As promised in September, I'm finally getting around to analyzing the schedule. When first glancing at it, two things pop out: Three-Nine game Road trips to NL West Opponents are the longest road trips of the season, and the Rockies play a significant amount of their division games earlier than in the past few seasons.
This means that the Rockies will need to prove an ability to play on the road earlier if they want to compete.
In April the Rockies play 8 games against the West all at home. In May 16 split evenly 8 Home and 8 Away, ending May with the start of their first 9 game road trip. Their first 14 games of June are against the West bringing them to a total of 38 West games, 23 home, 15 away. This leaves 13 home games, and 21 away games the rest of the season. They will go two full months without another West Home game from June 15th to August 19th. They will go over a month without seeing the west from June 15th through July 22nd. They will play 18 of 21 West games on the road (you guessed it two more 9 game West Swings) between July 22nd and September 4th, before finishing up with 10 games at home against the West and finishing the Season in San Francisco.
The Rockies will play all 15 of their inter-league games in one stretch from June 17th through July 3rd. This includes Detroit at Coors, followed by a trip to Cleveland and New Yankee Stadium, finishing up with home series against the White Sox and Royals.
Other than that, travel-wise it's not too bad of a schedule. April gives them a road trip to New York and Pittsburgh, and another one to Florida and Chicago. May takes them to Philadelphia and Milwaukee--the first of two trips to see the Brew Crew. They will have to endure the heat and Humidity of July in Atlanta and Washington, and in August will go to Cincinnati, and St. Louis. An oddity in September, as they break up two 6-game home stands with a two game set in Milwaukee, before their final trip that takes them to Houston for 4 games before heading to San Francisco.
The road is what traditionally hampers the Rockies, so that as always is the key, no matter what kind of travel schedule they get.
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