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• Laureano, Stallings deliver key 10th-inning hits, bullpen stellar in Orioles’ 9-6 win over Braves; Sánchez hurt

What happened? After battling through nine grueling innings, and losing yet another catcher to an injury, the Orioles scored three runs in the 10th inning and secured their second straight win over the Atlanta Braves. Ramón Laureano’s double and backup catcher Jacob Stallings’ two-run double gave the Orioles a 9-6 win in 10 innings over […]...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Who is the catcher of the future?

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 In October of last year, my buddy Skyler wrote about Drew Romo’s future in the Colorado Rockies organization - specifically, whether or not he could still be considered the “catcher of the future,” a title that some had assigned him after seeing the potential he flashed in the Minor Leagues. The forme...2025
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• Orioles Select Jacob Stallings, Designate Emmanuel Rivera For Assignment
The Orioles announced that they have placed catcher Chadwick Tromp on the 10-day injured list due to a lower back strain. Fellow backstop Jacob Stallings has been selected to take his place on the roster. To open a 40-man spot for Stallings, infielder Emmanuel Rivera has been designated for assignment. Outfielder Dylan Carlson has been…...2025
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• Orioles Sign Jacob Stallings To Minor League Deal
The Orioles announced that they have signed veteran catcher Jacob Stallings to a minor league deal. He had been released by the Rockies earlier this month. He will presumably head to Triple-A Norfolk in the near future. More to come....2025
• Weekly Pebble Report: Braxton Fulford is making the most of his opportunities (June 10th-June 16th)

Original photo credit: Todd Kirkland/Getty Images (June 15, 2025) Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 When the Colorado Rockies drafted catcher Braxton Fulford out of Texas Tech in 2021, the team’s catching situation was murky. However, they had already drafted their potential “catcher of the future” in fellow Texan Drew Romo the year prior. Fulford (no. 39 ...2025
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• This Week in Purple: Things are coming along

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for June7-8, 2025 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 Colorado Rockies had an e...2025
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• Laureano, Stallings deliver key 10th-inning hits, bullpen stellar in Orioles’ 9-6 win over Braves; Sánchez hurt
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Braxton Fulford is making the most of his opportunities (June 10th-June 16th)
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Heartbreak in extras

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images The Rockies took the Cubs to 11 innings, but it wasn’t enough. Given that it was a cold evening in Chicago with the wind blowing in from Lake Michigan, a low-scoring affair seemed in the cards for Game 2 of the Colorado Rockies-Chicago Cubs series. When the game ended in extras, the Cubs had walked off the Rockies in extras, 4-3 The offense was better but not ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Bad D is costing the Rockies possible precious wins

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 9. 2025 Ouch. After the Rockies got pummeled 20-9 in three games in two days, the Tigers can’t leave soon enough. Bring on the … oh, wait, not the Padres. It just doesn’t get any easier for the Rockies. Over the next seven series, which includes 22 games stretching into early June, the worst team the Rockies play are t...2025
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• Unlucky 13: Rockies drop doubleheader, swept by Royals

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The Rockies have now lost 13 in a row on the road Game 1: Royals 7, Rockies 4 The Rockies lost the first game of the doubleheader, dropping their 12th straight game on the road as the offense stalled and the starting pitching couldn’t find solid footing. Welcome Back, Brenton Doyle The Rockies have missed the presence of Brenton Doyle in the lineup. At the top of ...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Colorado Rockies Game Thread 2/2

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals are looking for the sweep as they take on the Rockies in the second leg of a double header The Washington Nationals go another tense one run victory in Denver this afternoon. This 3-2 win was much lower scoring than the 12-11 affair last night. However, it is now time to move onto the second leg of the double header. The Nats are maki...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Five things we learned from the Colorado Rockies’ opening series

Dave Nelson-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 31st, 2025 The 2025 season for the Colorado Rockies is officially underway, and the first series of the season is now in the books. The Rockies took on the Tampa Bay Rays at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida in a three-game set. The results were . . . enlightening. All three games were at least close—competitive,...2025
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• Soto Slugs first HR for Mets in Win - March 29, 2025
Juan Soto (OF - Mets) Soto hit his first home with the Mets Friday night. There isn't much more to be said about one of the best players in all of baseball. Soto has a chance for a huge season driving in runs hitting behind Francisco Lindor and scoring runs via Pete Alonso's bat. One fun Juan Soto fact: 2019 was the last time Soto had more strikeouts than walks and should easily get to his third ...2025
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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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"Fellow backstop Jacob Stallings has been selected to take his place on the roster."

