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Colorado Rockies GM Jeff Bridich and Rockies owner Dick Monfort have some explaining to do. The Colorado Rockies are the worst team in MLB, not in terms of their record, but in terms of how they are run. Despite having good players like Nolan Arenado, Trevor Story, German Marquez, Jon Gray, and Charlie Blackmon, they are a team without depth, direction, or desire to actually build a formidable team.
Obviously, the Nolan Arenado trade to the St. Louis Cardinals looms huge in this episode of Baseball Bits, a Foolish Baseball production. The warning signs with the Rockies were already present though. From the departure of DJ LeMahieu, to the signing of Ian Desmond, they've made bad moves. Bridich and Monfort have also failed to construct a team capable of playing in the Coors Field air. It all culminates in, once again, the worst team in baseball. The Rockies stink. The Rockies are bad. The Rockies are not good. It doesn't matter if it's the Rockies draft, Rockies prospect, Rockies free agent signings. Nothing works. And now, the price to pay is the creation of the Nolan Arenado Cardinals.
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Bridich pushed for opt-out: www.denverpost.com/2019/10/01...
Ineffective free agent signings: www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/0...
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As soon as I saw the title I immediately thought: "I agree"
Glad we can agree on something.
As a Rockies fan: true. We all hate our lives Foolish
I just hate them for sending My Fav player to The Cardinals.
We never had any issues prior to that.
@@kingdingaling2469 we did, it is said in the video, they signed terrible players and let go of dj for no reason
Yes as a native born and raised coloradian I can attest that every Rockies fan loves Nolan and hates the GM
It’s always “what are the Rockies doing” and never “how are the Rockies doing”
seal?!? From bird app?
Either way, it's not going well.
@@hanoj87 no from the ocean
the answer to the first question is nothing and the answer to the second question is bad
That’s because we already know the answer, bad.
As a Giants fan, this title made me both laugh and realize how badly Arrenado abused our pitching staff
He has 31 homers and is slugging .554 in 131 games vs. the Giants.
As a Cubs fan, I now have nightmares about how he will abuse ours
@Whole Lotta' Sports It's only 131 games, not even a full season yet.
He's the second coming of Brooks Robinson, with more power.
It’s like when the Seahawks trade Russ... I’ll be a party in the bay
“I’m about to read off the most shocking thing to ever come out of a GM’s mouth”
Ah so this was filmed before the Mariners GM confessed his dirty secrets to a... Rotary Club.
This is very pedantic of me, but that was their (now former) team president, not their GM.
@@FoolishBaseball I don’t know whether to be happy that u replied or throw my phone against the wall for the level of padanticness... also love from the UK :)
@@FoolishBaseball Can you do an episode on the Mather confessions?
@@samoleary8385 This is very pedantic of me, but it's pedantry.
@@petermurphy2169 recomend watching the jomboy media video on it.
Lifelong Rockies fan here. Thank you for understanding our collective pain.
At least you have legal pot to ease the pain.
@@charlesbailey6671 Booze were legal longer....so why not double down? Just do not drive a car or operate anything. Just sit there and chill.
@@charlesbailey6671 not even horse tranquilizer can ease this pain
another thing to keep in mind that a lot of people miss is that for WAR, replacement player doesn't mean "league average", replacement player means "promote whatever minor league chump is available for a nominal sum" (no offense to minor league chumps); AKA, *bad*.
fellow lifelong rockies fan who just got this video recommended after watching a choke to tampa bay
i’m in the most abstract kind of pain
As an A’s fan, I love how “Stephen Vogt named All-Star” is your highlight for 2016. Thank you Foolish.
I know some other stuff happened in 2016, but that was the main highlight for me.
As a Giants fan I approve
Haha yep! I have his All-star jersey from that year too. Big fan of Stephen Vogt
Sorry a's fans 😔
So far, SB Nation, UrinatingTree, Foolish Baseball, and AlexRollins uploaded this morning-this is one of the best UA-cam mornings I’ve ever experienced!
I don’t know of an SB nation.....
It means a lot that out of all those options, you still clicked on this one.
