It's June 15th and the top 3 in the National League West, Dodgers, Rockies and D-Backs are all above .600 for the season in Winning Percentage, and in games not against each other, they are a combined 102-55 for a .650 percentage. There are only three other teams total in the rest of the Major Leagues, Astros, Yankees and Nationals who are at .600 or better.
The three teams together have a 16-5 (.762) record against the AL, 37-19 (.661) vs. the NL Central and a 33-19 (.635) vs. San Diego and San Francisco. They are "struggling" against the NL East however at 16-12 (.571). Actually the Rockies and D-Backs are at .500 and the Dodgers are 7-3 vs. the East.
Starting tonight the Rockies now will play a string of 16 games against the NL West including 9 combined against the Dodgers and D-Backs over the next 2.5 weeks. This is the last chance the Rockies have to play these two directly prior to September, when they will play their remaining 13 games against these two. Between July 4 and August 31st the Dodgers and D-Backs play each other 9 times, so these games take on added significance. The Rockies play 26 of their final 29 games of the season vs. the West, (3 games at home vs. Miami are the others). The Dodgers have a 7 game road trip in September to the East Coast outside the division and the D-Backs finish the season in Kansas City after a 3 game home series vs. Miami.
The Rockies currently are 20-11 vs. the NL West and 9-6 vs. the Dodgers ( 5-4) and the D-Backs (4-2) The D-Backs have a 4-3 edge on the Dodgers and are 19-14 vs. the entire west, while the Dodgers are 16-16 vs. the West.
The other games before then will be important, but right now the Rockies have the chance to put some separation between them and the others--or fall behind.
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