Purple Row After Dark: 1 thing the Rockies could improve
From practical to a wishlist, what would you pick for Colorado?
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: Ezequiel Tovar #14 of the Colorado Rockies strikes out during the third inning of game one of a doubleheader against the New York Mets at Citi Field on April 26, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Heather Khalifa/Getty Images) | Getty Images On Sunday, MLB. com published an article titled 1 thing each team can improve upon the rest of the way with nuggets of information from each team’s beat writer.
Some teams need to be more productive with runners in scoring position, have more leadoff production or more base stealing, have a more consistent bullpen and more. Every team has things to improve — some more than others. MLB.
com’s Thomas Harding identified better hitting against right-handed pitching, specifically from Ezequiel Tovar, Brenton Doyle, Jordan Beck and Hunter Goodman. With Warren Schaeffer’s preference to focus on match-up specific lineups, Doyle’s and Beck’s struggles have relegated them to the bench more often than not. If I could pick one thing, it would be to lower the strikeouts.
The Rockies lead MLB with 401 total strikeouts and an average of 9. 78 Ks per nine innings. I know this is a massive change to ask for, but just reducing those strikeouts by one per game would be a great start.