OK, so Colorado’s only seven games into the 2019 season. They have played just 4.3 percent of their schedule. But make no mistake, omens already abound.
Here are the five most obvious omens from the Rockies’ initial seven-game road trip in which they split with the Marlins before dropping two of three to the Rays.
Back-end rotation questions linger. Kyle Freeland and German Marquez catalyzed Colorado’s 2-0 start in Miami, where the co-aces turned in back-to-back quality starts with two hits or less, the first time Colorado’s done that to open a season. But over the next three losses, Tyler Anderson (five runs in five innings), Jon Gray (three in six-plus) and Chad Bettis (six in five-plus) didn’t fare as well, with Gray the only one looking sharp before a calf cramp ended his outing.