@@FoolishBaseball your's is easily the best quality so yes
@@FoolishBaseball I actually clicked on all of them :)
But UrinatingTree did put out a video critiquing the Rockies a few weeks ago. This one is superior though, more or less the same idea though.
I never thought about how much more of a home field advantage a well built baseball team has than any other sport. As a GM, you can literally make a team that is built to win in your own stadium and it will have a significant impact at home games.
People always moan and complain about the Yankees trying to stockpile power hitting lefties to “porch” opposing pitchers, but ultimately it’s just smart business to take advantage of the unique opportunities that you have
Repent and believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ
I actually think Rockies fans will really like this video. I'm simply voicing their frustrations with how the club has been run.
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That’s jarring
@@ghyuty17 you're so punny
As a Rockies fan you are correct
Rockies fan here. This video has aged well. Rockies front office still doesn’t care about winning. So frustrating
ya not enough videos talking about how bad we are
The way you said “a lot of moneeeeeeee” lmao😂
I was just sitting there recording and thought to myself, "what if I just say money in a weird voice?"
@@FoolishBaseball lol
@@FoolishBaseball I thought you were mimicking buk lau from ownage pranks lmao
It reminded me of my trip to Vietnam for some reason...
“The only team to get worse in free agency”
Angels - Josh Hamilton, Albert Pujols, Vernon Wells, Joe Blanton...
CJ Wilson
Vernon Wells, well that's a throwback. Dude was a boss on the Blue Jays on those teams with Delgado and Rios! Probably what the GM thought while signing him too lol
Justin Bour, Matt Harvey, Jonathan Lucroy, Todd Frazier, Dan Haren, Zach Grienke (trade, I know)...it hurts
Jim Johnson, Trevor Cahill, Justin Upton, Jose Quintana....
not a baseball team, but the bears over payed for Andy Dalton, and lost Kyle Fuller and Akiem Hicks
FEEED MEEEEE
Fuzzballs
8:51 Cleveland Spiders
Hey Fuzzy
Oh no
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I said this on another channel, but I remember going to one of the games during the Rockies' inaugural season way back in the early nineties. I was probably around 4. Still have some of the merch. It is really just so sad how they haven't really achieved anything in almost 3 decades.
Kinda like myself...
Amen brother. Just keep praying to Tupac for hope he comes back. Cause everyone knows he fled to Cuba with Fidel Castro. So, when he returns to the US, everything will be good
@@benbrown3973 dawg what are you talking about😂
Fun fact: neither the Rockies nor the Marlins have ever won a division title.
@@ronaldwayne7092 but at least the marlins have 2 World Series
At least the Rockies won the Pennant in 2007. That's more than the Mariners can say.
As a Cardinal fan, who got this trade on his birthday, would like to apologize to Rockies fans.
The Seattle Mariners are typing...
I already did lol 😆
The Mainers are set for the future though
The Mariners have at least understood their problems, their rebuild is going well, and they have a lot of potential with Kyle Lewis, Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodrigues in as the outfield of the future, but also guys like Dylan Moore and Evan White who could become core pieces as well
They’ve at least built up a lot of youth including J Rod and Kelenic who are going to be absolute studs
my buddy is a huge Mariners fan and he calls them the Yankees farm team
As a Cardinals fan I feel like we are the evil genius laughing in the Rockies face.
I have converted to a Cards fan. I SOOOOO wanted Goldy to fill Helton's shoes in Denver, but now he and Nolan are both in STL. Go Cards!
nothing spells genius like surrendering players like Adolis Garcia, Luke Voit, Patrick Wisdom, and some guy called Randy Arozarena
@@thedude3065 and marcell ozuna 🤧
@@thedude3065 the Voit trade was actually worth it. Gallegos is one of the best relievers in baseball.
@@brandonsheumaker2673 traitor
I like how this was subtly about how good those 14-15 Royals were. Can we focus on that more
You’re gonna love the newest video!
*Sees Mike Trout’s WAR of 63.6*
As an Angels fan, I appreciate that most of these videos have a little slice of Mike Trout in there to appreciate.
Love the Cleveland spiders at 8:58 lmao
Jeez it’s about TIME. I’ve watched every baseball bits through 3 times now. I NEED the new content, Bailey.
