Colorado - Can they do it again?

[Jehrico]

They're only .5 games farther behind AZ than Milwaukee is us right now, so their chances are only a little worse than the Crews of winning their division. Their entire schedule is teams who are currently .500 or below, except AZ, so those 6 remaining head-to-heads they have left will be critical. With the Dodgers falling out of it, and the Rockies winning 9 of their last 11, and their remaining cream puff schedule, what are the odds that they do it again?

[third eye]

They're only .5 games farther behind AZ than Milwaukee is us right now, so their chances are only a little worse than the Crews of winning their division. Their entire schedule is teams who are currently .500 or below, except AZ, so those 6 remaining head-to-heads they have left will be critical. With the Dodgers falling out of it, and the Rockies winning 9 of their last 11, and their remaining cream puff schedule, what are the odds that they do it again?

 

 

I'd love to see that, at the very least to keep Webb and Haren out of that opening round series.

[SouthSideRyan]

I didn't notice this at all. That would be awesome because the Rockies just aren't very good.

 

BPro puts them at 3.3%.

 

I'd probably put them a little lower than that cause the Dodgers and D-Backs are pretty clearly better teams. 1% maybe.

[Jehrico]

I didn't notice this at all. That would be awesome because the Rockies just aren't very good.

 

BPro puts them at 3.3%.

 

I'd probably put them a little lower than that cause the Dodgers and D-Backs are pretty clearly better teams. 1% maybe.

They're not playing like it though. I'm crossing my fingers but not holding my breath.

[BigSlick]

The way the Dodgers have completely blown it in the last week or so, I think its pretty clear we're going to see the D-backs in the divisional round. ](*,)

 

Oh well, gotta beat your nemesis in order to win the World Series don't you?

[kjfoster 1553]

No they can't

[kjfoster 1553]

Make that a double no...

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/08/fuentes-taveras.html

[bukie]

Uhh, it's not out of the ordinary for teams to place most of their players on waivers. Doesn't mean a whole lot.

[Mizzou]

Considering the Dodgers and DBacks play each other this weekend and next, if the Rockies can get hot they won't have a tough time catching them at all.

 

Especially when you consider that they'll be 5 out if they win tonight.

[Soul]

I didn't notice this at all. That would be awesome because the Rockies just aren't very good.

 

BPro puts them at 3.3%.

 

I'd probably put them a little lower than that cause the Dodgers and D-Backs are pretty clearly better teams. 1% maybe.

They're not playing like it though. I'm crossing my fingers but not holding my breath.

 

Over the course of just 30 games, is it really about who is the better team? Or is it more about whether a team can simply get on a hot streak at the critical time?

 

I think the latter. All depends on whether the Rockies can keep streaking.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The better team is much more likely to get hot over 30 games.

[Guest]

It's not likely but it's certainly possible. They've got six games against Arizona left (3 home and 3 away) and three against the Dodgers (all at home). Arizona has six against the Dodgers (3 home, 3 away). Arizona also has seven games left against the Cardinals while the Rockies get the Braves and the Astros.

 

Colorado will likely have to win at least 4 of the 6 against Arizona and probably 5 of the 6. They'll get either Webb or Haren in at least two of the games (barring injury). Since they aren't likely to win 5 of 6, they're going to need some help from LA and St. Louis (the next two toughest teams on the DBacks' remaining schedule).

 

The one thing working against Arizona, though, is the schedule as they have two more games left than Colorado does. The DBacks end the season by playing 17 straight games while Colorado has two off days in that stretch.

 

Of course, as bad as LA is playing and despite getting swept by Washington, they can't be counted out since they actually have the easiest schedule of the three. LA's opponents have a .439 winning percentage, Colorado's are .457 and Arizona's .482.

[biittner77]

Maybe they can't overtake the D Backs but they can make things uncomfortable for them. The longer they stay in the race, the less chance the D Backs will have to set their playoff rotation.