Warren Schaeffer says Rockies are trying ‘to get better’ after being swept by Red Sox

The Colorado Rockies were swept by the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, dropping the club's record to 21-72 this season, but Warren Schaeffer says the team is 'trying' to get better

BY TRENT FINNEGAN

Jul 10, 2025, 9:30 AM

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The Colorado Rockies traveled to Boston this week to put up one of the club’s worst three-game performances this season against the Red Sox, as they were outscored 29-7 in an uncompetitive sweep in one of America’s most historic ballparks. The pitching was abysmal, highlighted by Seth Halvorsen giving up five earned runs while not getting a single out in Wednesday’s loss, and the bats couldn’t muster up enough runs to cut into the major deficits in any of the three games.

The loss brought Colorado’s July record to 2-7 as whatever momentum they had built from their 10-win June has all but slipped away. There were bone-headed plays all around the diamond in Fenway Park as fans were reminded that this team is just as good as the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.

No, that’s not a compliment.

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After the third and final loss of the series, interim manager Warren Schaeffer talked about the mental spirits of his guys as the Rockies’ record dropped to 21-72.

“When you’re a group of guys around each other all the time, playing in the biggest stadiums in the world on a nightly basis, if you can’t get yourself motivated to try and win a ballgame together with guys that you love and that you’re with every single day of the year for every waking hour, because everybody in there loves each other, is pulling for each other, we’re just trying to go out there and get better everyday and win ballgames,” Schaeffer said after the loss.

He started to say what would happen if a player couldn’t get themselves motivated, then flipped his answer to say that they’re trying to win and trying to get better. Are there guys in that clubhouse who don’t have the motivation to go win, and are just happy collecting a paycheck on the worst team in MLB history? At least in the pitching department, it sure seems like it.

While Hunter Goodman has come alive recently to be the club’s lone All-Star and other guys like Tyler Freeman are swinging the bat well, it does basically nothing as long as the pitching staff is performing like this. Jake Bird, who looked like he was going to be an All-Star at the start of the season, has completely flamed out after he gave up five runs in a third of an inning on Tuesday, Antonio Senzatela leads the league in losses and Chase Dollander was just sent back down to AAA after some rough outings — even though that move is more for service time numbers than performance.

The team is still on pace to break the record for most losses in a season in the modern era, which the Chicago White Sox set last year with 121. At least they’re trying to win, like Schaeffer said! Right?