{"id":782202,"date":"2026-08-18T19:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/782202\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:24:17","slug":"shohei-ohtanis-dominance-of-the-rockies-at-coors-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/782202\/","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani’s dominance of the Rockies at Coors Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shohei Ohtani<\/a> owns the Colorado Rockies.\n<\/p>\n

The Dodgers superstar put on another show-stopping performance against Colorado in Monday\u2019s series opener at Coors Field, going 4-for-5 with two homers in Los Angeles\u2019 11-5 blowout win.<\/a> It was the latest evidence that the Japanese sensation has been a Rockies killer throughout his nine-year big-league career, and especially in LoDo since he joined the Dodgers in 2024.\n<\/p>\n

Amid Colorado\u2019s freefall to becoming baseball\u2019s worst team over the past four seasons, the Dodgers have gone scorched earth on the Rockies. In the 50 games since the start of the 2023 season, which began the Rockies\u2019 streak of 100-loss seasons<\/a>, Los Angeles is 39-11 against the Rockies, including 18-8 at Coors Field.\n<\/p>\n

Ohtani\u2019s bat has been central in that dominance. As Dodgers broadcaster Eric Karros joked on the Los Angeles telecast<\/a> ahead of Monday\u2019s game, \u201cWhenever (Ohtani) sees that Rockies uniform, he gets turned on.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Consider the following eye-popping statistics:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ohtani has a 21-game hit streak at Coors Field, batting .413 (38-for-92) with 9 homers and 24 RBIs during the stretch.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 In 25 career games at Coors Field, Ohtani is slashing .398\/.459\/.786 with a 1.244 OPS, 9 homers, 28 runs scored and 5 steals (no caught stealing). That slash line is Ohtani\u2019s best output in any MLB ballpark that he\u2019s played at least 15 games in, and it\u2019s the highest OPS by an opposing hitter at Coors Field among players with at least 100 plate appearances. Comparing against a larger sample size, for players with at least 200 plate appearances at the stadium, the all-time OPS leaders<\/a> for an opposing hitter are the Cubs\u2019 Sammy Sosa (1.183) and the Giants\u2019 Barry Bonds (1.162), while Hall of Famer Larry Walker holds the Rockies\u2019 record at 1.172.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In 48 total games against the Rockies, Ohtani is slashing\u00a0.378\/.459\/.767 with a 1.226 OPS, 19 homers, 48 RBIs, 11 doubles, 54 runs scored and 13 steals (one caught stealing). That\u2019s the highest average, on-base-percentage and OPS versus any opponent, and the second-highest slugging behind the .786 mark that Ohtani\u2019s posted against the White Sox.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u2022 Of note from Monday, Ohtani\u2019s first homer came against fellow Japanese baseball star Tomoyuki Sugano, who has been far and away the Rockies\u2019 top starter this season. But Ohtani\u2019s dominated his countryman in the majors, going 7-for-11 with four homers against the right-hander. After taking Sugano deep 428 feet to left-center in the fifth inning, the slugger launched a 452-foot shot to center off Juan Mejia in the sixth that landed in the Dodgers\u2019 bullpen.<\/a> With that, he now has 26 career homers of 450 feet or more (including the postseason) since the 2021 season, seven more such bombs than anyone else in the majors.\n<\/p>\n

The silver lining in Ohtani\u2019s offensive dominance against the Rockies is that, in a very small sample size, he hasn\u2019t yet conquered them with his arm. Ohtani \u2014 who is currently not pitching for Los Angeles as he continues to recover from a sore left knee<\/a> \u2014 has only made three starts against Colorado, going 2-1 with a 3.71 ERA and 15 strikeouts across those outings.\n<\/p>\n

But he was blown up in his one career game pitching at Coors Field, on Aug. 20 of last year.<\/a> In the 8-3 Rockies win, Ohtani took the loss after Colorado blasted him for five runs on nine hits in four innings.\n<\/p>\n

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