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"Brown threw four shutout innings, leaving only when Jacob Stallings doubled to lead off the sixth."

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"Other non-tenders the Cubs might be interested in include Adam Cimber of the Blue Jays, Jacob Stallings of the Marlins and Andrew Knizner of the Cardinals, since the Cubs will need to stash a backup catcher at Triple-A Iowa in case of injury to Yan Gomes or Miguel Amaya."

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"Miami added four everyday players to the lineup last offseason, signing Jorge Soler and Avisaíl García while acquiring Jacob Stallings and Joey Wendle via trade."

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"In what's been a forgettable season in Pittsburgh, Jacob Stallings capped an unforgettable night for the last-place Pirates, completing a six-run rally over the New York Mets with a walk-off grand slam on Saturday night at PNC Park."

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"Jacob Stallings is the favorite to handle starting duties after posting a respectable batting line and playing strong defense in"

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"The Pirates also recalled outfielder Jordan Luplow and optioned catcher Jacob Stallings to Triple-A."

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"Catcher Jacob Stallings has had his contract selected from Triple-A in a corresponding move."

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"The Pirates have designated catcher Jacob Stallings for assignment, per a club announcement."

• Thursday Rockpile: Who is the catcher of the future?
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Braxton Fulford is making the most of his opportunities (June 10th-June 16th)
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• Colorado Rockies call up Ryan Ritter, release Jacob Stallings

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Colorado Rockies went through another roster shakeup, bringing up a top infield prospect and releasing a veteran. On Friday, the Colorado Rockies announced yet another series of roster-shaking moves prior to opening their home series against the New York Mets. The Rockies have selected the contract of top infield prospect Ryan Ritter (no. 17 PuR...2025
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Heartbreak in extras
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• Padres 21, Rockies 0: They only lost by three touchdowns...

John Leyba-Imagn Images It was not good, folks To say tonight was a tough game is putting it nicely. The San Diego Padres bludgeoned the Colorado Rockies by a score of three touchdowns to zero. Five home runs were hit (scoring nine runs)... only two Padre innings were scoreless... and the Rockies have officially allowed 8+ runs in six-straight games. That’s a franchise record, for those co...2025
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• Stephen Kolek, Padres dominate Rockies

Stephen Kolek | John Leyba-Imagn Images San Diego bats continue to pummel Colorado pitching Stephen Kolek made his second MLB start for the San Diego Padres against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, Saturday. The result was a complete game shutout and a 21-0 Padres win. Kolek recorded outs against the first five Colorado hitters and did not surrender his first hit until Nick Martini rea...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Bad D is costing the Rockies possible precious wins
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Trouble with the Fastball

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 If Gus Lobel, Clint Eastwood’s character in the 2012 film Trouble with the Curve, were to examine the Colorado Rockies, he would likely note their struggles with the breaking ball. However, upon further look, he would discover that the Rockies are also struggling against the fastball, thus settin...2025
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• Sean Murphy back in the lineup for Braves

Sean Murphy has been on fire | Allan Henry-Imagn Images Sean Murphy rejoins the lineup with the rest of the regulars. The Atlanta Braves and their suddenly good offense are looking to continue their success as they take on the Colorado Rockies. The Braves have won their last three series and since then have scored the fifth most runs in MLB while accumulating the fourth most fWAR among po...2025
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• Brewers 7, Rockies 1: Kyle Freeland comes back to earth while the Rockies offense fails to take off

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post It was a s’ocat kind of game. Kyle Freeland’s excellent start to 2025 took a hit tonight as the Rockies lost to the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-1. The Brewers arrived at Coors Field with a decimated pitching staff. Still, they had their ace, Freddy Peralta, who kept the Colorado Rockies on their heels for the first half of the game with the Brew Crew’s bul...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Braxton Fulford is making the most of his opportunities (June 10th-June 16th)
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Monday 5/26, 1:20 CT

