Salutations! Ryan Spilborghs' Beard here, welcoming in the 2010 baseball season! The season started off on the right note, with an Opening Day win in Milwaukee, but the next two games were Brewers victories. All three games featured some things that Rockies fans must hope were only opening-week jitters and not "issues;" namely, spotty relief pitching, failure to get timely hits, and fundamental defensive mistakes.
Both losses were close, and the Rockies were in both games, but too many little things kept them from victories. The Rockies had four errors in the three games, and the winning run in the series finale was scored by a guy who, on the previous play, was allowed to move from first to second when our dear Ryan failed to hit the cutoff man. Randy Flores has allowed three of the four batters he's faced to reach base. And at the plate, the Rockies were 4-30 with RISP for the series.
There were bright spots, of course. Ubaldo was excellent in the opener, Carlos Gonzales left the series as the Hottest Hitter in Baseball, and Ian Stewart had a great series, with two HRs and 13 total bases. But there are many adjustments that will need to be made if the Rockies hope to jump out to a quick start this April. Little adjustments are better than big adjustments, but they must still be made.
The Rockies face the Padres in their home opener on Friday, and then will face almost the entire NL East before seeing a West team again.
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