{"id":74806,"date":"2024-05-29T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=74806"},"modified":"2024-05-29T01:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T05:42:46","slug":"german-marquez-return-all-star-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/29\/german-marquez-return-all-star-break\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 All-Star Could Return to the Rockies Before This Year&#8217;s Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rockies broke the Cleveland Guardians&#8217; nine-game win streak on Monday night. Last night, however, went differently. The Rockies tied the game up at seven runs apiece during the bottom of the sixth inning. Over the course of the next two innings, Colorado&#8217;s pitching staff gave up six runs, completely dismantling in a 13-7 defeat. This season, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/15\/rockies-starters-enormous-struggles-are-evident-early-on\/\" target=\"_self\">starters<\/a> to the bullpen, the Rockies pitchers have severely struggled. Opening Day starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freelky01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Freeland<\/a> was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/25\/rockies-starter-freeland-il\/\" target=\"_self\">moved<\/a> to the 60-day IL since being injured as a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/16\/rockies-pinch-runner-mishap\/\" target=\"_self\">pinch runner<\/a>. As we head into June, the Rockies desperately need their pitching staff to have some stability. Still, there is a bit of good news for Colorado, as 2021 all-star pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marquge01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez<\/a> is looking to make his return to the team before the All-Star break. M\u00e1rquez has been recovering from Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez may be over a month away from his return to the Rockies, but the vibes are good with him back in the clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Here he is with Vinny Castilla having a laugh while repping teammate Ryan McMahon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QwuU3yV6KB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QwuU3yV6KB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Lyons (@PatrickDLyons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickDLyons\/status\/1795570320876990873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>2021 All-Star Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez Could Return to the Rockies Before The Break<\/h2>\n<p>After putting up a 2-2 record with a 4.95 ERA and 17 strikeouts, it was revealed on May 2nd of last year that M\u00e1rquez would need Tommy John surgery, ending his season. Back in September, the 29-year-old starter signed a two-year extension with the Rockies. Before yesterday&#8217;s loss, M\u00e1rquez threw his second bullpen session. It&#8217;s been reported he&#8217;s looking to return to the Rockies before the All-Star break. While he went 2-2 last season before the injury, during the 2022 regular season, the 2021 All-Star went 9-13 in 31 starts. The best win\/loss record during the Rockies starter&#8217;s eight-year career was back in 2018. Through 33 starts, the 29-year-old M\u00e1rquez put up a 14-11 record. In 196 innings pitched, he put up a 3.77 ERA with 230 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<h3>Can He Make an Impact After His Return?<\/h3>\n<p>It will be huge for the Rockies to have M\u00e1rquez return to the active roster. However, it may take a few outings before we see the same Rockies starter from the past. If he can make an immediate impact during his return, Colorado may have the chance to finally get out of the last place spot in the National League West division. This team is currently six games behind the fourth-place Arizona Diamondbacks. M\u00e1rquez could assert himself quickly once he returns, and help the Rockies catch up in the standings. With a young, promising offense, the Rockies could potentially start another winning streak with the assistance of M\u00e1rquez&#8217;s great pitching. It may take some time to adjust to the major league level of play once again, but the 2021 All-Star is ready to guide Colorado to a few more wins.<\/p>\n<p>Last season before he underwent Tommy John surgery, M\u00e1rquez&#8217;s slider was deadly. He threw 75 sliders, and batters put up a measly .158 batting average against it while striking out nearly 32 percent of the time. The 2021 All-Star put away 35 percent of batters with his slider. His curveball was also extremely reliable. Batters put up a .168 batting average against 53 curveballs thrown. M\u00e1rquez struck out about 32 percent of batters with that pitch. The Rockies&#8217; eight-year starter should focus more on throwing those two pitches more often once he returns to the team, as his slider and curveball can put batters away in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rockies broke the Cleveland Guardians&#8217; nine-game win streak on Monday night. Last night, however, went differently. The Rockies tied the game up at seven runs apiece during the bottom of the sixth inning. Over the course of the next two innings, Colorado&#8217;s pitching staff gave up six runs, completely dismantling in a 13-7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4893,"featured_media":74832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1071],"tags":[3867,2227],"class_list":["post-74806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rockies","category-mlb","tag-german-marquez","tag-kyle-freeland"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}