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• State of the Position, 2025: General Manager

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post After back-to-back 100+ loss seasons, Bill Schmidt did little in the off-season to change the outlook for the Rockies. After hitting the triple digits in losses for the first time in a single season in 2023, the Colorado Rockies doubled down on the futility with a 61-101 in 2024. After losing 204 of their past 328 games, general manager Bill Schmid...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Breaking down Sunday’s Spring Breakout vs. the White Sox

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 14, 2025 On Sunday, the Rockies will play in one of the most exciting games on their spring training schedule: the Spring Breakout. An average spring training game features a mix of veterans and prospects. On Sunday, that will not be the case as the Rockies will take on the White Sox ...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Who will be 2025’s breakout star?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 13, 2025 There’s always a reason to head down to the ballpark. Even when a team - say, the Colorado Rockies - finds themselves fighting to avoid 100 losses for the third straight season, fans can still find reasons to watch every game and cheer their squad on. One of the most fun aspects of watching rebuil...2025
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• Rockies Option Drew Romo, Adael Amador
The Rockies announced Wednesday that they’ve optioned catcher Drew Romo and second baseman Adael Amador. Both players made their MLB debuts last season but will start this year in the minors. That’s more notable for Romo. Colorado called up the former second-round pick last August in tandem with the decision to release veteran Elias Díaz. Romo started…...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: The 2025 MLB Top 30

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 Last week MLB.com and MLB Pipeline released the pre-season top 30 prospects for the Colorado Rockies organization. Their list is packed with familiar faces with 25 players our Purple Row readers voted for in our pre-season PuRPs prospect rankings. Notably absent from the list compared to our PuRPs rankings are middle infielder...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: DH and Bench

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Being DH could help the aging former star stay on the field, while more injuries could shakeup the roster For as long as the National League has had a designated hitter, the primary DH for the Colorado Rockies has been Charlie Blackmon. The universal DH rule took effect in the 2022 season, and Blackmon started in 79 games in the role. He led the team with 61 DH s...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: General Manager
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• Friday Rockpile: Breaking down Sunday’s Spring Breakout vs. the White Sox
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• Thursday Rockpile: Gabriel Hughes’ time is close

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 6, 2025 Isn’t spring training just the best? Getting to see the boys of summer go through the reps and work of preparing for another grueling Major League Baseball season is an exciting prospect, as hope still permeates through the minds and hearts of fans around the world. The harsh ...2025
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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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• State of the Position, 2025: Catcher

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Perhaps the more interesting question is this: Who will earn the backup spot? In 2025, fans should expect a bit more intrigue at catcher. Bud Black’s tradition of relying on a veteran catcher remains unchanged; the questions surround the backup. The starter If there were a surprise addition to the Colorado Rockies in 2024, it was the one-year signing ...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Position Player Non-Roster Invitees, Part I

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 Welcome to the triumphant return of the Weekly Pebble Report for the 2025 season, your weekly Colorado Rockies minor league update here on Purple Row! Actual baseball is tantalizingly close, as pitchers and catchers reported for duty last week, and the full squad should have reported by the end of today. Sixty-three players—the ...2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (15 February 2025)

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Today’s main course was comebacks (with a side of catching philosophy) This was a full day of interviews, including Bud Black, Justin Lawrence, Nolan Jones, and Jacob Stallings. Bud Black Interviewer Thomas Harding asked Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black questions about a range of players attempting to make a comeback in 2025. Of Justin Lawrence, ...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Goodbye Charlie

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, September 24, 2024 Charlie’s on a vacation far away Come to Coors and talk it over. So many things that I want to say, You know I like my players a little bit Nazty I just wanna see your hits tonight I don’t wanna lose your hits tonight! 14 years is a long time to spend for a big league career...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Late yesterday, the news became official: Charlie Blackmon announced his retirement. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie Blackmon (@chuck__nazty) Evan Lang wrote a terrific overview of Blackmon’s career yesterday, and our ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Some takeaways from the Colorado Rockies prospects panel at RockiesFest

