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• Wednesday Rockpile: What’s the plan with Orlando Arcia?

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 For those not already in the know, a report dropped Monday evening that details the interest the Colorado Rockies have in signing Orlando Arcia, a ten-year veteran shortstop who was recently designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves. While not officially confirmed yet, multiple reporters asser...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: More people can watch the Rockies today. Will they? Should they?

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 23, 2025 The good news is the Rockies game will be free to watch today for people living in the Denver metro and surrounding areas of Colorado. The bad news is the Rockies are 8-42 and are playing the New York Yankees, who are 30-19. Friday’s game marks the first of 10 in a new partnership between the Rockies and T...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Would Thairo Estrada make any difference for the 2025 Rockies?

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Injuries are always unfortunate, yet they are a standard part of a Major League Baseball season. The fact is, injuries are inevitable and it’s important to have depth or reliable sources of relief when plans fall apart. When a team struggles, it’s easy to blame injuries, which certai...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: April Players of the Month and ACL Begins! (April 28th - May 5th)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 Now entering the month of may, there’s even more baseball and prospect news to discuss. The Arizona Complex League has begun, we’ve got our first organizational Players of the Month, and it’s time once again for your Weekly Pebble Report! Organizational Players of the Month: April 2025 He’s on Hughes control: Although he’s been on a...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies are repeating mistakes of the past with Adael Amador

Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 5th, 2025 This situation should sound familiar. The Colorado Rockies part ways with their established second baseman, knowing that a highly-touted and heavily-valued second-base prospect is waiting in the wings. However, the organization gets cold feet about handing the young man the starting job right out of the...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies aren’t solving opposing starting pitchers

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 30, 2025 We’ve grown accustomed to some Bud Black-isms over the years with phrases like: “That’s baseball.” “We need to play better.” But a recent phrase that has stuck out more during the Colorado Rockies' horrendous start to the season is typically something along the lines of, “We ran into a good p...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: April Players of the Month and ACL Begins! (April 28th - May 5th)
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies are repeating mistakes of the past with Adael Amador
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• Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 28th, 2025 Despite non-tendering second baseman Brendan Rodgers over the off-season, the Colorado Rockies entered spring training in 2025 with what seemed like a surplus of infield goods. Now one month into the regular season and with a miserable 4-23 record, the Rockies’ depth is be...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Who else could be on the Rockies hot seat this season?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Last Wednesday, I reviewed the Rockies' history of coaching and staff changes. It wasn’t an all-inclusive list, but the timing was opportune. To my surprise, the Rockies fired hitting coach Hensley Meulens and replaced him with interim hitting coach Clint Hurdle. Now, as much as I would like ...2025
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• Checking in on three Rockies’ prospects facing crucial seasons in 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Veen and Dollander have arrived, but whom else is on the horizon? Through the Easter holiday weekend, the Colorado Rockies own the worst record in baseball and a sub-Mendoza winning percentage in the young 2025 season. The franchise didn’t realistically have high expectations for this season, so that needs to be made clear up front. T...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 21st, 2025 Colorado Rockies top pitching prospect Chase Dollander (no. 1 PuRP) has now made his first three big league starts after getting called up in early April. There’s been a lot to like watching the budding star from Rocky Top, drafted ninth overall by the Rockies in the 2023 draft. ...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: No Foolin’ (March 28th - March 30th)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 The 2025 minor league season is officially underway with Triple-A teams kicking off the season as their big league counterparts did the same. As the Colorado Rockies prepare for their home opener this week, all of their minor league affiliates are doing the same. The Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes have their home opener tonight while...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: It’s too early to worry about Charlie Condon

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 Early last week there were murmurings coming from Colorado Rockies camp. Charlie Condon — the 2024 fourth-overall selection out of the University of Georgia — was injured. Even worse, the Rockies allegedly feared it was significant. Last Friday the injury was confirmed. Ho...2025
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"In the series finale, the Yard Goats managed just one run on three hits with doubles from Benny Montgomery and Jose Cordova."

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"Schmidt likes the competition between some of the top prospects: Jordan Beck, Yanquiel Fernandez, Hunter Goodman, Benny Montgomery, Sterlin Thompson, and Zac Veen, ”It’s good any time there’s competition,” Schmidt said."

