2020 Colorado Rockies season explained

Colorado Rockies
Season:	2020
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Coors Field
City:	Denver, Colorado
Record:	26–34 (.433)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Charles & Dick Monfort
General Managers:	Jeff Bridich
Managers:	Bud Black
Television:	AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain (Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson, Ryan Spilborghs)
Radio:	KOA (English) Colorado Rockies Radio Network (Jack Corrigan, Mike Rice) KNRV (Spanish) (Salvador Hernandez, Javier Olivas, Carlos Valdez)

The 2020 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 28th in Major League Baseball. It was their 26th season at Coors Field. Bud Black returned as the Manager for his fourth season with the Rockies in 2020.

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of preseason being cancelled.^[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.^[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.^[3]

The Rockies started the season 11–3, but would lose the remaining 31 of 45 games. The team's biggest achievement was being the only team to beat the Dodgers in a series in 2020, as they won two out of three at Dodger Stadium in early September.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

National League Wild Card

Detailed records

National League West
Opponent	Total	Home	Away
	5–5	1–2	4–3	57	74
Colorado Rockies	–	–	–	–	–
	3–7	1–3	2–4	41	61
	3–7	3–4	0–3	40	67
	6–4	4–2	2–2	51	63
Total	17–23	9–11	8–12	189	275

American League West
Opponent	Total	Home	Away
	0–4	0–2	0–2	16	27
	1–2	1–2	–	13	14
	3–1	1–1	2–0	17	8
	2–1	–	2–1	16	9
	3–3	1–2	2–1	24	20
Total	9–11	3–7	6–4	86	78

Transactions

• August 14, 2020: Jesús Tinoco was traded by the Rockies to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Chad Smith (minors).^[5]
• August 30, 2020: Mychal Givens was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Tyler Nevin (minors), Terrin Vavra (minors), and a player to be named later.^[6]
• August 31, 2020: Kevin Pillar was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for a player to be named later and international bonus pool money.^[7]

