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2015 Colorado Rockies Opening Series Recap

Posted on April 13, 2015 at 01:42 AM.

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Over the hump now, we are past Spring Training and Past the Opening series of the Season. Last season is officially behind us and The Rockies can get back to pushing for relativity.
Our beloved Rockies Finished the Opening Series by winning the Rubber match tonight against the Milwaukee Brewers, there were some eye opening starts as well as some less than stellar ones.

Some Notes on the Series
* Morneau is swinging the bat well (More on that near the bottom)
*Arenado's slow start
*Tulo's Injury and subsequent Return
*Great series for Christian Friedrich
*Jordan Lyles shelled in Rockies loss
*Hundley's inability to throw guys out.

1. No doubt Justin Morneau had a great series with 2 Homeruns and 5 RBIs, not to mention he went 6-13 (.462 BA). He looked strong, but as it always goes we'll see if he can sustain it. Heading back to Colorado could help him continue this hot start.
2. Nolan Arenado Really struggled in the Opening Series at the Plate (1-11, .091 BA), He really hurt the Rox this weekend with his inability to move runners over and get hits in big situations, Perhaps a Return to Colorado on Friday for Home opening series against the Cubs will cure his bat.
3. A big scare for a lot of Rockies fans on Tuesday when Troy Tulowitzki left the field limping. Team doctors diagnosed it as Bruised Ankle. Many Including myself thought that Walt Weiss would sit Tulo for the Remainder of the Series to promote healing, but Troy was called upon in the Rubbermatch to deliver a clutch 2-Run Homer to give the Rockies the Lead in the top of the 9th. We'll see if he takes his rightful place at the starting Shortstop role back from Daniel Descalso for the Home Opener, My bet is he does. This team needs Tulo to win, and sitting him so much again will only cost the Rockies wins.
4. Christian Friedrich appeared in 4 Innings across the First and Second game and pitched all 4 Innings Scoreless with 5 strikeouts, he could be a key cog in the bullpen over the next couple weeks.
5. A big surprise for Rockies fans as Jordan Lyles got shelled in the 4th Inning of Game 2 of the Series and was subsequently taken out, we'll have to see how Lyles rebounds from this.
6. A concern for me this series was that Nick Hundley was 0-4 in throwing runners out against the Brewers, we'll see how this affects him moving forward but we could see Michael McKenry take a bigger role as a more common defensive replacement at the end of games.

These are just a few of the things I felt interesting about Games 1,2, and 3. All in all, a Successful series for the Rox as they had an excellent opening day, and except for a few misshaps, strong pitching.

Tune in Friday, April 10th at 7:00PM as the Rockies will take on The Chicago Cubs at Home for Home Opening Series of 2015.

Probable Pitchers:
Colorado Rockies: Tyler Matzek
vs.
Chicago Cubs: Travis Wood

This is Denver Post Sports Columnist Woody Paige looking forward to another "Interesting" season of Rockies baseball.