You rule.
Fr man, I’ve seen his vid on Pedro 15+ times
It’s amazing that Mr. foolish can create videos that are better than any movie...
Scorcese, Kubrick, Hitchcock, what do they all have in common? They're all too scared to make baseball videos on UA-cam. Cowards.
As a Mariners fan, hearing about other teams disfunction makes me more annoyed we couldn't stumble into 1 wild card in the last 25 years.
The rockies and my beloved rangers should have a 7 game series at the end of the year to see whos the worst team once and for all.
Yessir
You apparently haven't looked at the Pirates roster.
Pirates and Orioles. ‘79 World Series rematch for the first overall pick.
No! My Orioles deserve that spot!... You're just a winner!!
@@MarloSoBalJr dude.. We have Colin Moran as our clean up. It's over.
Are we sure Jeff Bridrich isn't just Bill O'Brien with a wig and a 3d printed face?
Jeff Bridich is like GM Bill O'Brien, but without the redeeming qualities of coach Bill O'Brien.
The Rockies: “Oh man I got dead again”
You should do a Pirates video on what went wrong after their 2015 season, the purgatory we have been in since, and the rebuild as it stands now.
1. Not supplementing the roster when all they needed was a bit more reinforcements
2. Keeping Clint Hurdle and Neil Huntington on way too long.
3. Pulling a 2002 Expos and giving up a haul of prospects for an all in push and finishing with a mediocre record
Thank you for saying basically exactly what I have been saying about my favorite team for at least a decade. Other things that the Rox need to consider:
Investing heavily in platooning. How is it that almost every year, all three starting outfielders are left-handed hitters, with the fourth usually being a lefty as well? Wouldn't it make sense to have a right-handed hitting outfielder or two to balance out the lineup in a division that routinely features tough left-handed pitchers? It works for the Dodgers (who have oodles of money to spend that the Rockies don't - or claim not to) and the Rays, who have even less money to spend than the Rockies.
Giving players more off days (which ties in with the above). I don't have data to support this, but it seems that playing 81 games at altitude every year wears the Rockies' players down. They're routinely near the top of the majors in IL days, and all but the very best players have a sharp drop-off in performance in the second half of the season. It's wonderful to run the team's best players out there for 155 or so games, but if they could perform at a higher level and stay healthier by playing 135-140, it seems like it would be worth doing.
Becoming hyper-focused on acquiring and developing pitchers whose skills fit the profile described in the video. Low-spin four-seam/slider pitchers aren't exactly in high demand. If that profile works in Coors, there's a market inefficiency to exploit. Those pitches are also going to be less affected by the differences in ballparks as players switch between homestands and road trips, so at least in theory, it might help normalize their pitching performance overall.
Figuring out a way to help hitters adjust to the difference between home and away performance. The numbers posted by good hitters who have left the team (like DJ Lemahieu and Matt Holliday) have shown that there's likely more to the home/road splits than just Coors inflating players' hitting stats. Don't get me wrong, there's no doubt that Coors does just that, but watching Rockies hitters struggle on the road even against poor pitching indicates that at least part of the issue is probably related to having to adjust to how much harder the ball breaks at lower elevation than it does at Coors. I don't know if there is a solution to that problem, but even just figuring out a way to help the team's hitting be league-average on the road would certainly be worth a few wins per year.
Accepting that the team needs to invest more heavily in both analytics and scouting. The Rockies have been among the slowest teams in baseball to embrace analytics, and it shows in the players they have signed in free agency over the last decade (yes, even in the O'Dowd era, as much better as he was than Bridich). They have also long invested less in traditional scouting than most teams, but have, whether through the quality of the scouts they have employed, or just dumb luck, managed to generally find enough talent to be competitive in cycles. They're clearly behind the curve, but if franchises like Oakland and Tampa can do less with more, Colorado should be able to as well.