Sterlin Thompson, Zac Veen, Drew Romo, Chase Dollander, Gabriel Hughes, Jaden Hill, and Case Williams | Renee Dechert Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, February 6 A highlight of RockiesFest 2024 was the “Player Q&A: Rockies Prospects” panel, which brought together Chase Dollander (2023 mid-season #4 PuRP) Jaden Hill (2024 pre-season #19 PuRP) Gabriel Hughes (2023 mid-season ...2024
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"Rockies Mailbag: What does future hold for Charlie Condon, Drew Romo, Sean Bouchard?"

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"He notched his 200th strikeout of the season when he started the top of the third by striking out Colorado’s Drew Romo."

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"Grant Lavigne, Julio Carreras, and Drew Romo all had good nights at the plate, each tallying two hits."

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"The Rockies have wrapped up their draft business by agreeing to terms with catcher Drew Romo, per MLB."

• State of the Position, 2025: General Manager
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• Friday Rockpile: Breaking down Sunday’s Spring Breakout vs. the White Sox
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What are the (really) early projections for the Rockies in the 2025 MLB draft?

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Sure, it’s early — as in super early — but, truly, it’s never too early to start speculating on the 2025 MLB draft. As a refresher, the draft will take place on July 13-14 in Atlanta as part of MLB’s All-Star Week festivities. The Rockies will initially draft as follows. Fir...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: Catcher
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (17 February 2025)

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Bud Black spoke with the media about Chase Dollander, Michael Toglia, and the potential catching competition On the eve of the first full-squad workout, Bud Black was the only member of the Colorado Rockies to speak with the media. But he talked about many different players, including Chase Dollander, Michael Toglia, and the catching crew. Of Dollande...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Gabriel Hughes’ time is close
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Position Player Non-Roster Invitees, Part I
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 27, Cole Messina

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Messina is the only catcher on this edition of the PuRPs list 27. Cole Messina (93 points, 16 ballots) With Drew Romo ineligible for PuRPs voting this time around, Cole Messina is the only catcher we’ve got on this Purple Row Prospects list. The 6’0”, 230-pound catcher, who signed for a slot bonus of just over $1 million after getting ...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies need more improvement at four specific positions

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 The Colorado Rockies have been in a difficult situation since their back-to-back playoff seasons. It’s no mystery that dysfunction behind the scenes and an overall lack of robust talent at the big league level has left them comfortably at the bottom of the league’s stan...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, pre-season 2025: numbers 42-36

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images These are the seven players who weren’t quite honorable mentions After revealing the players who appeared on a single ballot and then those who appeared on two or three ballots, it’s time to talk about seven players who were just outside Honorable Mention status as voted by the Purple Row electorate in the pre-season 2025 Purple Row P...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: Purple Row Prospects polling thread, pre-season 2025

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images It’s that time of year! It’s a new year, the hot stove has gone from a boil to a simmer, and the Rule 5 draft has concluded. That means it’s time for a new edition of the Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — Purple Row’s community farm system Top 30 ranking — to rank new additions to the system as well as prospects who rose and fell with their productio...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Free agent deals for the Rockies to consider

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images There are a few players looking for new homes that may be worth a look Let me preface this article by saying that, yes, I know these aren't going to happen. After the news broke that the Rockies were looking to lower their payroll next season, any hopes of signing an upper-tier free agent were more or less dashed. I’m not saying they were going to be...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: The case for bringing back familiar faces

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, October 17, 2024 With the playoffs in full swing and rapidly nearing their conclusion, many are eagerly watching to see who will emerge victorious. At least, that’s the idea. In actuality, the thought of seeing the Dodgers or Yankees take home another World Series trophy is met with revulsion by a large contingent of MLB ...2024
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• Purple Row after dark: Are you not entertained?

