Pitching Infamy Of all of the woes the Rockies experienced in the 2025 season, their starting pitching was the most woeful. As the club gears up for spring training, finding solutions is the top priority. The following is a look back at the 2025 starting rotation: .307 batting average against: Highe st in the majors. 1.64 WHIP: Highest. 1.76 home runs/9 innings: Highest. 3.22 walks/9 innings: 10th highest. 6.28 strikeouts/9 innings: Lowest. 6.65 ERA: The highest single-season starter ERA in major league history since ERA became an official statistic in 1913. 7.61 first-inning ERA: Highest. 39.1% hard-hit percentage: Highest. 39.8% groundball rate: Ninth-highest. 152 home runs allowed: Highest 776 1/3 innings pitched: Fewest. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post Sources: Colorado Rockies, Baseball Reference and FanGraphs Want more Rockies news? Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis. ...read more read less