Unfortunately, all of these things start at the top. Ownership and the front office have to be willing to commit not only to making changes (whether they're these, the ones outlined in the video, or something else), but to actually enacting and sticking to a long-term strategy for team building rather than changing directions every 3-4 years, as has been the franchise's tendency throughout its history. If Monfort and Bridich can't or won't do these things, they simply shouldn't be in charge of running the team. Unfortunately, the Monfort family simply makes too much money through the mere act of fielding a team for them to actually care about whether it's any good; after all, if the team's consistently good, they're just going to end up paying the players, coaches, and staff more money and they might turn a slightly smaller profit. And if the fans always show up because the ballpark experience is so good, it's pretty easy for Bridich to help keep profits up. So until fans get fed up and stop coming to games or someone comes along with a godfather offer to buy the team, things sure don't seem likely to change.
"They want a lot of money"
As a spiders fan, too true
@@ulceratedpiss yep, cleveland spiders
The Spiders were fun to watch LMAO. I would love to simulate a '62 Mets & 1899 Spiders W.S.
Seriously though that'll be more fitting than GUARDIANS. Cancel culture ruins another franchise legacy.
@@davidtran2026 I understand why they decided to change the name. The Native Americans have been screwed over since Europeans got here. Anyway I agree the team could have chosen a number of good names: Spiders, Rockers, Erie's, Erie Hawks, etc.
Huge Rockies fan and absolutely loved this video! Love this channel.
Which video were you watching? This was a brutal takedown of the Rox (well deserved, but still), so really how could you love it?
@@brandonsheumaker2673 frustration validated. But point taken
6:58 I love the Vogt Easter Egg but he was also an All-Star in 2015
Goddammit man being a fan of this team is so fucking frustrating. The management is a complete disaster that only cares about money. I love the stadium, most of the players, and the idea of the team. I've been a Rockies fan for longer than I can remember, and that's the problem. There are hundreds of thousands of Rockies fans just like me in Colorado, many of which will go to the games anyway because the sunsets are beautiful and the balls go far. The greedy owners still get money in their pockets, and as long as they field a half-average team, that never changes. The Rockies have never won their division, and I wouldn't be surprised if they never do. They haven't won a playoff game since 2009. My one good postseason memory of them came from the 2007 World Series run, when I was five years old and they got swept anyway. They've been the definition of mediocre at best for their entire existence and I don't see that changing anytime soon. Every time the Rockies get a good player that's fun to watch, management fucks it up and gets rid of them in favor of worse players that only perpetuate the cycle of cheapness and mediocrity. Fuck Bridich. Fuck Monfort. Fuck this organization. I'm gonna cheer for the Cardinals this season.
Are you saying Walker and Helton weren't good players that were fun to watch? I get your points, but be careful with extreme words like "every," "any," "always," "nothing," "never," etc.
@@Compucles You're really gonna punch a man when he's down for his word choice then eh
Lol, I had almost the exact same comment, except I said Padres instead of Cardinals. And I was 11 during the World Series.
Sad
Please don't use the Lord's name in vain
I stopped buying tickets and merchandise a long time ago. If ownership doesn't give a shit, why should I?
New baseball bits and dorktown?? Am I in heaven
It's good, but not pretty good.
The holy trinity, Urinating Tree, Foolish, and Dorktown all in the span of a couple hours
You are, but Rockies fans are in hell.
@@FoolishBaseball Oh, so hell's moved from Cleveland.
@@FoolishBaseball yeah, I'm in hell rn
Bailey, its good to have you back (I know you never left, but you know what I mean.)
who else here after bridich and the rockies "mutually agreed to part ways"
Me
Looks like the Rockies ownership finally made the wise decision and subbed to foolishbaseball
1:18 Never thought I would see a reference to The Only Nolan... love it!
Hot take: Dan O'Dowd is one of the most underrated GMs of all-time
I mean he got the Rockies past the NLDS and no one’s ever been able to do that
Well...Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle though are kind of a black eye on his resume 😬
@@JWex-jy7sk
Eh, nobody’s perfect and those were at the very start of his tenure; the fact that he got off the hook for Hampton by trading him to the Braves only rebounds into his favor
How many GMs actually do that? Cut their losses on their prized acquisition, let alone get something for him in return?
@@warlordofbritannia actually Hampton got traded to Miami first for Preston Wilson, then Miami flipped him to Atlanta.
