Originally posted on 04/05/2014:
All that glitters is not gold, these things are not always automatic, however, I can not ignore these facts, the sample size is more than ample, and the Rockies have probably the most lethal lineup in the NL and that includes the Dodgers.
.905 OBA+SLG is a rarity if you look very carefully at the walk column.
Very rare, one walk in 88 official at bats and 33 hits.
10:1 K/BB ratio. Holy shit, you don't see this very often, a .375 BA against with a 10:1 K/BB ratio
Is it a lock? Nothing is. Int this case, Rox could spank the ball all game again off of McCarthy, but instead of line drive singles, the rockets become line drive outs to third base.
COLORADO ROCKIES CAREER STATISTICS VS. BRANDON MCCARTHY BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS Nolan Arenado 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Charlie Blackmon 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Michael Cuddyer 26 6 1 0 1 3 1 4 .231 .259 .385 .644 Corey Dickerson 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 Carlos Gonzalez 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 DJ LeMahieu 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Justin Morneau 18 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 .389 .389 .444 .833 Jordan Pacheco 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .714 .714 .714 1.429 Wilin Rosario 9 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 .444 .444 .889 1.333 Troy Tulowitzki 9 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 .556 .556 1.000 1.556 Ryan Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Totals 88 33 4 0 3 14 1 10 .375 .382 .523 .905
Brandon McCarthy is what he is, an ordinary, barely mediocre number four starter.
Rockies demonstate right here what they do to pedestrian like, mediocre righties.
Not for nothing, Rox start De La Rosa who has been known to get lit up a few times himself, and quite frankly as long as the Rockies score five, De La Rosa could give up 25 and I really wouldn't give a two puppy farts.
Will the Rox score 5 or more, probably.
I hit with the SF Giants yesterday, 2* +154
YTD 5-2 + 8.38 *
2* over Rockies 4.5 - I can't ignore the statistics.