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• Thursday Rockpile: Reviewing the Minor Leaguers departing the Rockies

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, November 7, 2024 On Wednesday, a report was posted that helpfully lays out every single minor leaguer that has elected to depart their franchise and test the tumultuous waters of free agency. There are quite a few interesting names on this list, but I’d like to focus on those that have decided to find out if t...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 4th, 2024 You may think from Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort’s comments on high-spending teams like the New York Mets and San Diego Padres that he would run his baseball team in the most miserly manner possible. The expectation would be that the Rockies would rank in the league’s lowest payrolls ...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29/no. 28 Josh Rogers and Nick Mears

Nick Mears pitched well enough to be traded to a contender midseason, while Josh Rogers had three quick stints with the Rockies You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 30, Drew Romo

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Romo made his highly anticipated debut, but will he be the answer behind the plate? You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an orga...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29 Josh Rogers and no. 28 Nick Mears

Nick Mears pitched well enough to be traded to a contender midseason, while Josh Rogers had three quick stints with the Rockies You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s...2024
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• Jake Cave, Dakota Hudson, and Peter Lambert elect free agency

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images The moves are the first steps in the Rockies sorting out their 40-man roster. This morning, the Colorado Rockies announced that RHP Dakota Hudson, RHP Peter Lambert, and OF Jake Cave have elected free agency: The Rockies announced today the following players have cleared outright waivers and elected free agency in lieu of an assignment to Triple-A:- RHP Dakota Hu...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions
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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29/no. 28 Josh Rogers and Nick Mears
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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29 Josh Rogers and no. 28 Nick Mears
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 42, Sean Bouchard

Photo by Rachel ODriscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images After losing 2023 to a biceps injury, Bouchard was leapt over by others in 2024 Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle ...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Injuries and underperformance defined a disappointing season, but lessons were learned Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn ...2024
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Welcome to the 2024 Arizona Fall League

Colorado Rockies Arizona Fall League report for Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 The 2024 Arizona Fall League begins on Monday, October 7th. The first weekly report will consist of an introduction to the Salt River Rafters and the players the Rockies have sent to represent them. Starting next week the Pebble Report will have a weekly recap of the Rafter’s performances. This will continue through the...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 52, Tanner Gordon

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The rookie starter showed potential in eight starts but was hit hard Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Referen...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 54, Elehuris Montero

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Montero’s 67 games for the Rockies didn’t go so well Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). It’s not...2024
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Closing the Book (September 16th-September 22nd)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 At last the 2024 Minor League Baseball season has drawn to a close for the Colorado Rockies and their farm system affiliates. While the Triple-A playoffs kick off and the Double-A playoffs push forward, the Rockies Organization winds down and prepares for what comes next. They will be sending six players to the Arizona Fall Lea...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies have largely failed to improve at base stealing in 2024

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 23rd, 2024 The Colorado Rockies have largely struggled to steal bases during the Bud Black era, especially following their 2018 playoff run. From 2019 through 2023, the Rockies have never stolen more than 80 bases in a season, with a low mark—discounting the COVID-19 shortened 20...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Two outfielders and an infielder start the top five We’ve entered the top five of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list! Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: 2024 looks a lot like 2023, but here are 5 reasons to still watch the Rockies

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for July 26, 2024 At this point last season, the Rockies record was very similar to now. In 2023, the Rockies were 40-63 (.388). They finished July 9-13, 7-20 in August and 10-19 in September and October on their way to the worst finish in franchise history with 103 losses. Before the trade deadline, GM Bill Schmidt dealt...2024
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2024
"” Schmidt is referring to a trio of right-handed relievers: Zach Agnos with the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats, and Seth Halvorsen and Jaden Hill of the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes."

2023
"★ ★ ★ On the Farm Triple-A: Oklahoma City Dodgers 15, Albuquerque Isotopes 13 The Isotopes nearly completed an 11-run comeback against the Dodgers after a rough start from Jeff Criswell caused them to fall behind early."

2022
"Wednesday, that happened in a game between the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys and Albuquerque Isotopes (and yes, those are real team names): We had a whopping thirteen (13) ball/strike "ABS challenges" tonight."

2017
"The Tacoma Rainiers took on the Albuquerque Isotopes on Monday in an otherwise unremarkable Triple-A baseball contest."

2016
" Arruebarrena's most infamous moment in 2014 came on July 26 while playing with the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes."

2015
"Words weren't needed when Jon Gray entered the office of Albuquerque Isotopes manager Glenallen Hill on Sunday night."

• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions
2024

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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29/no. 28 Josh Rogers and Nick Mears
2024

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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29 Josh Rogers and no. 28 Nick Mears
2024

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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 42, Sean Bouchard
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Welcome to the 2024 Arizona Fall League
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Closing the Book (September 16th-September 22nd)
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies good Septembers must get even better

Chet Strange-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 20, 2024 September should be a magical baseball month of record breaking and playoff chasing. In Colorado Septembers, clouds should be chased away and stars should be stealing the night away. But, these days, it’s hard to remember dancing in September at Coors Field. It’s been 17 years since Todd Helton walke...2024
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Go Spo and ABQ Awards (September 9th-September 15th)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 Time marches indelibly on and the end of the 2024 minor league season draws ever nearer. As one strange doctor once put it: “we’re in the endgame now.” The Fresno Grizzlies—their season over—watched on as their fellow affiliates continued to play September baseball for differing reasons. The Spokane Indians sought triumph and...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies’ future behind the plate is far from set

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 16th, 2024 Early in the season I questioned what the Colorado Rockies were doing to facilitate the development of Hunter Goodman, who had been called up at the end of April but was still receiving only sporadic playing time. When he did play, Goodman largely donned a first baseman or...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Reviewing the Minor Leaguers departing the Rockies
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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29/no. 28 Josh Rogers and Nick Mears
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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29 Josh Rogers and no. 28 Nick Mears
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 42, Sean Bouchard
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Welcome to the 2024 Arizona Fall League
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 49, Hunter Goodman

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Hunter Goodman fought for playing time all season, but might have found something to end the season. You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle t...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 52, Tanner Gordon
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 54, Elehuris Montero
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Closing the Book (September 16th-September 22nd)
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• Thursday Rockpile: Reviewing the Minor Leaguers departing the Rockies
2024

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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Welcome to the 2024 Arizona Fall League
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Closing the Book (September 16th-September 22nd)
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies good Septembers must get even better
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Go Spo and ABQ Awards (September 9th-September 15th)
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What could the 2025 starting rotation look like?

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, September 4, 2024 The Colorado Rockies will have plenty of questions heading into the offseason as they prepare for the 2025 season and beyond. Recently we have seen the team try to get a leg up on answering some of those questions with a lineup full of young position players and an influx of young bullpen arms...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: As Black passes Hurdle, Rockies need to pass the torch to the next manager

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 22, 2024 Compared to the loss-filled months of April and June, the Rockies really have played better since the All-Star break. Even though the sample sizes are vastly different, the Rockies were 34-63 (.351) before the Midsummer Classic and are 13-18 after (.419). The Rockies have 33 games left this se...2024
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• The Day After: Drew Romo reflects on his MLB debut

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The “catcher of the future” made his MLB Debut on Todd Helton Night After the Colorado Rockies parted ways with veteran catcher and former All-Star Game MVP Elias Díaz on Wednesday, fans knew something was brewing. And that something was the long-awaited debut of Drew Romo (pre-season No. 7 PuRP). Since Romo was drafted 35th overall in the 2020 MLB Dr...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 19th, 2024 As the Colorado Rockies are barreling towards their second-consecutive 100-loss season, there’s no doubt that a struggling bullpen has been one of the key factors of yet another lost season. For the third-straight season, the Colorado bullpen is the worst in Major League Ba...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Nothing about the 2023 Rockies is working
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 20th, 2023 When Colorado Rockies fans scoffed at owner Dick Monfort’s proclamation that the team could play .500 baseball this season, I don’t think any of them imagined just how bad things would be this early on. “It’s tough to watch,” said Rockies play-by-play announcer Drew Goodman during the team’s...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The pressures to be champions now rest on the Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 14, 2023 I’m not much of a basketball fan. Despite this fact, I spent as much time as I could following the Denver Nuggets' journey through the playoffs en route to their first NBA Championship in their 47-year history. I jumped up and down like a spring in celebration in the living room with my 38-year-old brother and my 13-year-old nephew as w...2023
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• Rockies Sign Jorge Alfaro To Minor League Deal
The Rockies have signed catcher Jorge Alfaro to a minor league deal, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He’s been assigned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. It’s sort of a birthday present for Alfaro, who turns 30 on Sunday. He began the season on a minor league deal with the Red Sox and was…...2023
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• Friday Rockpile: Could changes in the game alter how the Rockies operate?
Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 14, 2023 With rule changes and exciting young players, I entered the 2023 Colorado Rockies season with some excitement, in addition to the perennial happiness baseball brings—even knowing the Rockies are likely to be a sub-.500 team. After the opening homestand at Coors Field, all of those feelings remain true; however, that was also a weird homes...2023
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• Charlie Blackmon placed on bereavement list, Elehuris Montero recalled, and other roster moves
John Leyba-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies made several roster moves ahead of their road trip with Charlie Blackmon going to the bereavement list. As they prepare to kick off a seven game road trip, the Colorado Rockies announced a series of roster moves Monday afternoon prior to the series opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Right fielder and designated hitter Charlie Blackmon has been ...2023
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
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• Monday Rockpile: Rockies fans are showing they’re tired of watching bad baseball (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 1, 2023 The Colorado Rockies mercifully snapped a seven-game losing streak at Coors Field with a win on Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. That was their only victory in the series against the Snakes, however, and the team’s lone series victory of the season was accomplished on the road in Cleveland...2023
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• The Rockies are calling up Riley Pint
Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images After many ordeals throughout his minor league career, the Rockies’ former top prospect and first round pick is finally a big leaguer. Two years ago, former first round pick and right-handed pitcher Riley Pint was retired. Today he will break into Major League Baseball. Russell Dorsey broke the news on twitter Sunday morning that the Color...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: Reviewing the Minor Leaguers departing the Rockies
2024