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"Sterlin Thompson extended his hitting streak, and the Indians’ two runs were scored by Benny Montgomery on a bases-clearing triple."

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"Benny Montgomery is one of Colorado's top prospects."

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"The Rockies have agreed to a $5MM signing bonus with first round draft pick Benny Montgomery, reports Jim Callis of MLB."

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• Wednesday Rockpile: Would Thairo Estrada make any difference for the 2025 Rockies?
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• Weekly Pebble Report: April Players of the Month and ACL Begins! (April 28th - May 5th)
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• Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws
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• Checking in on three Rockies’ prospects facing crucial seasons in 2025
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander
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• Weekly Pebble Report: No Foolin’ (March 28th - March 30th)
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Which outfielders will break camp with the Colorado Rockies?

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 17, 2025 Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! Allan Henry-Imagn Images In the spirit of the day, “May the wind be always at your back.” For the Colorado Rockies, this week will probably find some players with the wind at the back in the sense of heading to Triple-A Albuquerque. Since Rock...2025
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• Chicago southpaws Hagen Smith and Noah Schultz deal in 3-1 Spring Breakout loss to Colorado

Lefty Noah Schultz is a dominant presence on the mound. | Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images White Sox pair of future aces highlight prospect showcase by blanking the Rockies over four frames A showcase of promising young talent turned into a tightly-contested pitcher’s duel as the Chicago White Sox fell to the Colorado Rockies, 3-1, in today’s Spring Breakout game. While the score...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: More people can watch the Rockies today. Will they? Should they?
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• Weekly Pebble Report: April Players of the Month and ACL Begins! (April 28th - May 5th)
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies are repeating mistakes of the past with Adael Amador
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander
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• State of the Position, 2025: Outfield

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Doyle has center field locked down, but the corners are less certain. The Colorado Rockies are heading into the 2025 campaign with multiple question marks in the cavernous Coors Field outfield. They appear to have found their franchise center fielder in Brenton Doyle, but things are far less certain when it comes to the corner outfield spots. There ...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 4, Zac Veen

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The outfielder has so much potential... if he can overcome injury woes (and some other ifs) 4. Zac Veen (727 points, 28 ballots) Veen could become the favorite player for many Rockies fans young and old. A star ceiling was promised when the 23-year-old lefty-swinging, righty-throwing outfielder was made the ninth-overall pick in the 202...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Position player storylines to watch in spring training

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Spring training is officially in full swing as the Colorado Rockies had their first full-squad workout on Tuesday. The team plays their first game on the 21st against Arizona and plenty of questions and storylines lie in wait for the position player side of things. Last week, I explored a fe...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Are the Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball?

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 11, 2025 No MLB team has had a better offseason than the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have signed a litany of stars: Roki Sasaki; Blake Snell; Teoscar Hernández; Tanner Scott; Michael Conforto . . . There are more, but I have limited space. View this post on Instagram ...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: An early evaluation of Chase Dollander
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Five things we know (so far) from Colorado Rockies spring training

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Let’s start with a caveat: Spring training games mean nothing. Still, it’s great to have baseball back and ponder the possibilities. I spent the last 10 days going through video clips the Colorado Rockies sent out every day. In those notes, I’ve tried not to editorialize: ...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Are the Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Six things we learned at Rockies Fest

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 28, 2025 On Saturday, a snow-covered Coors Field welcomed fans to Rockies Fest 2025. A staff member told me 5,000 fans were expected to attend, and although I cannot confirm that number, it was a busy — if cold — day at the ballpark. Clearly, Rockies Fest is a feel-goo...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: ZiPS and the 2025 Colorado Rockies

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 7, 2025 With the holidays in the rear-view mirror and baseball players preparing for Spring Training, it’s probably time to turn to FanGraphs 2025 ZiPS projections for the Colorado Rockies. Dan Szymborski’s projections merit the refined baseball fan’s attention, and I always appreciate the fact that...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The Spokane Indians were the Rockies affiliate to watch in 2024

