The MLB-worst Rockies rewarded the vote of confidence their supervisor obtained with a adverse 21-run salute.
After Colorado GM Invoice Schmidt supported supervisor Bud Black, the Rockies had been demolished Saturday, 21-0, by the Padres to fall to 6-33 for the season — to tie the 1988 Orioles for the worst begin by 39 video games within the main league since 1900.
“I think our guys are still playing hard, and that’s what I look at,” Schmidt instructed the Denver Publish. “Guys are working hard every day, they come with energy, for the most part. I don’t think we are [at that point of firing Black]. Guys still believe in what we are doing and where we are headed. We are all frustrated.”
The loss marked the Rockies’ eighth in a row, and barring a dramatic turnaround seem headed for his or her third straight 100-loss season underneath the 67-year-old Black, who was employed in 2017 following 9 seasons managing the Padres.
San Diego’s 21-run blowout on Saturday featured 5 house runs and marked the third-largest shutout victory in MLB since 1901; Padres right-hander Stephen Kolek went the gap for the shutout in his second big-league begin.
Colorado additionally turned the primary crew to surrender at the very least 10 runs in 4 consecutive video games since Baltimore in 2021.
“I feel for the fans, I feel for the people around here,” Schmidt mentioned. “I do know we’re higher than we now have performed, however we’re not good proper now. We now have to battle by it and get to the opposite facet.
“There are still a lot of games left. I think we can turn it around, but it’s going to take a whole group to do it. The guys are working to get better.”
