Rockies news and links for November 2 Albert Pujols Jersey , 2018"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Scaling the RocksPebble ReportRockpileRockies Game ThreadsRockies Fan ExperienceRockpileIf you were in charge of the Rockies...New,70commentsRockies news and links for November 2, 2018ByHannah AuringerNov2, 2018,6:00am If you were in charge of the Rockies...Colorado Rockies: What moves would you make this offseason as GM? | Rox PileJeff Bridich has some major items on his to do list this offseason. He has to figure out what to do with Nolan Arenado, DJ LeMahieu, and Adam Ottavino, among others. The Rockies currently have a lot going for them, coming off two years of making it to the postseason. They have some incredibly promising young players. Kevin Henry opens it up to all of us to act as the decider. What would you do if these choices were up to you? Rockies announce 2019 exhibition game at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque | Denver Post ($)The Rockies have announced that they are going to be playing a Spring Training game at their minor league affiliates’ stadium. They’ll be playing an exhibition game against the Isotopes in Albuquerque. Hopefully it will be a fun way to kick off the 2019 season. A new season is upon us! That means players are going to be accumulating statistics. Sweet, delicious statistics. What I’ve collected here is what I consider the five least and most beatable Twins..."A new season is upon us! That means players are going to be accumulating statistics. Sweet, delicious statistics. What I’ve collected here is what I consider the five least and most beatable Twins single season statistical records to break. I found these records on this totally official Twins records page. It may not actually be totally accurate, it lists the strikeout record as belonging to Bobby Darwin in 1972 when Miguel Sano holds that honor http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , but everything in this article should be correct. For fun, I also predict who I think is most likely to break the “easy to beat” records! Least Beatable5) Bunt hits: 29, Rod Carew 1974 Rod Carew was one of the best bunters in the history of the game. Bunt hits are a hard statistic to find via research, but the Twins records page says Carew reached first on a bunt 29 times in 1974. Impressive! Even for a player as fast as leaving a player in for 60+ consecutive plate appearances without a hit. When Chance got that hit his batting average on the season was .019! It’s just unfathomable that a team would let a batter go on for that long without a hit. 1) Most games played: 164, Cesar Tovar 1967 This one is almost unfair. As I’m sure many of you know, there are 162 games in one standard baseball season. So how did Tovar play in 164 games in 1967? Well, the team had two games end in a tie somehow. The tie games did not count in the team’s overall record and were made up at a later date, but for whatever reason, the player’s statistics still counted for that season. I don’t know. I can barely fathom how 165 games would even be possible. There would probably need to be like a four-way tie in the AL Central and Wildcard to require that many extra games at the end of the season. The closest anyone has come was Justin Morneau playing in 163 games in 2008, thanks to a tiebreaker game with the White Sox at the end of the season. This one is going to stand forever probably. Most Breakable Records5) Strikeouts as a pitcher: 265, Johan Santana 2004. Who’s gonna break it? Jose Berrios 2004 was peak Johan Santana time. In his fifth major league season, the then 25-year-old struck out 265 batters in 228 innings Roger Maris Jersey , to go along with a sterling 2.61 ERA en route to his first Cy Young award. Minnesota has struggled to find a true ace since trading him away in 2008. Know who else turns 25 years old in a month and is trending towards becoming a true ace? Jose Berrios. Berrios is only in his fourth MLB season, but his strikeouts have been climbing steadily each season, from 49 in 2016, to 139 the next year, to 202 in the most recent season. If anyone is primed to break Santana’s record, it’s Berrios. 4) Home Runs as a left handed batter: 34, Kent Hrbek 1987. Who’s gonna break it? Eddie Rosario Kent Hrbek has the 14th most home runs hit by a Minnesota Twin in a single season. And yet, somehow, he is number one when it comes to home runs as a left handed hitter. Of the seven other Twins players who have hit 34 or more home runs in a season, all are right handed.Granted, a lot of that has to do with the high right field wall that has existed since the Metrodome, but still it’s surprising that no other left hander has hit more than 34. The most recent lefty to hit at least 25 long balls was Eddie Rosario in 2017 with 27. His home runs dropped to 24 last season Matt Carpenter Jersey , but he also played in 13 fewer games. 35 might be out of reach for Rosario, but heck Joe Mauer hit 28 in 2009 and then never more than 11 after that. Rosario could explode this season. 3) Doubles: 47, Justin Morneau 2008. Who’s gonna break it: Max Kepler? 47 doubles are a lot. That’s why it’s a record. The 2008 season was the one where Morneau played in 163 games, which certainly helped him reach the milestone, but it’s not like this number is out of reach by any means. In fact, last season Eduardo Escobar finished the season with 48 doubles. Eleven of them came with the Diamondbacks though, so he can’t claim the Twins record. But there have also been six other Twins players who had seasons of 45 doubles or more. 19 have hit 40 or more. Morneau barely holds the record. It isn’t that far-fetched to imagine someone beating it. No one on the Twins current roster jumps out as an immediate choice though. Max Kepler has hit 30 or more in the past two seasons. If he can break out this year, he could potentially reach 48. Maybe? 2) Hit batters: 18, Jim Kaat 1962. Who’s gonna break it: Jose Berrios This is a weird one, I know, but just roll with it. Jim Kaat pitched in 25 major league seasons and only hit more than 9 batters in a season twice, so it’s not like he was known as a wild pitcher. But in one of those seasons http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , the 1962 season, Kaat led the league in hit batters with 18. I doubt anyone remembers that as Kaat was an All-Star for the Twins that year and finished with a very good 3.14 ERA. The current Twins pitcher who has a knack for hitting batters may surprise you. It’s Berrios! He’s currently 5th all time in hit batters in a season with 13 in 2017 AND in 2018. Just as I predict him to take a step up in strikeouts, so too will his hit batsmen go up. All records go to Berrios! 1) Strikeouts as a batter: 178, Miguel Sano 2016. Who’s gonna break it: Miguel Sano, again. Miguel Sano has always struck out a lot. None more so than the 2016 season when he struck out 178 times. He almost broke his own record in 2017 with 173 strikeouts. Last season he only played in 71 games, but still managed to strike out 115 times. Sano has never played in more than 116 games in a season, but if he comes back from his current injury and stays healthy for the rest of the season, his own strikeout record might not be too safe. What team records do you, dear reader, think are unbeatable? Or who do you think can beat some of these records? Sound off in the comments or whatever!