Losing four straight games and not performing well at Coors Field should push Colorado Rockies to get a victory over the Cleveland Guardians.
Coors Field has been anything but "Home Sweet Home" to the Colorado Rockies in the 2026 MLB season.
After losing 9-1 to the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Coors Field, the Rockies' current losing streak is now at four games. What's worse, though, is that Colorado hasn't been able to break into the win column at home in seven consecutive games.
Rockies fans have to go back to May 24-June 11, 2025, to see the last time the team lost seven straight games at home. This seven-game home losing streak has happened eight previous times, so this is No. 9.
Tough times for Rockies
While it might be easy to point toward a team lack of effort from Colorado, that's not always the case. Sometimes, an opposing team is just a player or two better. Other times, though, these losses show that the Rockies have an ability to stay in a game only to lose in the end.
What can change? Obviously, a win will help. It will be a reboot for a ballclub looking to avoid another 100-loss season. Not stopping the losing streak at Coors Field, though, is only carrying Colorado toward another triple-digit loss mark.
All season long, Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has been clear that he's seen signs of progress in his team. Players like Hunter Goodman and Mickey Moniak, along with Jake McCarthy, are established team leaders. A youth movement led by Cole Carrigg and TJ Rumfield gives fans hope for the future.
Starting pitching needs improvement
One weak point in the Rockies' ballclub clearly points toward its starting pitching, This has not been good overall and remains an area where Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and general manager Josh Byrnes need to fix.
The pitching staff has allowed at least one home run in 16 consecutive games, which is tied for the longest streak in franchise history. The last time this happened was between July 16 and Aug. 3, 2021.
Seeing a majority of pitchers go out to the mound and not able to pitch deep into games has put a burden on the Rockies' bullpen. When relievers come in, not all of them are effective in keeping Colorado close in games.
With the season winding down now, the Rockies need to shore up these areas -- especially the pitching staff -- before next season. They cannot move forward into a consistent winning mindset with their pitchers not performing at a higher level.
Colorado gets a chance to snap its losing streak as it goes up against Cleveland yet again at Coors Field on Saturday night.
