If insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results, then the Rockies might want to come up with an alternate plan for pitching the first inning.
It’s become routine for Colorado to get shelled to start games this season, as following German Marquez getting tagged for a run in the series opener against Arizona on Monday, Colorado’s ERA in the frame rose to 7.68 — still by far the worst mark in all of baseball.
That’s a whopping 122 runs in 143 innings pitched; opponents have plated runs in 67 of those opening innings, also an MLB high.