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Colorado Rockies remain undefeated (in spring training games) Like the Colorado Rockies, we here at Purple Row are also trying a few new things during spring training to see if they work. For the last 10 days or so, we had notes from spring training, and we learned from those posts that we’ve got some night owl Rockies fans looking...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Goodbye Charlie
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?
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• Chris Sale dominates, Braves win 3-0

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Chris Sale did Chris Sale things as the Braves get a much needed win. In many ways Chris Sale has been the story for the Atlanta Braves in 2024, at least on the positive side. Him and Marcell Ozuna probably both have strong cases for it. And he was certainly the story tonight as he pitched seven shutout innings and led the Braves to a 3-0 victory over the Rockies T...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: At 66 starts in a row, Toglia is becoming 1B staple

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Twenty-nine years ago this week, Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig’s record. He added three more seasons, playing every Baltimore game from May 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998. His record of playing 2,632 games in a row is not made to be brok...2024
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• The Youth Movement is on at 20th and Blake

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The Rockies appear to finally - FINALLY - be committed to letting the kids play A couple weeks ago, my good buddy Evan Lang wrote a great article detailing the necessity of the Rockies moving on from some veterans in favor of their young players. This is a sentiment shared by many an embattled Colorado fan that has become disillusioned with the middlin...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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• This Week in Purple: Forever Enshrined

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for August 17-18, 2024 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ It’s the last stop on the H...2024
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• Rockies To Release Elias Diaz, Promote Drew Romo
1:55pm: In place of Diaz, the Rockies are expected to select the contract of catching prospect Drew Romo, reports Thomas Harding of MLB.com. He’ll presumably slot into the Rockies’ primary catching role down the stretch and audition for a potential long-term gig behind the plate in Denver. 1:45pm: The Rockies are releasing catcher Elias Diaz,…...2024
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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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• Wednesday Rockpile: Good for Jon Gray

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 1, 2023 As the Texas Rangers continue to put on a show in the 2023 postseason I can only think of one thing: Good for Jon Gray. It’s always a little bittersweet seeing former Colorado Rockies move on to bigger and better things while finding success but something about Gray’s time in ...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Is a Charlie Blackmon extension worth it?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Last month our own Renee Dechert made a case for signing Charlie Blackmon to a one-year extension, as did Evan Lang and myself on the Affected by Altitude podcast. The general consensus between the two cases deems that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to re-sign Blackmon, based on his leadershi...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What has to happen for the Rockies to “play .500 ball” in 2023
Photo by Cooper Neill/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 Dick Monfort has been known to give ambitious predictions for his team prior to the start of the new season. The pinnacle of the Monfort prediction was for the 2020 Rockies to improve on their 71-91 2019 record and to win 94 games. That season, the Rockies had a winning percent...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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• Tuesday Rockpile: Todd Helton and the “just vibes” Hall of Fame voting process

Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, January 2, 2024 As a college writing teacher, grading rubrics are a key part of my evaluative toolkit. A rubric sets the criteria that will be measured in an assignment and assigns weight to each of those criteria based on the degree to which a student succeeds in meeting those outcom...2024
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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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• Monday Rockpile: Three low-risk, high-reward free agents for the Rockies to consider

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 27, 2023 The quiet off-season rolls on for the Colorado Rockies. There has been little-to-nothing in terms of news for both the team and most of MLB in the waning days of November. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners recently struck a deal, with the Snakes acquiring 3B Eugenio Suárez from the ...2023
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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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• Monday Rockpile: The at-bat that defines the Rockies’ 2023 season (plus Pebble Report)
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• Monday Rockpile: An insular philosophy, reaffirmed
Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 30, 2023 Once again, we have entered “Sent from my iPad” season for the Colorado Rockies. On Saturday, Dick Monfort spoke at the annual Northern Colorado Friends of Baseball breakfast in his hometown of Greeley, Colorado, and…oh boy. Monfort’s appearance was first reported on by Patrick Saunders at the...2023
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