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I was determined not to make a pun of Trevor Story's name in the first post about the new shortstop of the Rockies, so I didn't even though this  players first three games were like no other before him.

Trevor became the Rockies starting SS after Jose Reyes had some domestic issues and currently is not suspended but also not allowed to play at the moment.  Entering spring training it was a battle between Trevor and Cristhian Adames who played some games in September last year.  Both players ultimately made the roster with Story getting the starting assignment at SS in the end.

In case you missed it, Trevor Story hit 4 home runs in his first three games in the majors, some thing no other player has done before.  In addition only 26 other players in the history of Major League baseball have hit home runs in the first 3 games of the season.  Of those only 4 other players have hit 4 home runs in those 3 games

Now Story comes to Coors Field and has a chance to match the longest Home Run streak to start a season which would tie him with Mark McGwire and Willie Mays.  Nobody has hit home runs in the first 5 games of a season before.

The 2016 Rockies

I remain optimistic that the Rockies can improve over the past few years, but they are going to need a lot of improvement in pitching.   Offensively they look solid from top to bottom.  Defensively, they have some of the best players, but the pitching cannot blow large leads on a regular basis as in the D-Backs series this week.  Although they won two of the three, they let the D-Backs get back into every game after taking a good lead early.

But a 2-1 opening on the road is good although last year they won their first 6 on the road.

NOTES:   The San Diego Padres come into Coors Field on Friday night looking for their first run after getting shutout in their first 3 games to the Dodgers.  Another MLB first for a team to start the season getting shutout 3 times.  The flip side is the Dodgers are the first team to get 3 shutouts to start the season.