Katie Stratman-Imagn Images The Cubs open a series against the worst team in MLB. Monday notes... PLAYING IN SUNSHINE: This will be the Cubs’ 11th day game on a weekday this year. They are 7-3 so far, including 4-2 at home. They will play 21 more such games, 14 of them at Wrigley Field. Their only other Monday day game will be on Labor Day, Sept. 1, at Wrigley vs. the Braves. (Courtesy B...2025
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• Stephen Kolek, Padres dominate Rockies
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Trouble with the Fastball
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• Unlucky 13: Rockies drop doubleheader, swept by Royals
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• Royals 4, Rockies 3: Ryan Feltner dazzled, but the offense was dull

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Although there was some action at the end, the Rockies continue to struggle at the plate. The Colorado Rockies are desperately trying to get their offense on track but despite some late-game scoring were unsuccessful (again) tonight at Kauffman Stadium as they lost to the Kansas City Royals, 4-3. Feltner dazzles Ryan Feltner was in top form, getting into...2025
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• Nationals 12, Rockies 11: Dollander struggled early and the offense rallied late

Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images An eight-run seventh falls short of overcoming Dollander’s rough start If you had paid more attention to the Denver Nuggets' 112-110 overtime victory in their first game of the NBA playoffs, you’d be forgiven for missing the Colorado Rockies' 12-11 loss to the Washington Nationals. Chase Dollander struggled on the mound as the Nationals had a home run d...2025
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• Dodgers 6, Rockies 2: Walks (and a lack of offense) will haunt

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The bullpen did its best, but the offense failed to produce The Colorado Rockies are desperately trying to get their offense on track but were unsuccessful (again) tonight at Dodger Stadium as they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-2. Feltner falters Ryan Feltner got off to a zippy start with an 11-pitch first inning that included striking out Shohei Ohtan...2025
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• Phillies 3, Rockies 1: Too Little, Too Late

Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Rockies suffer their first sweep of the season It’s a tale as old as time already to start the 2025 season. The Colorado Rockies dropped their fourth straight game on the road trip, falling 3-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies who completed the sweep. The Rockies now fall to 1-5 on the year and have more losses than the rest of the National League West division comb...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Five things we learned from the Colorado Rockies’ opening series
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• Colorado Rockies call up Ryan Ritter, release Jacob Stallings
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• Friday Rockpile: Bad D is costing the Rockies possible precious wins
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• Washington Nationals vs Colorado Rockies Game Thread 2/2
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• Athletics 6, Rockies 3 (11): Rockies’ bats were as cold as the weather as they drop the Home Opener in extras

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images They fall to 1-6 on the young season The Colorado Rockies battled the Athletics in the first home game of the season, and fell 6-3. They are now 1-6 on the young season, having scored just 14 total runs. In 2024, they also started 1-6 but scored 24 runs in the same span. The Rox had plenty of moments where they answered back today, but u...2025
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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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• 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: In a tough NL West, the Rockies can’t keep playing the same game in 2025 and beyond

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Welcome to 2025 my friends, we are about 40 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training and welcoming the start of a new season. The offseason has been a flurry of activity with stunning moves, big deals and plenty of other questions heading into the next season. The ...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 25, 2024 Initially, last Friday unfolded about like we thought it would: The non-tender deadline had passed with the Colorado Rockies moving on from Cal Quantrill (no suprise) and Brendan Rodgers (kind of a surprise) while tendering a range of players who were expected to remain on t...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Clearly, we’re at a slow time in the MLB offseason, a fact true for most teams, but especially the Colorado Rockies, who have done very little, save sign a couple of MiLB contracts and make a low-profile trade. Indeed, Kris Bryant’s Lamborghini has gotten more attention than the offseason C...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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• Cubs 9, Rockies 8: Sweep!

