Ugh. This is the week that we have been hoping to avoid all season. One in which we not only fail to make any progress in our climb up the standings, but also start to lose our grasp on third place in the league. Injuries, illnesses and poor performance combined to form a whirlwind of pain. Strap in, it’s going to be a grind over the final five weeks of the season.
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Hitting Review
After what feels like a month’s worth of terrific production from the offense on this team, we started to show some chinks in the armor last week as each of the counting stats missed badly. That trend continued this week as it was just brutal across the board.
Injuries played a role in our demise this week. Xavier Edwards missed 2.5 games over the weekend after exiting Friday’s game with a back issue. Tyler O’Neill missed two games over the weekend with a finger injury. Willson Contreras broke his finger on Saturday and missed the rest of the weekend. That helped to contribute to the cringe-inducing total of just 270 at-bats. Yuck.
William Contreras continued his recent resurgence, hitting .304 on the week with a couple of runs scored and three RBI. His elder brother Willson was having a nice week as well, hitting .294 with three runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base before breaking his finger as he was plunked on Saturday.
Paul Goldschmidt continues to be a waste of space that we have no viable alternative for. He hit just .125 (2-for-16) with zero runs or RBI on the week, though he was able to steal a base. He was also benched twice, which could be a trend going forward.
Xavier Edwards hit .333 (5-for-15) with four RBI and a stolen base in his limited action before a back injury sidelined him for most of the weekend. Thankfully, it sounds like he should be ready to go early next week.
Ezequiel Tovar had a pretty down week overall, hitting just .231 with three runs scored. He’s got a seven-game week at Coors Field coming up which seems like a perfect get-right spot for him.
Jose Ramirez did Jose Ramirez things, even while not hitting for average. He still socked a dinger, stole three bases and drove in three runs. He has been terrific all season.
Tyler O’Neill cranked a solo home run on Sunday – but that was his only hit in 11 at-bats during a week where he…