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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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• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 12, 2024 We are fast moving into 2025 MLB projections, and last week, FanGraph’s 2025 Steamer rankings dropped. In case you need a refresher, MLB.com describes Steamer as follows: Like other projection systems, Steamer uses past performance and aging trends to develop a future projection for playe...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Awards Season

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for November 9-10, 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. ★ ★ ★ The World Series is ...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 23, Kyle Freeland

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado’s ace held things together despite his own struggles, but will need to be more consistent 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 principl...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 26, Germán Márquez

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Germán Márquez returned for just one start in 2024 to set a record before losing the rest of his season. 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 principl...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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• Thursday Rockpile: Free agent deals for the Rockies to consider
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 23, Kyle Freeland
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 26, Germán Márquez
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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. 33 Bradley Blalock

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Acquired in the Nick Mears trade, Bradley Blalock started six games 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 or...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 16, 2024 The Colorado Rockies will have to make many decisions this winter as they try to reconstruct and rebuild their way to contention. They have already settled their first matter of business, extending Bud Black to serve as the manager for one more year, bringing to the table...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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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour

Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, September 19, 2024 I was eight years old when it was announced that Colorado would be awarded a baseball franchise. Born and raised in the state of Colorado, up until that point, I was naturally a fan of the Bash Brother-led Oakland Athletics, with a father who grew up in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado as a fan of the Big Red Machine in the 70s. My...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: What is Antonio Senzatela’s future with the Rockies?

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 9th, 2024 Right after the end of the 2021 season, the Colorado Rockies inked then 27-year-old right-handed pitcher Antonio Senzatela to a $50.5 million contract extension through the end of the 2026 season with a club option for 2027. Though considered somewhat of an overpay, the extens...2024
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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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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2023

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Starting 2024 by looking back The New Year is a tried and true opportunity to remember and reflect on the previous year. Yesterday, we remembered the most-read articles of the 2023 calendar year. Today, we take the opportunity to reflect on the articles that brought us the most pride and satisfaction. This annual tradition of having our writers highlig...2024
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• The Day After: Ryan Feltner reflects on his miraculous comeback

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Just four months after his scary accident, Feltner dazzled in his return to the mound September 19 marked a milestone for the Colorado Rockies: the return of Ryan Feltner. Feltner was placed on the 60-day IL after taking a scary comebacker off the head on May 13. In a season where the rotation has been decimated by injuries, this provided a feel-good mo...2023
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"He also reiterated that Germán Márquez and Antonio Senzatela would be returning, which will be a big help to the club."

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"With Germán Márquez on the IL the rotation is struggling would be even worse without Kyle Freeland and his 3."

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"Germán Márquez, an All-Star in 2021 who had a 3."

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"Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Germán Márquez and the ethics of diarrhea disclosure, stretched pitching staffs that were supposed to be deep, the Orioles and Diamondbacks competing for MLB’s worst record, a somewhat deceptive salary floor in MLB’s economic proposal (and the future of the ongoing CBA talks), Mets owner Steve Cohen’s critical […]"

• Thursday Rockpile: Free agent deals for the Rockies to consider
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 23, Kyle Freeland
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 26, Germán Márquez
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies’ looming austerity is a direct consequence of poor payroll decisions
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies attendance down slightly again in 2024

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, October 4, 2024 It’s that time of year again — that time when Rockies fans look at the final attendance numbers. It’s become a perennial tradition like no other. A ritual where we see if the team’s depressing record had any impact on attendance at Coors Field. If the numbers drop enough, we dream that the hit...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour
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• Monday Rockpile: What is Antonio Senzatela’s future with the Rockies?
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• Thursday Rockpile: Free agent deals for the Rockies to consider
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 23, Kyle Freeland
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 33 Bradley Blalock
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies attendance down slightly again in 2024
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• Friday Rockies: As Todd goes gold, whose number will be retired next?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 15, 2024 During the Rockies current six-year playoff drought, significant franchise highlights have been few and far between. Coors Field hosting the 2021 All-Star Game and Germán Márquez throwing a scoreless inning in it, Elias Díaz hitting the winning homer and being named the All-Star MVP in 2023 and...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies plunge into permanent purgatory

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 2, 2024 Usually, professional sports teams fall into two categories: competitive now or building for the future. By refusing to embrace a rebuild, by rejecting proactive aggression in trades, by continuing to field a lineup with veterans who won’t be there when and if the team can ever contend for the postseason...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Three Rockies minor league storylines for the second half

Photo by: Rodger Wood/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, July 25, 2024 The Colorado Rockies just had what may be their most exciting series of the season, taking two-of-three from the Boston Red Sox — with the final game of the series providing plenty of fireworks even though we are three weeks past the Fourth of July. Still, the team is in the ...2024
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 103 thread: Nick Pivetta vs. Cal Quantrill

