With a pitching staff that struck out a league-worst 16.8 percent of hitters in 2020, the Rockies could certainly afford to strike out some more opponents.
In the most volatile ballpark in the entire league, missing barrels could be more important than anywhere else.
Mike Petriello of MLB.com wrote on Wednesday about the importance of home runs in the postseason this year. At the time of publishing, the teams that out-homered their opponents held a 19-1 record in the 2020 postseason. Petriello acknowledges how the adage against teams that “live and die by the home run” has been “refuted over, and over, and over.