Spokane Indians Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, October 28th, 2024 If you could watch only one minor league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies in 2024, I sure hope it was the High-A Spokane Indians. The Indians—in their fourth season of affiliation with the Rockies—were without a doubt the most interesting and exciting of the four Rockies farm teams. Under second year skipper R...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Five position players make the next cut We’re entering the mid-point of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26 and 25-21; today we head into the top 20. 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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• 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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• Rockies prospect channels Elton John and Borat with autographed cards

Benny Montgomery is one of Colorado's top prospects. With his baseball cards, he has a flair for the artistic, often taking the time to draw pictures, write poems and decorate them....2022
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies are hot at the right time, which could save them from franchise history (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 24, 2023 After taking the upper hand in a three-game series on the road against the Miami Marlins, the Colorado Rockies are playing some of their best ball of the season post All-Star break. Before splitting a two-game set in the middle of last week against their natural rival Houston Astros, Colorado took...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies have an identity crisis
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 19, 2023 When the Colorado Rockies wake up each morning and look at themselves in the mirror, what do they see? Are they an exciting team drawing closer to contention thanks to a roster full of well-developed and energetic young players? No, that sounds more like the Baltimore Or...2023
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• Monday Rockpile: The at-bat that defines the Rockies’ 2023 season (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 24, 2023 Ryan Feltner delivered a terrific performance on Thursday, tossing 5 ⅔ shutout innings against the Philadelphia Phillies to snap the Colorado Rockies’ eight-game losing streak. The club quickly fell into old habits, however, and dropped the rest of the series to start a new three-game skid bef...2023
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• Monday Rockpile: Ryan McMahon is rolling again (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 12, 2023 The beginning of the 2023 season was not kind to Colorado Rockies’ 3B Ryan McMahon. Through 34 games, McMahon managed a .210/.286/.387 slash-line and unsavory 36.1% strikeout-rate, leading to a subpar 68 wRC+. But once the team hit the road to play the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 8, McMahon seemed t...2023
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• Friday Rockpile: How should Rockies fans view Ryan McMahon’s ceiling as he races toward record Ks?

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 25, 2023 At his current pace, Ryan McMahon could become the all-time Rockies leader in a category no one wants to be king of — most strikeouts in a single season. Through Thursday’s 5-3 loss at Tampa Bay, McMahon has recorded 157 strikeouts (fourth most in MLB this season) in 513 plate appearances. Trev...2023
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• State of the Position, 2023: Outfield
Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Kris Bryant and Yonathan Daza are the only currently-healthy 2022 outfield starters for the Rockies The Rockies have had a rough spring training so far, losing Brendan Rodgers, Lucas Gilbreath and Sean Bouchard to injuries. The last one, in particular, throws a wrench into the Rockies’ outfield plans. However, even before that, there wasn’t a clear-c...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What’s the plan with Orlando Arcia?
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• Weekly Pebble Report: April Players of the Month and ACL Begins! (April 28th - May 5th)
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies are repeating mistakes of the past with Adael Amador
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How do things look to start 2025? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 69 players across 28 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even who has a more casu...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: How to watch spring training

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Today marks the Colorado Rockies’ first all-squad workout, which means that spring training is well and truly on. Bud Black has confirmed that everyone is in camp and healthy, save Sean Sullivan who is recovering from a hip procedure. But the good news is on F...2025
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, August 2024

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How does the Rockies farm system look after another year? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 72 players across 35 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even w...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, February 2024

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images After revealing the Top 30 PuRPs over the past few weeks, what does the system look like as a whole? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 57 players across 23 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who mis...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: For the Rockies, the NL West just can’t be won

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 8, 2023 While most Rockies fans were skeptical of Dick Monfort’s .500-ball prediction “if (stuff) goes right” prior to the 2023 season, there was still good news about the 2023 schedule: fewer National League West games. For a team that hasn’t won the division in its 30-year existence and will in...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Tulo’s September to Remember

Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, September 6, 2023 For 10 years Colorado Rockies fans had a front-row seat to the evolution of one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game of baseball. They bore witness to spectacular home runs, jaw-dropping defensive plays, All-Star appearances, and MVP-caliber seasons. They were at the genesis of the...2023
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• Monday Rockpile: The at-bat that defines the Rockies’ 2023 season (plus Pebble Report)
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