Before we knew it, 50 games have been played, but 10 wins still seem far away. 8 wins and 42 losses, with a win rate of .161. The Colorado Rockies have claimed the worst record in Major League Baseball based on the first 50 games since opening day.

On the 23rd (Korea time), Colorado lost 0-2 at home against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2025 Major League Baseball season at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA. Starting pitcher German Marquez gave up 4 hits in 7 innings, but without support from the lineup, he suffered his 7th loss of the season (with 1 win). The Colorado lineup failed to score even a single point, going 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position, leaving 10 men on base.

The Colorado Rockies, who have recently fallen into a 5-game losing streak, recorded 8 wins and 42 losses in their first 50 games of the season, with a win rate of .161. This marks the worst start in the first 50 games in Major League history since 1900. The previous record was held by the 2023 Oakland Athletics, who had 10 wins and 40 losses, which is 2 wins better. Mathematically, they are on pace for 136 losses. The record for most losses in a single season in Major League history is 121, set by the Chicago White Sox last year, a feat that now seems quite possible for Colorado.

With nearly two months since the season began and not even reaching 10 wins, the situation is serious. Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Braden Pfaadt has achieved 7 wins, leading both leagues, while Colorado's record is just one win more.

Having already suffered 7 series sweeps, Colorado’s run differential is -159, almost double that of the Baltimore Orioles (-85), who are in the second worst institutional sector. Despite playing in the hitter-friendly Coors Field, the team has a wRC+ of 66, placing them last in the league. Their team earned run average (5.82) is the highest, and their defensive metric, Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), also sits at -33, marking the worst in the league.

American "Yahoo Sports" listed these records, noting, "Expectations for Colorado have been at rock bottom since the beginning of the season, and they are not even meeting that. Manager Bud Black was dismissed after the team hit 7 wins and 33 losses, but the overall lack of talent isn’t something that can be solved by a coaching change." After Black's dismissal, the interim manager Warren Schaefer has also failed to find a turning point, with a record of 1 win and 9 losses.

Yahoo Sports criticized, "Fans are now accustomed to the intentional tanking of rebuilding teams. While a 100-loss team used to be rare, there are now such teams every season. However, this year, Colorado appears to be a new level of the weakest team in baseball."

Colorado last reached the postseason in 2018 when Korean pitcher Oh Seung-hwan played for the Samsung Lions. Since 2019, they have failed to achieve a winning percentage of .500 for six consecutive years, missing out on fall baseball. They have finished last in the division for three consecutive years from 2022 to 2024. With such poor performance, even if they had a promising farm system, the future does not look bright, as they rank only 18th according to MLB Pipeline.

For years, the direction of the team has been too ambiguous, neither rebuilding nor win-now. Before the 2021 season, they traded their star third baseman Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals under the guise of rebuilding, and after the season, they failed to retain starting shortstop Trevor Story and starting pitcher Jon Gray, who became free agents. It seemed like they were in a rebuilding phase, but out of the blue before the 2022 season, they invested a record $182 million over 7 years to acquire free agent Kris Bryant.

During his four years in Colorado, Bryant has played in 170 games, hitting .244 with 154 hits out of 632 at-bats, 17 home runs, 61 RBIs, and an OPS of .695, significantly lower than his peak performance. This year, battling a degenerative disc in his back, Bryant has landed on the injured list 9 times, falling into the status of a free-agent bust.

After undergoing back nerve surgery on the 8th and with no promise of returning this season, there was another injury setback. Highly touted rookie pitcher Chase Dolander, who was selected 9th overall in the first round in 2023, felt tightness in his right arm after pitching against Arizona on the 19th, leading him to be placed on the 15-day injured list. Schaefer noted, "Taking care of young players is a priority."

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