2018 Colorado Rockies season

The 2018 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 26th in Major League Baseball and the 24th season the Rockies played their home games at Coors Field. Bud Black returned for his 2nd consecutive as Manager. They won 91 games during the regular season, which was the second-highest mark in franchise history and just one win behind the franchise record set in 2009. They finished the season with a record of 91-72 after losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 National League West tie-breaker game and subsequently opened the postseason by defeating the Chicago Cubs in the Wild Card Game. Their season ended when they were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the Division Series.

2018 Colorado Rockies
National League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–72 (.558)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Jeff Bridich
Manager(s)Bud Black
Local televisionAT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain
(Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson, Ryan Spilborghs)
Local radioKOA (English)
Colorado Rockies Radio Network
(Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel)
KNRV (Spanish)
(Salvador Hernandez, Javier Olivas, Carlos Valdez)
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The Rockies became the first team since the 1922 Philadelphia Phillies to play in four cities against four teams in five days, including the 162nd game of the regular season, NL West tie-breaker, NL Wild Card Game and NLDS Game 1.[1] They also finished with the best road record in franchise history, going 44-38 away from Coors Field.

Offseason
  • December 8, 2017: Chris Iannetta was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 15, 2017: Bryan Shaw and Jake McGee was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • December 29, 2017: Wade Davis was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]

Regular season

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271 0.564 — 45–37 47–34
Colorado Rockies 9172 0.558 1 47–34 44–38
Arizona Diamondbacks 8280 0.506 9½ 40–41 42–39
San Francisco Giants 7389 0.451 18½ 42–39 31–50
San Diego Padres 6696 0.407 25½ 31–50 35–46

National League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers 9667 0.589
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271 0.564
Atlanta Braves 9072 0.556


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 9568 0.583 +4
Colorado Rockies 9172 0.558 —
St. Louis Cardinals 8874 0.543 2½
Pittsburgh Pirates 8279 0.509 8
Arizona Diamondbacks 8280 0.506 8½
Washington Nationals 8280 0.506 8½
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 10½
New York Mets 7785 0.475 13½
San Francisco Giants 7389 0.451 17½
Cincinnati Reds 6795 0.414 23½
San Diego Padres 6696 0.407 24½
Miami Marlins 6398 0.391 27

Record vs. opponents
2018 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —3–43–43–38–1111–86–11–52–54–26–112–78–113–32–510–10
Atlanta 4–3—3–33–42–52–514–53–413–612–75–14–33–34–210–98–12
Chicago 4–33–3—11–83–34–35–211–96–14–210–95–23–39–104–313–7
Cincinnati 3–34–38–11—2–46–12–56–133–33–45–143–44–27–121–610–10
Colorado 11–85–23–34–2—7–132–42–56–15–23–311–812–72–55–213–7
Los Angeles 8–115–23–41–613–7—2–44–34–23–45–114–510–93–45–112–8
Miami 1–65–142–55–24–24–2—2–57–128–111–42–54–33–36–139–11
Milwaukee 5–14–39–1113–65–23–45–2—4–33–37–124–26–111–84–213–7
New York 5–26–131–63–31–62–412–73–4—11–83–44–24–33–311–88–12
Philadelphia 2–47–122–44–32–54–311–83–38–11—6–13–34–34–38–1112–8
Pittsburgh 1–61–59–1014–53–31–54–112–74–31–6—3–44–38–112–515–5
San Diego 7–123–42–54–38–115–145–22–42–43–34–3—8–114–32–47–13
San Francisco 11–83–33–32–47–129–103–41–63–43–43–411–8—2–54–28–12
St. Louis 3–32–410–912–75–24–33–38–113–33–411–83–45–2—5–211–9
Washington 5–29–103–46–12–51–513–62–48–1111–85–24–22–42–5—9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Transactions
  • July 26, 2018: Seung-hwan Oh was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Colorado Rockies for Chad Spanberger (minors), Forrest Wall (minors), and a player to be named later. The Colorado Rockies sent Bryan Baker (minors) (August 14, 2018) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.[5]
  • July 29, 2018: Matt Holliday was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • August 31, 2018: Drew Butera was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Colorado Rockies for Jerry Vasto and cash.[7]

Major League Debuts
  • Batters
    • Noel Cuevas (Apr 22)
    • Garrett Hampson (Jul 21)
  • Pitchers
    • Harrison Musgrave (Apr 23)
    • Sam Howard (Jun 10)
    • Jerry Vasto (Jun 10)
    • Yency Almonte (Jun 21)
    • DJ Johnson (Sep 9)

Roster
2018 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 66 Aaron Muñoz (bullpen catcher)

Game log
2018 game log: 91–72 (Home: 47–34; Away: 44–38)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rockies team member

Postseason Game Log
2018 Postseason Game Log (1–3) (Home: 0–1; Away: 1–2)

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Chris Iannetta 110 299 67 .224 11 36
1B Ian Desmond 160 555 131 .236 22 88
2B DJ LeMahieu 128 533 147 .276 15 62
SS Trevor Story 157 598 174 .291 37 108
3B Nolan Arenado 156 590 175 .297 38 110
LF Gerardo Parra 142 401 114 .284 6 53
CF Charlie Blackmon 156 626 182 .291 29 70
RF Carlos González 132 463 128 .276 16 64

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
David Dahl7724968.2731648
Tony Wolters7418231.170327
Ryan McMahon9118142.232519
Noel Cuevas7514634.233210
Pat Valaika6812219.15625
Tom Murphy379321.226211
Matt Holliday255315.28323
Garrett Hampson244011.27504
Daniel Castro18468.17416
Mike Tauchman21323.09400
Raimel Tapia25255.20016
Drew Butera10143.21413

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kyle Freeland33202.11772.85173
Germán Márquez33196.014113.77230
Tyler Anderson32176.0794.55164
Jon Gray31172.11295.12183
Chad Bettis27120.1525.0180
Antonio Senzatela2390.1664.3869

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Rusin4954.2236.0947
Harrison Musgrave3544.2234.6332
Seunghwan Oh2521.1202.6324
Mike Dunn2517.0009.0012
Brooks Pounders1415.1017.6317
Yency Almonte1414.2001.8414
Jeff Hoffman68.2009.355
D.J. Johnson76.1104.269
Sam Howard44.0002.251
Jerry Vasto10.20040.501

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Wade Davis6936434.1378
Adam Ottavino756462.43112
Scott Oberg568102.4557
Bryan Shaw614605.9354
Jake McGee612416.4947

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Glenallen Hill
AA Hartford Yard Goats Eastern League Warren Schaeffer
A-Advanced Lancaster JetHawks California League Fred Ocasio
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Robinson Cancel
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Scott Little
Rookie Grand Junction Rockies Pioneer League Jake Opitz

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References
  1. NLDS Game 1: Colorado Rockies at Milwaukee Brewers. October 4, 2018. Fox. FS1.
  2. "Chris Iannetta Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Bryan Shaw Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. "Wade Davis Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. "Seunghwan Oh Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. "Matt Holliday Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. "Drew Butera Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. "Colorado Rockies Minor League Affiliates - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
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