The 2025 Colorado Rockies season will probably haunt fans for years. Hopes had been high—maybe a little too high—after back-to-back 100-loss seasons, but things unraveled fast. The Rockies collapsed, finishing 43-119. It was the worst record in franchise history and the lowest in Major League Baseball that year.
A mess of poor pitching, weak offense, and a kind of record-breaking futility took over. Rockies fans found themselves clinging to the distant idea of rebuilding, not much else.
The Worst Start in Modern Baseball History
Right from the start, you could tell something was off. The club stumbled to a brutal 7-33 record by early May, and playoff hopes faded before summer even showed up.
By game 50, Colorado had already made history for all the wrong reasons — the worst start in modern MLB history. It was so bad that the front office fired longtime manager Bud Black, who’d been in the dugout since 2017.
Managerial Change Fails to Spark Turnaround
Letting Bud Black go was supposed to jolt the team awake. It didn’t. Players looked rattled, and the new leadership just never clicked.
Losing became routine. The Rockies never managed to find any real footing, even though this was supposed to be a rebuilding year.
Historic Home Struggles at Coors Field
It’s almost unthinkable for a team built on offense at mile-high altitude, but the 2025 Rockies were awful at home. They went just 25-56 at Coors Field, the most home losses Colorado’s ever suffered in a season.
Fans, who are usually pretty loyal, sat through game after game of lopsided defeats. It had to sting.
Coors Field Advantage Disappears
That old hope—the magic of a hitter-friendly home park—just didn’t matter this year. Instead of using it to outslug opponents, the Rockies got burned by their own pitching and inconsistent bats.
They squandered what used to be their best asset. It was tough to watch.
Pitching Woes Hit Record Lows
If you had to pick one stat to sum up the collapse, it’s the pitching. The Rockies’ staff put up a 6.65 ERA, the worst in MLB since 1901.
The starting rotation tied a modern-era record with 93 losses from starters alone. That’s a staggering number.
Run Differential Sets MLB Record
The Rockies gave up far more runs than they scored, ending up with a wild minus-424 run differential. That shattered the previous modern-era record of minus-349 set by the 1932 Boston Red Sox.
It’s a stat that really shows just how overmatched the Rockies were, night after night.
Anemic Offensive Production
The offense didn’t help much either. The Rockies hit just .237 and managed a .681 OPS, scraping the bottom of almost every major category.
Even worse, the team posted a negative team fWAR of -3.3. Basically, the roster cost them wins instead of helping out.
Scoring Freezes
Colorado averaged only 3.72 runs per game, a new franchise low. They got shut out 18 times.
For a team that used to be all about power and scoring, those numbers are hard to swallow.
Three Straight 100-Loss Seasons
The 2025 season locked the Rockies into an ugly category. That’s three straight years with 100 or more losses, joining only the 2011-13 Houston Astros as the second modern team to do it.
It points to deep organizational problems. Fixing this is going to take more than just one offseason, and honestly, who knows how long?
Rockies Fans Face Long Rebuild
For Rockies fans, patience is about to get stretched thin. Rebuilding after such a rough season takes more than just better player development.
The team needs a real long-term vision. Sure, the Astros managed to turn things around after their string of 100-loss seasons, but let’s be honest—the path forward looks pretty tough.
Maybe this is the start of something better, or maybe it’s just another frustrating chapter. Either way, the 2025 Rockies will stick in memory for all the wrong reasons, both for the record books and for anyone who sat through those games.
Here is the source article for this story: Rockies set unfortunate MLB history amid dreadful season
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