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Rockies look to get the bats rolling following shutout For the 11th time this season, the Colorado Rockies were shut out on Tuesday. Scattering six hits the Rockies weren’t able to counter Ty Blach’s rough 2 1⁄3 inning outing after Germán Márquez was placed on the injured list. Anthony Molina and Noah Davis managed to eat the 6 1⁄3 innings of the table...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Cooperstown

Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for July 20-21, 2024 We finally made it! Todd Helton will be enshrined in Cooperstown forever. The ceremony officially takes place this Sunday, July 21 at 1:30pm ET/11:30am MT. It will be televised exclusively on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.com, and it is expected to take approximately two and a half hours. Helton received 79.7% of the votes this ye...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What could the 2025 starting rotation look like?
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• Lucas Gilbreath’s return is a long time coming

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports After missing almost two full years of action, “Gilly” is back - and he's been hard at work Two years is a long time. It's enough time to make a movie or get halfway through high school. It’s as long as Gunther's reign as Intercontinental Champion. It’s no small timeframe. It was even longer for Lucas Gilbreath. Since suffering an elbow injury at the t...2024
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• Friday Rockies: As Todd goes gold, whose number will be retired next?
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• This Week in Purple: Trade Talk

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for July 27-28, 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. ★ ★ ★ The All-Star Break is behind us...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Three Rockies minor league storylines for the second half
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• Monday Rockpile: What does a successful trade deadline look like for the Rockies?

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 22nd, 2024 With the first “half” of the 2024 baseball season officially in the books and the second now under way, the 36-64 Colorado Rockies have work to do. They won’t be looking to turn their season around and make some kind of miraculous playoff push, but rather doing what any losing team does in the dog d...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Cooperstown
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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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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies are reaping what they sowed in the rotation (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 17, 2023 The Colorado Rockies are off to a rough start in the 2023 season. Sitting 5-11 after a three-game sweep at the hands of the Seattle Mariners, the Rockies are still searching for their first series win after five tries already. There is plenty to point to for the team’s woes. Defensive miscues ...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: The 2023 Rockies will live or die by the starting rotation
Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 6, 2023 The first cycle through the Colorado Rockies rotation was a mixed bag of results. It was the one aspect of the team that was left relatively untouched during the offseason by general manager Bill Schmidt and the team’s plan of attack seems to simply hope and pray that they perform better in 2023. ...2023
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• Rockies claim Chase Anderson
Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images In need of starting pitching, the Rockies add a 10 year veteran In desperate need of starting pitching, the Colorado Rockies announced they have claimed Chase Anderson off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. The move was first reported by MLB insider Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Anderson, 35, was recently designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay...2023
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• Rockies Designate Jose Urena For Assignment
The Rockies have designated starter José Ureña for assignment, tweets Suzie Hunter of DNVR Sports. The move creates a spot on the active roster for the expected reinstatement of Germán Márquez from the 15-day injured list. More to come....2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: An early (and flawed) attempt to measure the apathy of Colorado Rockies fans
Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 18, 2023 I spent the weekend pondering Joelle Milholm’s Friday Rockpile, “Could changes in the game alter how the Rockies operate?” She’s raised some compelling issues. In the Colorado Rockies’ first home stand, attendance was down (admittedly, the sample size is to...2023
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• Antonio Senzatela activated, Yonathan Daza designated for assignment
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies made several roster moves, including a surprising one, prior to Friday’s series opener in New York. The Colorado Rockies have made several roster moves prior to Friday evening’s series opener against the New York Mets. The headline move is activation of right-handed pitcher Antonio Senzatela from the 60-day IL. Senzatela tore ACL against the St. Loui...2023
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• Germán Márquez Leaves Game With Apparent Injury
Rockies’ right-hander Germán Márquez departed today’s game, with Thomas Harding of MLB.com among those to relay the details. Márquez was visibly distraught on the mound, leading to a visit from the training staff and Márquez departing without hesitation after having thrown 58 pitches. A pitcher leaving a game as a precautionary measure is quite common,…...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: Free agent deals for the Rockies to consider
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What do the early Steamer projections suggest about the 2025 Colorado Rockies?
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• This Week in Purple: Awards Season
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 26, Germán Márquez
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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. 33 Bradley Blalock
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies attendance down slightly again in 2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour
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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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• 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: Breaking down the Rockies Opening Day roster

Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 27, 2024 After roughly six weeks of rigorous spring training action and evaluation, the Opening Day roster has finally become clear after lots of speculation and theorizing, Now, as we wait for the regular season to begin tomorrow in Arizona, how will the Colorado Rockies initially set up for the 162 game marathon? Catcher (2): Elias Díaz, Jaco...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: 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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• Friday Rockpile: Feltner’s ‘reckless confidence’ needs to become contagious
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 21, 2023 The eight-game skid is over. Thursday’s 5-0 over the Phillies was a welcome relief. Ryan Feltner, Justin Lawrence, and Pierce Johnson combined to hold the Phillies to six hits and struck them out 11 times. That made the difference. Entering the game, Feltner had given up 13 runs in 13 1/3 innings...2023
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