{"id":667575,"date":"2026-04-07T03:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667575\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:39:44","slug":"latest-mlb-power-rankings-hint-at-progress-for-colorado-rockies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667575\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest MLB Power Rankings Hint at Progress for Colorado Rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming off an offseason that saw a lot of change for the Colorado Rockies from the front office down onto the field with the coaching staff and roster, there is a different feeling through the first nine games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>After being swept by the Miami Marlins to begin the season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/rockies\/onsi\/news\/why-rockies-series-win-over-blue-jays-is-a-big-deal-for-this-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rockies took two out of three<\/a> from the defending American League champion Toronto Blue Jays in Canada. They returned to Coors Field over the weekend and dropped two out of three to the Philadelphia Phillies. At 3-6 to begin the season after their first three series is something Colorado will take.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, it could be a game or two better in terms of wins and losses, as the games against the Marlins were there for the taking. Owen Caissie&#8217;s walk-off home run in the series final with two out and the Rockies leading 3-2 was a gut-wrenching loss. However, it says a lot that manager Warren Schaffer won three of their next six games. <\/p>\n<p>After dropping the series to the Phillies, the Rockies will welcome the Houston Astros in for three games beginning on Monday night. They will do so with a promising outlook from one MLB writer.<\/p>\n<p>Rockies Slowly Showing Improvement in One Area Early in 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming off an offseason that saw a lot of change for the Colorado Rockies from the front office&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,4316,4,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-667575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-coloradorockies","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-rockies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116361348072755211","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}