I posted this last year and thought it might be interesting to look at this again this year.  The following is the Rockies rank for OPS by position:
C  27 (.650)
1B 11 (.876)
2B 7  (.788)
3b 2  (.939)
SS 28 (.600)
LF 2  (.971)
CF 15 (.744) (note Houston ranked 23)
RF 2  (.900)

a couple of points below...

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Subtitle:  Is Hurdle costing us too many runs?

I was looking over at the team stats and noticed that the rockies are 8th in the NL in OPS, but 14th in runs per game.  An even bigger anomaly in the other direction is the Padres who are 15th in OPS (way below everyone but the Cubs), but are 10th in runs scored.  Its possible that these numbers are just anomalous, but a couple of other stats caught my eye...

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Is the hitting a fluke or are the rockies this good--I thought I would do a position by position analysis.

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I was just looking at espn's sortable stats and found some interesting things.  First, the Rockies are up to 185 runs scored on the road--a mere 51 runs behind 29th place (the Phillies)--ouch.  That works out to 3.3 Runs/game.  Given that some of those runs are unearned and some games go extra innings--the opponent ERA would be somewhat lower than that even.  By comparison, the Cardinals lead the majors in ERA at 3.43--ugh.

I also looked up the Rockies' rank in OPS by position, which I found interesting--obviously not adjusted for park--so make your own adjustments accordingly
C 11th
1B 4th
2B 22nd
3B 17th
SS 15th
LF 15th
CF 21st
RF 5th
P 17th (11th in NL)

A couple of things stand out--I'm actually surprised at how well the 1B rank given Helton's down year.  And RF?  Also, the catchers aren't too bad?  Lastly, it makes apparent what we already knew---Miles needs to sit and CF is a problem

First, great blog!  I just discovered this blog and I'm impressed.  It is great to find a place where I can read about the latest goings-on with the Rockies and their farm system.  I am a Colorado ex-pat, who is stuck in the northeast for the forseeable future--as you might imagine Rockies fans in these parts are extremely rare.

Anyway enough of that...I was wondering if anyone else has come to the same conclusion I have...that the Rockies' offense isn't just bad, it is bad in historic proportions.    

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