A Rocky Mountain Low continues to plague Colorado as the slumping Rockies miss the playoffs for the sixth straight season.
Colorado’s lack of organizational leadership has produced a most disappointing pitching staff, while key injuries and omissions on offense have prevented them from scoring at a sufficient pace.
The Rockies lineup is a collection of unknowns desperate for contact.
Their swing, chase and whiff rates are the second highest in all of MLB.
That has resulted in their strikeout rate being 25.2 percent, third-worst in the major leagues.
Sean Manaea will open the Mets’ three-game series at Coors Field on Friday.
He’s not the most effective strikeout pitcher, but he’s striking out batters at least 23% of the time with his sure-fire sweeper pitches, a big improvement over last year.
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He’s 5-3 with a strikeout prop when the line is set at 4.5 and has kept the strike zone in over 50 percent of his pitches for the fourth straight year, so let’s hope for a decent price for him to get those frustrated hitters under control.
playSean Manaea – 4.5+ strikeouts (-110, BetMGM)
