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• Yankees’ bullpen turns in uneven performances with roles still up for grabs

With fireman Fernando Cruz having pitched Friday night and three of four days, it was Jake Bird who got the call in the role Saturday....2026
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• Yankees send Jake Bird to minors after Mike Trout’s three-run homer adds to struggles

Bird, who struggled after being acquired from Colorado prior to last year’s trade deadline, got off to a promising start this season, with four straight scoreless appearances....2026
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• Jake Bird’s Triple-A stint helped build strengths ahead of promising Yankees start

When Jake Bird arrived in a trade from the Rockies at last year’s deadline, he was looking forward to finding out what made the Yankees so good at making relief pitchers better....2026
• Sunday Notes: A Power Pitcher Always, Tarik Skubal Commands the Baseball
Plus Jake Bird on last season's slide, Patrick Wisdom on playing in Korea, a scout on Jays prospect Johnny King, 1950s Reds hurler Don Gross, facts and stats galore, and more....2026
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• Yankees’ Jake Bird looks anew after getting key outs to close out sweep: ‘fresh start’

So far, the bullpen help the Yankees were looking for at last year’s trade deadline has been significantly more effective this season than it was in 2025....2026
• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 14, Roc Riggio

14. Roc Riggio (294 points, 19 ballots) Riggio, who was the headline prospect in the Jake Bird trade with the Yankees near last year’s trade deadline, is a decent up-the-middle defender who has both power and patience at the plate, all in a compact 5’9” package. The 23-year-old lefty-hitting, righty-throwing second baseman had a breakout […]...2026
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• Gordon and Blalock’s wins mean a lot more than 2 Ws

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, July 25, 2025 It’s no surprise that during a historically bad season in which the Colorado Rockies have netted a 26-76 record that their starting rotation has had its share of struggles. When team wins are in short supply, of course, wins for starting pitchers will be, too. Of Colorado’s 26 wins, only 14 have been credited...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Bullpen

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images A brutal win-loss record hides what’s actually been a productive season for the relief corps The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series that we run...2025
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• Rockies 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Rockies smashed their way to a 2-0 series lead. Update: After the game, Thomas Harding provided an update on Thairo Estrada: The #Rockies    said 2B Thairo Estrada left Tuesday's game with what was diagnosed as a right hand contusion and is day to day. Estrada was hit by a pitch. He missed the early part of the season with a right wrist fracture after being h...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 When Jake Bird strikes out a batter at Coors Field, a triumphant bird’s screech echoes across the ballpark. Lately, that sound effect has been getting a lot of work given that currently, Bird ‘s 52 strikeouts tie him for first with Griffin Jax among relievers. Of those Ks, 33 were at Coors compared to 1...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Tyler Freeman is having a solid (under-the-radar) season

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 10, 2025 In March the Colorado Rockies traded Nolan Joes back to the Cleveland Guardians for utility player Tyler Freeman. The initial logic seemed clear: Although Jones had clear power potential, he struggled in 2024 — plus, the Rockies already had an excess inventory of outfielders. In Freeman, they were...2025
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• One month in: The Rockies, the White Sox, and . . . the Orioles?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Over the weekend, the baseball discourse took a strange turn. Here’s a sample from Ken Rosenthal on Monday: The Orioles’ 10-17 record is the third-worst in the majors, ahead of only the Chicago White Sox (7-21) and Colorado Rockies (4-23). Their 5.83 rotation ERA is also the third-worst, ahead ...2025
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• Braves aim to end disappointing April on a Rocky Mountain High note

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves can get back to .500 for the season with a sweep of the Rockies, but that’s easier typed than done The bad news: the Braves are currently 12-15, still mired well below .500 despite playing very well since their disastrous, season-opening, 0-7 road trip. The good news: they have a chance to clamber back up to .500 by swee...2025
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Royals put together 13 hits ending their 4 or less runs scored streak and get a big win in game one of their doubleheader Today in Kansas City, the Royals took on the Rockies in the first game of a double header with hopes to get back on track to win the series. Coming off a big win on Tuesday with a walk-off hit from Freddy Fermin, the Royals looked to c...2025
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• Rockies series preview: Two of the worst offenses in baseball

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images How can you not score runs at Coors Field? The Rockies organization has been a total mess this year with one of the worst offenses in baseball, amazing considering they play their home games in the best hitting park in baseball. The Rockies have scored three or fewer runs in 15 of their 21 games and went 32 innings in a row without scoring a run. They a...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: It’s not too soon for the Rockies to go another direction in 2025

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 10, 2025 Thank you, Ryan Feltner for an impressive start. Thank you, Jake Bird, Scott Alexander and Seth Halvorsen for the collective bullpen stop Rockies fans needed. Thank you, Ryan McMahon, Michael Toglia, Brenton Doyle and Zac Veen for your delightful doubles in the eighth inning to give the Rockies a 7-2 ...2025
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• Rockies 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.
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"The Yankees believe they did the heavy lifting of their bullpen makeover at last summer’s trade deadline, when they acquired David Bednar, Camilo Doval and Jake Bird, who were all under contract beyond 2025."