Game log

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1 || July 24 || @ Rangers || 0–1 || Lynn (1–0) || Márquez (0–1) || Leclerc (1) || 0 - 1 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || July 25 || @ Rangers || 3–2 || Bard (1–0) || Minor (0–1) || Davis (1) || 1–1 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 || July 26 || @ Rangers || 5–2 || Freeland (1–0) || Palumbo (0–1) || Davis (2) || 2–1 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 || July 28 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Senzatela (1–0) || Mengden (0–1) || — || 3–1 || W3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || July 29 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Márquez (1–1) || Montas (0–1) || — || 4–1 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6 || July 31 || Padres || 7–8 || Stammen (1–1) || Davis (0–1) || Pomeranz (2) || 4–2 || L1|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7 || August 1 || Padres || 6–1 || Freeland (2–0) || Lucchesi (0–1) || — || 5–2 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 || August 2 || Padres || 9–6 || Senzatela (2–0) || Davies (1–1) || Díaz (1) || 6–2 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || August 3 || Giants || 7–6 || Hoffman (1–0) || Peralta (1–1) || Díaz (2) || 7–2 || W3 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || August 4 || Giants || 5–2 || Márquez (2–1) || Gausman (0–1) || Almonte (1) || 8–2 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 11 || August 5 || Giants || 3–4 || Webb (1–0) || Gray (0–1) || Gott (3) || 8–3 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 12 || August 6 || Giants || 6–4 || Almonte (1–0) || Garcia (0–1) || Díaz (3) || 9–3 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || August 7 || @ Mariners || 8–4 || Senzatela (3–0) || Kikuchi (0–1) || — || 10–3 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || August 8 || @ Mariners || 5–0 || Hoffman (2–0) || Misiewicz (0–1) || — || 11–3 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;"| 15 || August 9 || @ Mariners || 3–5 || Sheffield (1–2) || Márquez (2–2) || Williams (3) || 11–4 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 16 || August 10 || Diamondbacks || 8–12 || Young (1–0) || Gray (0–2) || Bradley (4) || 11–5 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || August 11 || Diamondbacks || 8–7 || Estévez (1–0) || Ginkel (0–1) || Bard (1) || 12–5 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 18 || August 12 || Diamondbacks || 7–13 || Chafin (1–1) || Kinley (0–1) || — || 12–6 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 19 || August 14 || Rangers || 2–3 || Lynn (3–0) || Bard (1–1) || — || 12–7 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 20 || August 15 || Rangers || 4–6 || Gibson (1–2) || Márquez (2–3) || Montero (5) || 12–8 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21 || August 16 || Rangers || 10–6 || Gray (1–2) || Allard (0–1) || Estévez (1) || 13–8 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 22 || August 17 || @ Astros || 1–2 || Bielak (3–0) || Freeland (2–1) || Taylor (1) || 13–9 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 23 || August 18 || @ Astros || 1–2 || Scrubb (1–0) || Díaz (0–1) || — || 13–10 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 24 || August 19 || Astros || 6–13 || Valdez (2–2) || Castellani (0–1) || — || 13–11 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 25 || August 20 || Astros || 8–10 || Raley (1–0) || Márquez (2–4) || Pressly (3) || 13–12 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 26 || August 21 || @ Dodgers || 1–5 || Buehler (1–0) || Gray (1–3) || — || 13–13 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 27 || August 22 || @ Dodgers || 3–4 || Jansen (1–0) || Bard (1–2) || — || 13–14 || L6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 28 || August 23 || @ Dodgers || 3–11 || González (1–0) || Senzatela (3–1) || — || 13–15 || L7|- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || August 24 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Castellani (1–1) || Widener (0–1) || Bard (2) || 14–15 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || August 25 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–4 || Díaz (1–1) || Crichton (2–1) || Bard (3) || 15–15 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 31 || August 26 || @ Diamondbacks || 8–7 || Gray (2–3) || Ray (1–4) || Hoffman (1) || 16–15 || W3|- style="background:#bbb;"| — || August 27 || @ Diamondbacks || colspan=7 | Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: September 25|- style="background:#fbb;"| 32 || August 28 || Padres || 4–10 || Davies (5–2) || Hoffman (2–1) || — || 16–16 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || August 29 || Padres || 4–3 || Bard (2–2) || Stammen (3–2) || — || 17–16 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;"| 34 || August 30 || Padres || 2–13 || Paddack (3–3) || Castellani (1–2) || — || 17–17 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 35 || August 31 || Padres || 0–6 || Morejón (1–0) || Márquez (2–5) || — || 17–18 || L2|-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 36 || September 1 || Giants || 5–23 || Gausman (2–2) || Gray (2–4) || — || 17–19 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 37 || September 2 || Giants || 9–6 || Givens (1–1) || Coonrod (0–1) || Bard (4) || 18–19 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 38 || September 4 || @ Dodgers || 6–10 || Ferguson (2–0) || Estévez (1–1) || — || 18–20 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39 || September 5 || @ Dodgers || 5–2 || Almonte (2–0) || Treinen (3–2) || Bard (5) || 19–20 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40 || September 6 || @ Dodgers || 7–6 || Almonte (3–0) || Ferguson (2–1) || Bard (6) || 20–20 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 41 || September 7 || @ Padres || 0–1 || Pomeranz (1–0) || Estévez (1–2) || — || 20–21 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 42 || September 8 || @ Padres || 5–14 || Clevinger (2–2) || Gonzalez (0–1) || — || 20–22 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 43 || September 9 || @ Padres || 3–5 || Davies (7–2) || Senzatela (3–2) || Rosenthal (9) || 20–23 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44 || September 11 || Angels || 8–4 || Bard (3–2) || Buttrey (1–3) || — || 21–23 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;"| 45 || September 12 || Angels || 2–5 (11) || Buttrey (2–3) || Kinley (0–2) || Andriese (1) || 21–24 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;"| 46 || September 13 || Angels || 3–5 || Heaney (4–3) || Estévez (1–3) || Andriese (2) || 21–25 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47 || September 15 || Athletics || 3–1 || Senzatela (4–2) || Manaea (4–3) || — || 22–25 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 48 || September 16 || Athletics || 1–3 || Fiers (6–2) || Márquez (2–6) || Hendriks (13) || 22–26 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 49 || September 17 || Dodgers || 3–9 || Floro (2–0) || Freeland (2–2) || — || 22–27 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;"| 50 || September 18 || Dodgers || 6–15 || White (1–0) || Castellani (1–3) || — || 22–28 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 51 || September 19 || Dodgers || 1–6 || Kershaw (6–2) || Gonzalez (0–2) || — || 22–29 || L4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 52 || September 20 || Dodgers || 6–3 || Senzatela (5–2) || Gonsolin (1–2) || Givens (1) || 23–29 || W1|- style="background: #cfc;"| 53 || September 21 || @ Giants || 7–2 || Márquez (3–6) || Cueto (2–2 || — || 24–29 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;"| 54 || September 22 || @ Giants || 2–5 || Rogers (3–3) || Díaz (1–2) || Coonrod (3) || 24–30 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 55 || September 23 || @ Giants || 2–7 || Webb (3–4) || Castellani (1–4) || — || 24–31 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 56 || September 24 || @ Giants || 5–4 || Bard (4–2) || Cahill (1–2) || Díaz (4) || 25–31 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 57 || September 25 || @ Diamondbacks || 0–4 || Gallen (3–2) || Senzatela (5–3) || Crichton (5) || 25–32 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 58 || September 25 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–11 || Clarke (3–0) || Santos (0–1) || — || 25–33 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 59 || September 26 || @ Diamondbacks || 10–3 || Márquez (4–6) || Weaver (1–9) || — || 26–33 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 60 || September 27 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–11 || Bumgarner (1–4) || Freeland (2–3) || — || 26–34 || L1|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Rockies team member

