Monday, September 9, 2019

Crappy Team Roundup: Rockies & Marlins


Two more last-place teams! The Rockies go first, because they're slightly better.

I think it's very sad that the Rox went from a Wild Card-winning runaway playoff team last year to a last-place finisher. That's usually the Twins' thing.

It's not like the core has let this team down- Arenado, Blackmon, Story and Murphy is a strong core, Ryan McMahon has finally come into his own, and Jon Gray and German Marquez are proven aces. Only thing is...the rest of the team exists. The rest of the lineup is very middling, with guys like Raimel Tapia, Ian Desmond and Sam Hilliard barely coming above replacement levels.

The pitching's even more dire- Gray and Marquez are injured, leaving Antonio Senzatela to lead a rotation of two rookies (Tim Melville and Peter Lambert), two guys who've had MUCH better numbers (Kyle Freeland and Jeff Hoffman), and...Senzatela himself, who's not great. Even Wade Davis is having his worst year since becoming a perennial closer.

It's a team that'll hopefully be better when everyone gets healthy next year, but...2019 was pretty damn dire.

Meanwhile, the Marlins have stopped being fun-bad, as they were mid-year, and are back to just being unbearably bad.

Not even Starlin Castro is doing well, and he usually does. I mean, it is nice that they're developing a youth movement, and they can rely on Miguel Rojas and Brian Anderson to lead the team, but what happens when Anderson is out for the season? You try other guys like Jon Berti, Harold Ramirez and Isan Diaz, and hope one of them sticks.

Good news is that Magneuris Sierra is finally doing well in the majors, Garrett Cooper and Jorge Alfaro have had great seasons, and Caleb Smith and Sandy Alcantara have been strong rotation options. Hell, another trade piece, Steven Duggar, is now starting games and doing an alright job, and Brian Moran, Colin's brother, is finally up in the majors relieving games.

This is still a and team, but there's an ounce of hope that maybe, potentially, theoretically...enough young talent could pool together to get them out of last. It may not happen in 2020, but it should happen...someday.

...right?

Coming Tomorrow- THE FIRST TEAM TO 100 LOSSES. And one of their starters.

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