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"The Rockies went to Jake Bird who came in and got two outs, and looked like he might get out of the inning clean."

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"Bradley Blalock was also done after five innings, as Jake Bird got the ball to throw in relief for the Rockies."

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"He was replaced by Jake Bird to start the seventh inning, and the White Sox immediately capitalized."

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"Rockies reliever Jake Bird commits to Team Israel"

• Yankees send Jake Bird to minors after Mike Trout’s three-run homer adds to struggles
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• Jake Bird’s Triple-A stint helped build strengths ahead of promising Yankees start
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• Yankees’ Jake Bird looks anew after getting key outs to close out sweep: ‘fresh start’
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 14, Roc Riggio
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• Brian Cashman believes Yankees retooled bullpen will emerge to make up for lost arms

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• This Week in Purple: Trade Deadline Ahead!

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for July 26-27, 2025 It’s been a busy 24 hours as the Colorado Rockies traded Ryan McMahon to the New York Yankees and are also reportedly calling up Warming Bernabel for his MLB debut as a possible replacement. The crazy thing is that the trade deadline is a week away; but the not-so-crazy thing ...2025
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• Gordon and Blalock’s wins mean a lot more than 2 Ws
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• Rockies 8, Cardinals 4: Riding the Crazy Train to victory

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Mickey Moniak and Brenton Doyle were the War Pigs that led the way for the Rox The runs came early and often for the Colorado Rockies, who held on to their early advantage for the entire game as they took home the win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. I Don’t Wanna Stop Mickey Moniak has been on the tear of his career lately. Since July 1st, he’s hi...2025
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• Cardinals 6, Rockies 2: Redbirds playing the hits

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Cardinals had 15 hits in the first game of the series while the Rockies’ offense once again failed to launch. The Colorado Rockies hosted familiar faces Nolan Arenado and Garrett Hampson as the St. Louis Cardinals came to town. Fresh off their first home series win of the season, the Rockies were looking to do the same against a somewhat scuffling S...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Bullpen
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• Sunday Notes: A Power Pitcher Always, Tarik Skubal Commands the Baseball
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 14, Roc Riggio
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• This Week in Purple: Trade Deadline Ahead!
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• Astros 6, Rockies 5: Rox don’t quit, but it’s not enough

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The Rockies give up the first game of the series, but not without a fight. Initially, it looked like a blowout: A five-run Houston Astros third inning that saw the Colorado Rockies going to the bullpen early. However, the Rockies are nothing if not persistent, and they made a game of it. Ultimately, they lost, 6-5, but there were some positive momen...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Finding a trade partner for Ryan McMahon

Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 26, 2025 Following the blockbuster trade of Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants, the trade season officially feels like it has started in Major League Baseball. We are a little over a month away from the July 31st deadline, and it’s understandable to predict the Colorado Rockies wil...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• Back to basics (i.e., three-run homers): Braves blast Rockies, 12-4

Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images Michael Harris II and Marcell Ozuna hit three-run bombs in consecutive innings to turn another potentially blah affair against the Rockies into a rout A lot of different intros come to mind for this recap. Lucky you: you can have all of them. Earl Weaver was all about pitching, defense, and the three-run homer. Well, the Braves got the three-run homer part down...2025
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• Mets 5, Rockies 3: The 10th win remains elusive

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Rockies were out-homered by the Mets, and lost in another close affair New month, same Rockies. The Colorado Rockies lost 5-3 against the New York Mets in Queens this morning. It was a homer-heavy affair on both side, but the Mets came out on top. The result was negative — 50 losses before 10 wins isn’t exactly something to hang your hat on — but ther...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Inside Jake Bird’s spectacular start to the season

Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, May 8th, 2025 It’s hard to pitch at elevation. That’s a refrain so familiar to us Colorado Rockies enthusiasts that it almost loses meaning. Still, it is because we’re so used to hearing this complaint valued feedback about our beloved Coors Field that it makes those who can conquer its spaciousness that much more...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Bullpen
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• Red Sox 10, Rockies 2: Brayan Bello was brilliant, but Kyle Freeland (again) deserved better