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs fought off the weather and a Rockies rally to complete the three-game sweep. The weather outside was frightful. And, for a while, so was the Cubs’ bullpen. But in the end, the Cubs hung on Wednesday night for a 9-8 win over the Rockies, their fourth straight victory. It rained — and snowed — most of the day in Chicago and the start of the game w...2024
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• Cubs non-tender Codi Heuer, Ethan Roberts and Brandon Hughes; Patrick Wisdom signed

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The injured pitchers could come back on minor-league deals. Today was the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players and here’s what the Cubs did: The Cubs are non-tendering RHP Codi Heuer, RHP Ethan Roberts and LHP Brandon Hughes. Additionally, Patrick Wisdom and the Cubs have agreed to terms on a contract, avoiding arbitration.— Andy...2023
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• Cubs 6, Rockies 2: Hooray for The Professor

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Kyle Hendricks threw one of his best games of the year. And Michael Busch had himself an afternoon. Kyle Hendricks has had a rough season. There have been a few good starts, but also games where he’s just got hit really hard. This might wind up being his last MLB season. This was one of the good ones, in fact, one of The Professor’s best of 2024 — and ...2024
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• Marlins Prioritizing High-Contact Hitters This Offseason
For the second straight offseason, the Marlins will head into the winter needing to overhaul their offense. Miami added four everyday players to the lineup last offseason, signing Jorge Soler and Avisaíl García while acquiring Jacob Stallings and Joey Wendle via trade. The hope was that quartet would elevate the hitting enough to compete for a playoff spot behind…...2022
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• Marlins Open To Trading From Rotation Surplus Again This Offseason
As last year’s offseason was getting started, reports emerged that the Marlins were considering trading from their stock of young starting pitchers in order to bolster their position player mix. In the end, they did trade Zach Thompson as part of the Jacob Stallings trade, though stopped short of a more headline-grabbing deal. It seems…...2022
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• Braves mess around and find out in 9-6 loss to Marlins

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Braves made some decisions that didn’t pan out in a relatively low-stakes game. The Braves still have the best record in MLB, as well as a number of personal and team records to play for, but at this point, they’re largely set to just play out the string and get ready for the postseason. As part of that preparation, the Braves tried a few pitching st...2023
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• Padres Could Find Themselves In Position To Deal From Catching Depth After Lockout
As the non-tender deadline approached in late November, the Padres and Marlins lined up on a minor trade. San Diego acquired catcher Jorge Alfaro for cash considerations or a player to be named later, not long after Miami had traded for Jacob Stallings to replace Alfaro as their primary backstop. To some extent, it was a predictable acquisition. San…...2022
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• Soto Slugs first HR for Mets in Win - March 29, 2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Braxton Fulford is making the most of his opportunities (June 10th-June 16th)
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• Colorado Rockies call up Ryan Ritter, release Jacob Stallings
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• Cubs 4, Rockies 3: Heartbreak in extras
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Monday 5/26, 1:20 CT
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• Padres 21, Rockies 0: They only lost by three touchdowns...
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• Stephen Kolek, Padres dominate Rockies
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• Chris Sale mostly dominates but Braves can’t slap their way to victory in 2-1 loss to Rockies

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images BABIP didn’t comply, and so the Braves lost Well, the Braves did it. No, I don’t mean, “lose another Chris Sale start” or “finish April 2025 below .500,” though they did those too. Instead, they somehow went homerless for an entire series at Coors Field for the first time in their franchise history. In the first two games of this series, the Braves m...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, February 14, 2025 On several occasions, the Rockies have been known to misjudge reality. From Dick Monfort saying the 2023 Rockies could be a .500 team to giving Kris Bryant a 7-year, $182 million deal in 2022 to failing to re-sign DJ LeMahieu and inking Daniel Murphy for the same price the Yankees gave LeMahi...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?
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• Thursday Rockpile: Have baseball fans become too involved?

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, October 31, 2024 It should all be so perfect. Two of baseball’s most storied franchises were locked in the World Series that was sure to generate record viewership numbers and record sales figures. Some would say it lived up to the hype, too, as we saw a back-and-forth battle between the old foes that culminat...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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• 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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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 29, 2023

Zzzzzz... Folks, it’s a slow news day There wasn’t a single lick of news from an “official” source yesterday. That gives me a chance to feature some blogs Lesky is batting leadoff. He does a batting profile of Maikel Garcia, compares him to his MVP cousin, and looks at what he needs to improve: So why is a .272/.353/.358 hitting third baseman with -2 DRS who rates as a below-average base...2023
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