CHICAGO — Should the Rockies’ season be considered a failure if Colorado closes with back-to-back losses in the NL West tiebreaker and the wild card game?
It’s a tough question, but a question to ponder nonetheless as Colorado heads on the road, again, for a one-game win-or-go-home playoff against a seasoned veteran pitcher (the Cubs’ Jon Lester) in a venue renowned for its historic home field advantage (Wrigley Field).
On one hand, the answer to the tough question is absolutely yes.
Colorado made this same stage last year and, with high-dollar offseason bullpen acquisitions and the gang of DJ LeMahieu, Nolan Arenado, Carlos Gonzalez, Trevor Story and Charlie Blackmon all together for one last guaranteed ride, preseason expectations were to obtain what the Rockies fell just short of in Monday’s decisive loss at Chavez Ravine.