With a 6-3 victory at Coors Field on Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates moved closer to clinching a playoff berth. A win Wednesday against Colorado, who have now lost three in a row, will secure former-Rockies manager Clint Hurdle a third-consecutive appearance in baseball’s postseason.
Colorado has been out of the postseason conversation since July, when they spent the entire month trailing the division-leading Dodgers by double digits. That number has slowly crept upwards ever since, currently sitting at 22.5 games – one game shy of their lowest mark on the year, 23.5 games back.
So here on Sept. 23, with just a week and a half remaining on what is pacing to be one of the five worst seasons in franchise history, and with eight of their last 11 games against playoff teams from this year or last year, it’s time for the Rockies to throw in the towel and commit 100 percent to seeing if these three prospects can deliver at the Major League level.
Alternatively, there are players that need to be shelved for the rest of the season – possibly longer.
