The Rockies have nine wins. Nine. It's almost June. That calls for a deep dive into the numbers behind the disaster.

Colorado Rockies (9-47, fifth in the NL West) vs. New York Mets (34-22, second in the NL East) New York; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (0-7, 5.86 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, 44 strikeouts);

Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong are the first pair of teammates in Chicago Cubs history to reach 50 RBIs in the club’s first 56 games.

The Chicago Cubs were able to eek out a tight 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies thanks to excellent pitching.  With the victory, the Cubs are now 12 games over .500.

General manager Bill Schmidt has pushed back on the idea that the Rockies are “behind the times” when it comes to scouting, etc. Still, until the Rockies stop being the worst team in baseball, their reputation for being “ill-prepared” will persist.

The Cincinnati Reds were not built to play catch-up in a National League field as strong as this year's. They were built to be trade deadline sellers.

The Chicago Cubs boast the majors' highest-scoring offense, but their pitching staff has done the heavy lifting of late.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 15th home run, Matthew Boyd tossed six innings of four-hit ball and the Chicago Cubs edged the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win. Seiya Suzuki doubled in a run and rookie Matt Shaw had two hits for the NL Central leaders,