text: The point is this, if you are going to compare them to team's from the past then at least compare them to similar teams.  Guess what even teams that don't make the playoffs go through similar stretches.  So while you only want to look at the teams in contention, there are far more teams who miss the playoffs with these kind of streaks.
  
  I am not saying its time to panic, I am saying its time to accept them as they are and not what they record says.  The Rockies clearly have played over their heads this first half of season. Doesn't mean they are not a good team because they are.  They just are not a World Series contender or an elite team like the records suggested. But they are a wild card team (probably 1 and done). The offense has been better since April but its still in the middle to bottom third of baseball. And without a trade or two, the offense will struggle as it is constructed now. Tapia hitting 5th was just awful last night.