Roster

2020 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

List does not include pitchers. Stats in bold are the team leaders.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	59	235	41	68	13	4	11	28	24	63	.289	.355	.519	.874
	59	221	31	67	12	1	6	42	19	44	.303	.356	.448	.804
	51	184	26	59	8	2	1	17	14	38	.321	.369	.402	.772
	48	182	23	46	9	0	8	26	15	20	.253	.303	.434	.738
	52	172	23	37	6	1	9	26	18	66	.215	.295	.419	.714
	53	167	25	39	4	3	5	11	13	60	.234	.287	.383	.671
	40	123	10	29	3	0	3	16	7	21	.236	.275	.333	.608
	43	117	18	28	3	0	6	21	15	41	.239	.326	.419	.745
	36	105	13	22	2	2	6	10	9	42	.210	.272	.438	.710
	42	100	10	23	4	0	0	8	6	30	.230	.280	.270	.550
	30	98	14	30	7	0	2	17	2	29	.306	.320	.439	.759
	24	93	9	17	2	2	0	9	4	28	.183	.222	.247	.470
	24	91	14	28	5	1	2	13	5	18	.308	.351	.451	.801
	26	68	4	16	2	0	2	9	5	15	.235	.288	.353	.641
	17	41	9	11	1	0	2	5	3	11	.268	.318	.439	.757
	28	39	4	6	2	0	0	4	2	11	.154	.190	.205	.396
	7	21	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	6	.095	.095	.143	.238
Team Totals	60	2057	275	528	84	16	63	264	161	543	.257	.311	.405	.716

Pitching

List does not include position players. Stats in bold are the team leaders.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	4	6	3.75	13	13	0	81.2	78	41	34	25	73
	5	3	3.44	12	12	0	73.1	71	29	28	18	41
	2	3	4.33	13	13	0	70.2	77	34	34	23	46
	1	4	5.82	10	9	0	43.1	37	30	28	26	25
	2	4	6.69	8	8	0	39.0	45	31	29	11	22
	3	0	2.93	24	0	1	27.2	25	13	9	6	23
	4	2	3.65	23	0	6	24.2	22	10	10	10	27
	1	3	7.50	26	0	1	24.0	33	21	20	9	27
	0	2	5.32	24	0	0	23.2	13	15	14	12	26
	2	1	9.28	16	0	1	21.1	32	23	22	9	20
	1	2	7.65	24	0	4	20.0	31	21	17	14	17
	0	2	6.86	6	4	0	19.2	22	16	15	10	16
	1	0	6.75	10	0	1	9.1	9	8	7	4	6
	0	0	7.56	4	0	0	8.1	15	7	7	2	2
	0	1	16.50	3	1	0	6.0	14	11	11	4	4
	0	0	10.50	6	0	0	6.0	7	7	7	1	4
	0	0	16.88	6	0	0	5.1	10	10	10	5	1
	0	0	12.46	2	0	0	4.1	10	7	6	2	1
	0	1	20.77	5	0	2	4.1	9	10	10	3	3
	0	0	2.45	3	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	4	3
	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	2
	0	0	3.38	3	0	0	2.2	4	1	1	3	1
	0	0	23.14	3	0	0	2.1	6	6	6	4	2
Team Totals	26	34	5.59	60	60	16	526.1	579	353	327	205	393

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 2020 Colorado Rockies season Official Site
• 2020 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled . Mark Feinsand . March 12, 2020 . MLB.com . Major League Baseball . March 14, 2020.
2. Web site: Opening of regular season to be pushed back . March 16, 2020 . MLB.com . Major League Baseball . March 16, 2020.
3. Web site: Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season . Mark . Feinsand . MLB.com . June 24, 2020 . June 24, 2020.
4. Web site: Rockies. Colorado. Twitter. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210502143526/https://mobile.twitter.com/rockies/status/1321298567068344324 . 2021-05-02 . 2020-11-29. mobile.twitter.com.
5. News: Saunders . Patrick . Rockies trade Jesus Tinoco to Marlins for right-hander Chad Smith . 1 September 2020 . Denver Post . 14 August 2020.
6. News: Meoli . John . Ruiz . Nathan . Orioles trade reliever Mychal Givens to Rockies for two prospects, player to be named in second deal of day . 1 September 2020 . The Baltimore Sun . 30 August 2020.
7. News: Speier . Alex . Red Sox trade Kevin Pillar to Rockies, Josh Osich to Cubs at deadline as luxury tax resets for 2021 . 1 September 2020 . The Boston Globe . 31 August 2020.
8. Web site: Colorado Rockies Minor League Affiliates - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.