The Colorado Rockies were shut out 4-0 in their final game of the 2025 season, a franchise-record 18th shutout. They also fell to 43-119 on the year. They avoided the 2024 Chicago White Sox record, but they still blew their own win-loss record out of the water by 15 games (plus plenty of other records that we’ll explore soon). They also became the first team since the 2011-2013 Houston Astros to lose 100+ games in three-straight years. It seemed to work out well for the Astros, but there is a lot of work to be done in the offseason. It’ll be interesting to see how the Rockies respond and what things look like by mid-February.
A bumpy start for Brown
In his final start of 2025, McCade Brown got off to rough start by giving up a solo home run to Willy Adames on the very first pitch of the game. Not only that, but it ended up being Adames’ 30th homer of the year, making him the first Giant since Barry Bonds in 2004 to have a 30-homer season.
Advertisement
However, after that, he came back to retire four-straight Giants. In the second, Jung Hoo Lee singled as the second batter, but then Patrick Bailey was called out on strikes and Lee was caught stealing on a great play by Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar.
Brown had a bumpy third, but was able to get out of it. However, after giving up another homer to Rafael Devers and then a double to Matt Chapman and a walk to Bryce Eldridge spelled the end of Brown’s 2025 season. He was lifted after 3+ innings (62 pitches) while allowing two runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Brown finished seven MLB games without a win, and posted a 7.36 ERA.
The Bullpen was (mostly) nails
After Brown was lifted early, he was relieved by Luis Peralta. The bullpen — Peralta, Zach Agnos, Jaden Hill and Antonio Senzatela — combined for four scoreless innings with two hits and two strikeouts. Juan Mejia came in to pitch the eighth, and some weirdness happened.
Advertisement
Right off the bat, Heliot Ramos walked to lead off the inning. He was replaced by pinch-runner Grant McCray. Devers then came up and reached on a fielder’s choice, but then McCray advanced to second on a fielding error by Tovar. Chapman struck out and then Eldridge grounded out, but Lee drove in the two baserunners on a ground ball to right. It was a good throw to the plate, but Goodman bobbled it, allowing the second run to score. Luckily for Mejia, both runs were unearned, but it doubled the Giants’ lead from 2-0 to 4-0 heading into the ninth.
Five Hits, 13 Strikeouts
The Rockies mustered five hits in the shutout, and two of them came off the bat of Brenton Doyle. He doubled in the second, and then 10-straight Rockies were retired before Kyle Karros singled in the fifth. Warming Bernabel then singled to put two on, but Ryan Ritter grounded out to end the inning.
Goodman recorded the Rockies’ fourth hit in the sixth, but was cut down trying to stretch a double into a triple.
Advertisement
He also got unlucky during his following plate appearance, where he lined directly into the glove of shortstop Christian Koss, and it turned into an inning-ending double play in the eighth.
On top of being limited to just five hits, the Rockies struck out 13 times for the third time in four games, including three-straight in the ninth.
Up Next
It’s the offseason!
Thank you to the Purple Row community for sticking with us through this miserable season. We truly value each and every one of you, and couldn’t do this without your continued support. It’s a privilege to write about this team, despite the shenanigans, and it’s definitely something we don’t take for granted.
So cheers to 2025, and here’s looking forward to (hopefully) a better 2026!