As a lifelong Rockies fan I’m constantly waiting for ownership to contribute to my depression. They never disappoint.
I’ve seen this many times. Still the ‘extended him’ gag makes me laugh out loud every time. One of your best videos so far
It amazes me how professional baseball executives don't understand their own park environment's advantages and are confused when their pitching signings don't work out, yet some dude, although a very smart one to be fair, on youtube is able to explain it in minutes. Keep up the great work, Bailey!
4:33 Washington Nationals legend Gerardo Parra
doo doo doodoo doodoo
I'm a Rockies fan, and he was my favorite player.
If spending money on free agents generates negative WAR the logical solution is to pick random season ticket holders to pitch out of the bullpen
Watching our games every day, I would highly agree I could’ve had a better ERA than Bryan Shaw
They should sign me. I have a nice changeup.
Love the Comic Sans. It never fails to leap off the screen, grab you by the iris and engage you in a disarmingly folksy battle of the wills.
It’s felt like so much longer than 1 month! I love this channel
“Want a lot of money”
Got me good, very funny
It hurts. Lifelong Rockies fans and that won't change but all that hope built from 2017 and 2018 just... gone.
This is the quality content I expect. I love this so much.
Great use of my lunch break
Whithin an hour, i discovered this channel for the first time, subscribed and have become hooked.
Lol remember when the Rockies were rly gud in the beginning of 2020
Your profile picture is wildly disrespectful. That was my friend’s cousin, Sam, and he passed away over seven years ago of an incredibly rare disease called progeria. People who contract progeria are fortunate if they live past their teens. Educate yourself before you go using photos you presumably think are somehow funny.
@@youknownothing123 Oh, I'm really sorry. I didn't realize that my pfp was disrespectful. I will change it immediately. I'm so sorry.
@@youknownothing123 Ok, I changed it. Thanks for the heads up. :)
@@itzwaffledude7373 what was it
@@deadboytr3 It was a picture of someone with progeria. Progeria is an extremely rare disease that causes children to age rapidly. People with progeria have very short lifespans, and they have noticeable deformities.
8:51 ahh yes never a dull moment with a well placed spiders reference.
Haha. What stat can I find that will guarantee the Spiders will be in.
God dam coming back to this video… one of your best and honestly should’ve blown up
Appreciate the work you do on this videos man. Looking forward to baseball coming back :)
I would have never expected so many props to the 14/15 Royals. I love it.
They were great before slamming themselves on the small market syndrome
@@luscorpio3679 shhhhh, haha, accurate.
That Charlie Blackmon DRS stat is so appalling I almost feel like it inspired the whole video.
Yeah that was when he overstayed his welcome in centerfield at that age and was moved to RF. He's still not a GG but had a good season last year being nominated for GG finalist after working on his defense.
I am so happy you did a deep dive on the Rockies, learned a lot.
How have I not found this channel earlier. This is great. Awesome video.
I came here after Kris Bryant signs with the Rockies....
It’s so wack how foolish baseball always posts when I’m in Yuma for a baseball tournament
Man you're a legend! I love all of your work and appreciate the time and effort you put in to it. Keep Crushing!!!
This vid hits even harder after the Bryant deal
I’m not usually this early to the GOAT
Being a rockies fan is like having a high price mattress yet having no house to sleep in
I love the Rockies. But all teams have there pros and cons
This video aged very well.
Put it this way. The Nationals improved by 16 games to 71-91 but finished 14th in the NL (based on strength of schedule so St. Louis was 13th despite the same 71-91 record.) Colorado was 12 games behind them and 59 wins next year might be a stretch.
Their offense was putrid last year for a team spending 1/2 their time in THE hitter's park. Freeland and Gomber were the only hurlers to start at least 20 games and if not for Justin Lawrence's improvement who knows how many games are lost late.
i haven’t watched the video yet, but i saw the Cards in the thumbnail and got very excited to see them.