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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions
2024

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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29/no. 28 Josh Rogers and Nick Mears
2024

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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 30, Drew Romo
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• Ranking the Rockies: no. 29 Josh Rogers and no. 28 Nick Mears
2024

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• Jake Cave, Dakota Hudson, and Peter Lambert elect free agency
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 42, Sean Bouchard
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Welcome to the 2024 Arizona Fall League
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 49, Hunter Goodman
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• Weekly Pebble Report: The End in Sight (August 26th-September 2nd)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 The final month of the 2024 baseball season has dawned at last and the end of the minor league season is rapidly approaching. Low-A Fresno and High-A Spokane have just one regular series left to play, both of which have already started. Double-A Hartford has two series left while Triple-A Albuquerque has three. For the Yard Goat...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 5 to 3
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The danger of not trading Ryan McMahon

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 24, 2024 The 2024 Trade Deadline is just six days away and the Colorado Rockies once again find themselves in the position to be sellers if they so choose. A muddy playoff picture, especially for the Wild Card, makes this year particularly interesting and a decent opportunity for any team willing to m...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Five RHP that could be on the Colorado Rockies’ radar in the 2024 draft.

Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA TODAY NETWORK Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 27, 2024 The Colorado Rockies haven’t won a series all month and aren’t inclined to move any of their productive players. Now that we’re all caught up, let’s move on to more hopeful matters. Last week we looked at five left-handed pitchers that could be on Colorado’s radar in the 2024 dr...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The curious case of Elehuris Montero

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Baseball is a funny thing, so much capital and hope are placed upon promising top prospects only for them to regress to average players who aren’t quite able to contribute to the level of potential placed upon them. That pressure to perform is amplified even more when you ar...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: In times like these, Rockies fans must consider the A’s fan

Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 24, 2024 Usually, if the Rockies went 4-5 on a road trip, it wouldn’t be so bad. After all, the Rockies have an all-time franchise winning percentage of .389 on the road (957-1501) and 4-5 equates to .444. If the Rockies did that consistently, they would be a much-improved squad....2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The broken nature of a historically bad Rockies team

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 1, 2024 The Colorado Rockies are broken. On Tuesday night we saw them become the first team in the modern era (dating back to 1900) to trail in 29 consecutive games to begin the year, breaking a record held by the 1910 St. Louis Browns. They finished with a record of 7-22 in their first month of games wi...2024
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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Sean Bouchard as a starter should be the first of many roster changes for the Rockies

Photo by Rachel ODriscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 22nd, 2024 Things keep getting worse for the Colorado Rockies. 22 games into the 2024 season and the losses are mounting along with the injuries. Kris Bryant is on the injured with a back strain and while he is eligible to return on Tuesday, it’s unknown if he will be ready. Kyle Freel...2024
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 I spent part of last season writing about home run celebrations, a ritual of which I am a fan. I ranked the best ones (The Seattle Mariners’ trident won out), and when any team came to Coors Field, I asked to see their home run celebration gear. For example, here’s the Minnesota Twi...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Pitching reinforcements are on the horizon with new round of promotions
Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, July 6th, 2023 The dire straits of the Colorado Rockies pitching staff have been well documented this year, mixing injuries, poor performances, and other setbacks. Depth is running thin both at the big league level and in Triple-A Albuquerque with the Rockies having already used 28 uniqu...2023
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