{"id":99125,"date":"2025-04-13T12:07:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=99125"},"modified":"2025-04-13T12:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:07:53","slug":"brenton-doyle-sole-spark-rockies-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/13\/brenton-doyle-sole-spark-rockies-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenton Doyle: The Sole Spark in a Stagnant Rockies Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brenton Doyle<\/a> has been one of the only bright spots on a lifeless Colorado Rockies offense early in the season. The star center fielder leads the Rockies in several offensive categories and is one of only three Rockies hitting over .300. Doyle is also one of only three Rockies with multiple home runs. He has been, far and away, the Rockies’ best player to this point. The Rockies’ offense has lots of issues. But Doyle is the only player keeping the unit even remotely competitive.<\/span><\/div>\n

Doyle Attempting To Lead Rockies\u2019 Offensive Charge<\/h3>\n

If not for Doyle, the Rockies may only have one win. Even with Doyle’s great play<\/a>, the Rockies are a National League worst 3-11. But Doyle has at least given the Rockies a few good moments to hang their hat on. Firstly, outside of Doyle, the Rockies have not taken advantage of scoring opportunities. With RISP, Colorado ranks 20th with 3.86 runners left in scoring position per game, per TeamRankings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Doyle has recorded at least one RBI in all three Rockies’ wins. He hit an RBI single in the third inning to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead in an eventual 2-1 win against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 29. In arguably the biggest moment of the Rockies season, Doyle hit a bases-clearing double to left with two outs in the eighth against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 10 to give the Rockies a 6-2 lead in an eventual 7-2 win. In both scenarios, it could reasonably be assumed the Rockies would have lost without Doyle.<\/p>\n

While Doyle won’t fix the Rockies offense by himself, his play has at least given the unit a chance to be competitive. The Rockies showed last season that they can make some noise offensively<\/a>. However, the Rockies’ offense has been largely ineffective and punchless this season. Until the rest of the offense can get going, Doyle will have to continue to produce if the Rockies have any chance at winning games. But even with Doyle’s production, that is a big “If”.<\/p>\n

Record-Setting Struggles for Rockies Offense<\/h3>\n

There was some hope that the Rockies could carry some momentum into their road trip after the 7-2 win against Milwaukee to close out their recent home stand. However, those hopes took a hit when it was announced that Doyle would miss Monday’s game with a quad strain. In a season full of terrible offensive performances, Friday’s game was the worst one yet. The Rockies struck out 15 times in an 8-0 shutout. The three games in which the Rockies have struck out 15 times this season are more than 12 different full seasons in franchise history. The 143 Ks in 13 games is also the third most in MLB history behind only San Francisco (2023) and Atlanta (2020).<\/p>\n

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#Rockies<\/a> strike out 15 times in San Diego on Friday, the third time this season.<\/p>\n

That’s more than 12 different full-seasons of Colorado baseball.<\/p>\n

The 143 strikeouts in 13 games is third-most to ever start a year in baseball history behind only San Fran (2023) and Atlanta (2020).<\/p>\n

\u2014 Patrick Lyons (@PatrickDLyons) April 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n