are historically foreboding 60
(60!) wins in 2021, according to Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA system and there are legitimate reasons behind the math. But math does not equal gospel, and Rockies manager Bud Black is under no obligation to worship.
Of course, it’s Spring Training, and even in a pandemic it s an optimistic time. But Black has more than dreams. Twice in his four years in Colorado, Black’s club hit upon a pitching-based formula for making the postseason proving that math is not gospel, and often, it doesn’t equal science.
In 2017, PECOTA said 76 wins. The Rockies won 87 for a National League Wild Card berth. In 2018, PECOTA called for 78. The Rockies won 91 before losing to the Dodgers in a 163rd game for the NL West title. None of this is to pick on PECOTA, by the way; with an inadequately accounted-for Coors Field factor, the math rarely breaks the Rockies’ way.
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If there was ever a time the Colorado Rockies entered a rebuild, 2012 was it. The Rockies played the long-term game; years later, they won.
Colorado lost 98 games in 2012, the worst mark in franchise history. 49-year-old Jamie Moyer started the second game of the season. Jeremy Guthrie was the Opening Day starter and posted a 6.35 ERA before a trade to Kansas City. Jorge De La Rosa rehabbed from Tommy John surgery. Troy Tulowitzki’s season ended in May when he needed groin surgery. Todd Helton hit for his lowest average ever and would retire the following year. Outfielder Dexter Fowler and closer Rafeal Betancourt tied for the team lead in bWAR, and neither of them played for the Rockies two years later. Team payroll ranked 22nd in baseball, and the team entered a money-saving phase through the ensuing offseason.
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