The Colorado Rockies Now Share A 100-Loss Record With The 1960s Mets, And Their Pitching Is Even Worse

The Colorado Rockies are staring down the barrel of a 58-103 record with only one game left in their 2026 season. They are 41 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, currently the only squad in MLB with triple-digit losses. This isn’t just another bad year, folks; Colorado has officially etched its name into some seriously bleak baseball history.

Matching the Misery of the Mets

Remember those expansion New York Mets from the early 60s? You know, the team synonymous with losing? Well, the Rockies just joined them in a club no one wants to be in. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale hit us with the hard truth: Colorado has become only the fifth MLB franchise to drop at least 100 games in four straight seasons. The last team to do that? Yep, those 1962-65 Mets. That’s a brutal feat, right? We’re talking 59-103 in 2023, 61-101 in 2024, and a horrifying 43-119 in 2025 before this year’s 58-103. Being compared to an expansion team’s first few years tells you everything you need to know about the state of affairs in Denver.

The ERA Nightmare That Stands Alone

But wait, it gets even worse. Like, somehow, a lot worse than just matching the Mets’ losing streak. Nightengale also revealed another shocking fact: the Rockies are about to go down in history as the first team ever to post the highest ERA in five consecutive seasons *while also* losing at least 100 games in four straight years. Think about that for a second. While that statistic might be a bit “cherry-picked” as the article says, it absolutely hammers home the point. This club has been giving up runs like they’re going out of style. We’re talking 940 runs allowed this year with one game to play, after 1,021 in 2025, 929 in 2024, 957 in 2023, and 873 in 2022. That kind of consistent defensive collapse makes a strong case for the Rockies being one of the absolute worst teams in MLB history over the last half-decade.

With just one game left in their miserable 2026 campaign, the Rockies are staring into an abyss of dubious MLB history. If things don’t change, and fast, this modern-day Rockies squad could cement their legacy as one of, if not the worst, franchises in baseball history. The stakes for their future? Huge. Let’s hope for their fans that some serious moves are coming, because this just ain’t it.

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Originally reported by The Sporting News.