Grading The Week: Are Rockies’ Ryan McMahon, Jake Bird blowing their best chance to escape Coors Field 2025 nightmare?

A Bird on the mound is worth five to the Sox Not Good Full disclosure Grading The Week s baseball wonks like most of of us can t wait for the Rockies to get their th almost R-E-B-U-I-L-D the dirtiest seven letters at th Blake since underway But it s never going to get rolling or much as it might if Jake Bird and Ryan McMahon don t pick it up Is Jake Bird cooked D Bird s a good dude and relief pitching is notoriously volatile especially at Coors Field But brother he s picked a cruddy time to put it kindly for regression to kick in The MLB business deadline is July The Rockies are painfully short on well everything But especially short on attractive veteran assets that might entice contenders to ship over a meager prospects in return For almost three months the -year-old righty reliever looked like one of the best-kept bullpen secrets in baseball Through May he d sported a ERA over appearances with only one home run allowed a sliver of light within the darkest season in Rockies history Since June that carriage outta town has turned into chosen kind of pumpkin Bird posted a ERA over innings last month Over his first four appearances in July that ERA shot up to thanks to seven earned runs allowed four of them over a third of an inning of work in Boston this past Tuesday during a - beatdown at the hands of the Red Sox Related Articles Keeler Broncos bought in to Sean Payton says Justin Simmons who sees even bigger things for Bo Nix Denver in Keeler Nikola Jokic s contract delay sent Nuggets perfect message Don t stop now Renck vs Keeler Does Nuggets Jamal Murray have the worst contract in Colorado sports Keeler CSU Rams star Nique Clifford s road to NBA Draft Derrick White helped light his path Keeler Josh Kroenke s new Nuggets GM plan feels like Dunder Mifflin Only joke s on Nikola Jokic The Bird with the Beard went to bed Friday night with an season ERA of Still sexy by Coors standards But also not the kind of CV that s going to catch the wandering eyes of opposing general managers There s time dude But with the All-Star break coming up it s running short McMahon perking up B Bird notched the win against the Reds on Friday night to improve to - on the year but not before giving up a run on two hits along the way McMahon s weekend by contrast got off to a better start A two-run homer in the fourth his th as part of a -for- night at Great American Ball Park The catch Until Friday it had been a rough days for the Rockies affable third baseman Over his first nine games in July the left-handed slugger had hit with a OPS while striking out times against zero walks The series-opening blast against Cincinnati was his first since June The multi-hit tournament was his first since June If nothing else maybe a strong showing on the banks of the Ohio will catch the attention of the Reds who went into the weekend getting the lowest collective Wins Above Average - out of the third base position in all of MLB Et tu DJ LeMahieu C Or maybe the Yankees who could use a glove with pop on the hot corner will swoop in and cycle out one Rockies infielder for another Association GTW is pouring one out for DJ LeMahieu the ex-Coors great who was designated for assignment by the Bronx Bombers last week despite a playable if unspectacular batting average and a OPS DJ s limbo isn t expected to last long though This past Thursday MLB Infrastructure s Jon Morosi floated Seattle as a feasible landing spot for LeMahieu who struggled with third base in New York but offers a bat that still plays at first second or DH Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams