Clough: Despite woes, Rockies should be in ‘buyer mode’ at deadline

The last week has not been kind to the Colorado Rockies.

After starting off the month of June 14-4, Colorado’s dropped eight in a row, all to National League West foes, including a series loss at home to the Arizona Diamondbacks and series sweeps at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.

Despite its recent skid, however, the Rockies will end June above .500 for the third straight month, a franchise first to start a season, and 13 games above the mark for the season.

And with a postseason bid a real possibility, even in the second wild card slot as it stands currently, 104.3 The Fan’s Sandy Clough said Tuesday the team should be “buyers” at the trade deadline late next month.

“The Rockies should be most definitely a buyer,” Clough said. “As badly as they’re going right, in roughly a month they should be in buyer-mode for the first time since maybe 2010.”

NBC Sports MLB Insider Seth Everett, joining Clough on Tuesday, echoed a similar sentiment, saying of the five “surprise” teams this season — the New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Diamondbacks, and Rockies — Colorado is the only team that “could really use an acquisition.”

“The Diamondbacks, to me, is just about staying the course. If you’re Minnesota or Milwaukee, I wouldn’t give up the young players that you have to add a veteran. And I wouldn’t do the same thing if I were the Yankees because I don’t think they’re one player away,” Everett said.

“So, it’s just funny how for five teams that have exceeded expectations, the Rockies appear to me as the only team that I would go out and get somebody if you could.”

But who should the Rockies target?

“A veteran arm in both the rotation and in the bullpen,” Everett said. “Just something to stabilize, to kind of stop bleeding.”

Among those suggested by Everett, the Pittsburgh’s Gerrit Cole, Toronto’s Marcus Stroman, Philadelphia’s Pat Neshek, and, possibly, San Francisco’s Johnny Cueto.

“I’m not going to sit here and start being idealistic and say, ‘Well, if the Rockies are going to win, the starters are going have to go seven innings.’ That doesn’t happen. So, there just needs to be backup plans,” Everett said.

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