Perspective

The Rockies took 3 of 4 from the Giants over the weekend, stopping a skid of losing 4 straight series and 5 of  the previous 6.  This week they take on the Division Leading Diamondbacks before heading to San Francisco to take on the Giants again.

Let's face it--the Giants were horrible this week and the Rockies had a chance to sweep the series (or on the other hand they could have ended up with a split.)

Back to the Giants.  It's hard to imagine a worse week for them where they gave up 52 runs in 6 games, and had 13 errors, 7 in back to back games with the Rockies Friday and Saturday.  They also scored 28 runs and managed to come back on Thursday from a 6-0 deficit to win.

So even perceived good teams (The Giants did win the World Series last year) have rough stretches.  Is the starting pitching fall apart?    Is the fielding going to continue to commit 2 errors per game.  Probably not.

The Rockies are currently tied with the Giants for 2nd, one game behind the D-Backs who now come into Coors Field winning 9 of their last 13.  In the past week they outscored their opponents 19-17 in winning 4 of 6.  But they gave up 10 runs in one game on Monday, and scored 9 runs in one game on Friday.

All that is to keep the Rockies season in perspective.  It's May 20th.  This team is showing great promise and is likely at this point to win more games than last season, and possibly even more than 2011.    Their pitching across the board is holding up better, their hitting is solid throughout the lineup.   And they have survived a couple of key players on the disabled list.  

And for now at least they are in the thick of the race.