The state of the rocks is bad. Insert the euphemism.
They entered the match on Saturday evening against the Padres in Coors Field on a sequence of seven consecutive defeats, having a historic file of 6-32 and sitting 19 1/2 games behind the Dodgers of the West National League.
The managing director Bill Schmidt, who has worked in the franchise for over 25 years, is aware of the main problems: a dull offense, an ineffective start -up throwing and a trembling defense.
However, he still thinks that the rocks can save their season and do not believe that it is time to draw the Manager Bud Black.
“I feel for fans, I feel for people here,” said Schmidt. “I know we are better that we have played, but we are not good at the moment. We have to fight and arrive on the other side.
“There are still a lot of games. I think we can run, but it will take an entire group to do it. The guys work to improve. ”
But what does “go back” means for a team playing baseball .158?
“Just growth. Playing better baseball,” he said. “We are not doing it for the moment, but we are able to do it.”
The rocks are heading for their seventh consecutive loser season, and perhaps a third consecutive season of the 100 clearing, with Black at the helm, but Schmidt fell Black on Saturday.
“I think our guys are still playing hard, and that’s what I look at,” said Schmidt. “The guys work hard every day, they come with energy, most of them. I don’t think we are (at that time to get black). The guys always believe in what we do and where we are heading. We are all frustrated.”
Colorado had its share of injuries. The most damaging was the loss of the new second goal Thairo Estrada (fractured wrist), who has not yet played a game, and the Gold Gold Ezequiel Tovar (Left Hip Contribution), which missed 21 games. Tovar had to start a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday evening.
These two players The absence, associated with a sloppy game of other players, is the reason why the defense of Colorado ranks at worst in the majors. The Colorado entered on Saturday with 34 errors (most in MLB) and a percentage of commissioning of .976 (the lowest in MLB).
Schmidt said that these injuries and the latter start at the third goal player Ryan McMahon, the first goal player Michael Toglia and the central defender Brenton Doyle contributed to the Baltimore Orioles of Baltimore orioles for the worst start of 38 games in the modern era (since 1901).
“It’s almost like a perfect storm,” he said. “But people don’t care (on this subject), we have to play better. I feel for the property, I feel for fans.”
Schmidt said that Moving Clint Hurdle of the special assistant to the strike coach (replacing Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens) worked well.
“I think Clint did a good job,” said Schmidt. “It has been positive with young children … Even veterans. We are getting away from the mechanisms and more about what is happening between the ears. We see better stick strikes, and we reduce the sticks to the stick.”
Bryant update:: The veteran designated the striker Kris Bryant returned to Denver Friday after having undergone a removal procedure on his back in Los Angeles Thursday.
Bryant said on Saturday that there was no calendar for his return to baseball activities, and even less to appear in a match.
Bryant, 33, said the doctors told him “to relax for a few weeks, and then resume toleration and see what it feels”.
Bryant and the Rockies hope that the removal procedure will relieve the pain that has interfered with its rehabilitation of the chronic lumbar degenerative disc disease, which limited it to 11 games this year. He has not played since April 12, and there is a good chance that he will soon go from the list of wounded of 10 days to the 60 -day IL.
According to Mayo Clinic, nerve removal is a procedure that destroys nerves in a pain of pain. Destroy the nerves helps reduce or stop pain signals. It can sometimes help relieve long -term pain. Bryant said he had chosen to undergo the procedure when shots did not allegate his pain.
Bryant, who signed a contract of $ 182 million over seven years before the 2022 season, has no projection when it could come back this season.
“I want to return to a reference base and start from there,” he said. “For me, at this stage, he only takes it one day both and continue to do everything in my power to find a way to navigate this.”
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