You should make a vid about the saddest season ever. (1994 Montreal Expos)
That would be a video for Sadman Baseball
How well would you say "D backs and giants are positioning themselves for future success" has aged? Ya know, with those two teams being the worst and best in baseball respectively
So glad to hear some Royals praise on here 😁
When you talked about the first baseman problem, I remembered that the Rockies had Roberto Ramos in Triple A. He left, and now he's crushing baseballs in the KBO.
Who’s here after the kris bryant signing
Me
“The dbacks are positioning themselves to do well in the future” line really didn’t age well…😂
And now this comment didn't age well.. man baseball is weird.
@@EternallyEve fffffssss I forgot about this😂
New Jon Bois and Baseball Bits on the same day, epic
Great video interesting insight on the fastball spin rates as well
Anybody else here just because Kris Bryant?😂
They still stink
The Rockies are like the Edmonton oilers almost exactly the same level of terrible
They would basically need to have Mike Trout and Jose Abreu in the lineup (and nothing else) for them to be the Oilers.
@@johnmay9598 that’s what Nolan arenado and Trevor story were except mcdavid is better than arenado
I just absolutely love this channel!
At 3:23 when he barehands the ground ball he looks so happy
That’s the fastest I’ve ever clicked on something
new speedrun world record
Thank you for renewing my hope in the Dbacks future. Sometimes with the current state of things it's easy to think they won't have their shot.
"You give three pitchers have a billion dollars and oh what that actually worked" hahaha
It's a good day when a new foolish baseball video drops!
honestly just honored to have a video dedicated to our team
Not gonna lie though Coors field is probably my favorite stadium outside of my home city of Cleveland (mostly nostalgia). The mountains and the sky views you get is one of the best anywhere.
Your pixel art has gone to another level Bailey
About damn time we got a Foolish bits video
The subtle 2016 Stephen vogt graphic epitomizes WhT this is my favorite baseball UA-cam channel
I look forward to all your vids. Fantastic!
So unbelievably well done. This was fantastic
i watch this video solely for the music that starts at like 12:00 , it’s just so pleasing to my ears 👂
Baseball Bits and Dorktown drop on the same day... Maybe the two best on UA-cam for sports content.
Utree and foolish baseball uploading on the same day makes this a good day
They took your advice on Moustakas, but with a classic Rockies twist!
I didn't expect to see the Royals featured so prominently in this video. Escobar's negative DRS in 2018 was even in there!
We were predicted to get 60 wins and finish last in the nl by pecota, in actuality we went 74-87 and we were only 4.5 gb of the padres and 2.5 gb of the mets and angels at the end of the season. I call it a win, if we can fix our bullpen and offense while preserving that defence we could be dark horses for a wild card push next season
Sounds about right, I have never lived in Colorado but I have always been a fan of the Rockies. Mostly because I thought their uniforms and colors were the coolest in baseball when I was young. Then as I got older, I heard a ton about "Coors field" this and "Coors field" that and was like "Man, to think, they have such great players playing so well in a field that is a detriment to them!". I've learned more as I got older, but, I do still like them. The Rockies may suck, but they are also the biggest enigma in baseball. Possibly the strangest team that exists based purely off the location of the team itself. Thank you for the video, Bailey.
This strategy by Dicky Monfort is 100% intentional. Rockies operate on star power because people who go to Coors Field are not typically hardcore baseball fans, but casual fans who want to drink beer in a micropub and hang out in a beautiful ballpark. In fact, Denver has such a diaspora population from other cities that you'll more fans of the AWAY TEAM in some circumstances.
They can field a crappy team, save money and pretend everything is fine because they know at the end of the day, they're still going to sell tickets because they have one of the most scenic venues in entire city.
You know your team is bad when Foolish makes a whole video about it...
Would not be shocked if Bailey has done more research into how to build a pitching staff at Coors Field than Jeff Brydich
Not building around Arenado and then trading him is going to be arguably the biggest, amongst a number of other notable, mistakes by the Rockies organization
They should've just traded him in the first place if they weren't going to build around him. Completely directionless team. At least the teams that immediately trade their stars and tank have a plan, even if it's a hard pill to swallow.
Foolish Baseball agreed. Feel terrible for Rockies fans. Hope they can get it together soon
Nice. Always a great watch!
really loved your TV metaphor