Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan Monday's winner ...
300♦ COLORADO ROCKIES (LIST Cook and Palmer) - I misjudged Colorado a couple of weeks back, and its ability to produce in the midst of a road trip. Yet it strolled through St. Louis and Milwaukee by putting a ton of runs on the board and looked like the team that closed the 2007 campaign and waltzed into the World Series to take on the Red Sox that fall.
Now, after sweeping Pittsburgh at home and keeping their confidence and momentum intact by winning 16 of their last 17, I think they’re realizing the key to this win streak hasn’t necessarily been their knack for pounding out hits and scoring runs – it’s been a stifling pitching effort from the starting rotation to the bullpen. The fact is, a balance of power from the plate to the mound has spurned the Rockies, whose staff ERA is just under 2.70 during their win streak.
Now it could be argued Aaron Cook and Matt Palmer are in store for a pitchers’ duel in this one, but I like Cook’s credentials in June much better than Palmer’s.
The Colorado right-hander has been nearly untouchable in June, posting a 3-0 mark after road wins at contending St. Louis and NL Central-leading Milwaukee and a home victory over the defending American League champion Rays. In those games, he’s given up just five earned runs over 21 innings of work.
On the flipside, while Palmer might be a perfect 6-0 on the year – including 4-0 with a 3.24 ERA at the Big A – this is a step up in class in terms of the competition he’s faced his last three starts. While Cook has taken on some quality lineups, Palmer has faced the Mariners, Padres and Giants, and he’s given up six earned runs over 19 innings of work, while going 1-0 with two no-decisions.
Its due time for Palmer, to lose a game that is, so I’ll take the road pup.
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