David Butler II-Imagn Images Freeland was good; the offense and bullpen were not. It was Tooth Day at Fenway Park as the Colorado Rockies faced the Boston Red Sox in the second game of a three-game stand. Congrats to all with teeth.— Peter Abraham (@peteabeglobe.bsky.social) 2025-07-08T22:53:54.095Z Both Brayan Bello and Kyle Freeland kept the opposing offenses toothless until the si...2025
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• Astros 6, Rockies 5: Rox don’t quit, but it’s not enough
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• Dodgers 8, Rockies 1: The rain delay didn’t stop Max Muncy

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images The noted Rockies-killer knocked in six runs for the Dodgers The Colorado Rockies once again lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, but not without some drama in the middle with a 1:25 rain delay. The Rockies hung in there pre-delay, but the Dodgers did Dodger things after the delay and blew things open en route to a 8-1 victory. Chase Dollander held his own ...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Put Hunter Goodman in the Home Run Derby (and the All-Star Game)

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 24, 2025 All credit for the idea goes to Jason Collette: Hunter Goodman to the ASG as a player & for the HR derby or we riot.— Jason Collette (@jasoncollette.bsky.social) 2025-06-18T00:39:00.266Z But, yes, absolutely. And I’m here to explain why, first by making his case for the All-Star Game (because he’...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• Sweep attempt goes sideways as Rockies roll Braves, 10-1

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Well, that was a flop! For the first six innings of this one, we were treated to an intense pitchers’ duel that saw Grant Holmes and Austin Gomber go toe-for-toe while they were out there. Then the seventh inning rolled around and the Rockies proceeded to pull away and eventually turn it into a 10-1 laugher over the Atlanta Braves. I’m going to be completely hones...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Gameplanning the trade deadline for the Rockies

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 12, 2025 We’re about a month-and-a-half away from MLB’s trade deadline on July 31st. Many teams are already considering their options in regards to this most special of days, trying to determine what path to take to set them on the road to success. Rumors swirl about names such as Luis Robert Jr., Zac Gallen,...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Warren Schaeffer is the right man for the Rockies in this moment

Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, May 13, 2025 It’s been roughly 40 hours since the news came down that Rockies’ manager Bud Black and bench coach Mike Redmond were relieved of their duties and that Warren Schaeffer and Clint Hurdle would be taking the reins in their places. The new coaching staff has begun to take shape: The Colorado Rockies' ...2025
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies
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• Rockies reliever Jake Bird commits to Team Israel
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• White Sox 10, Rockies 5: Seven run surge leads to win

Lenyn Sosa rounding the bases after his three-run home run in the eighth inning to extend the lead to 10-5 | Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The South Siders come from behind and score seven runs in the eighth inning, more than in the first two games of the series combined The Chicago White Sox won the finale of the three-game set against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. In the bat...2023
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images All the Braves do is win — on Ludacris Night, at least. Southern hospitality was not on the cards for the Colorado Rockies tonight. The Atlanta Braves rode a big first inning all the way to a 5-2 series win over the Rockies as their rude welcome to Atlanta continued for another night. As I mentioned in the opening sentence, the Brav...2024
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• Rockies 3, Marlins 2: SWEEP!!!

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images It was the Rockies first sweep in Miami since 2006. The historically bad Colorado Rockies (11-50) entered loanDept Park hoping for a win to complete a sweep, something that had seemed impossible only three days earlier. Cal Quantrill was on the mound for the Miami Marlins, raising the question of whether familiarity would benefit the Rockies or their for...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The source for the Rockies’ best stretch of the season (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 8, 2023 Say what you will about the 2023 Colorado Rockies as a whole, but winning six-of-seven games is a successful stretch no matter who you are. That’s the timeline we all currently occupy as the Rockies salvaged their final game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on the last day of April, then swept the Milwa...2023
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• Braves belt out Lamet’s lament, engage Shuise Control in 8-1 win
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Three two-run homers, including two by Travis d’Arnaud, let the Braves coast to a big win on Friday night In what was possibly their easiest win all season, the Braves smashed three two-run homers off Dinelson Lamet, while Jared Shuster and the bullpen stifled Colorado’s league-worst offense en route to an 8-1 rout. This game was really a tale of two thin...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies have 71 games remaining. Now what?
Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 11, 2023 That the Colorado Rockies have not had an especially good 2023 season is clear. In addition to their record, consider some of the data: Four of five starting pitchers have suffered significant injury. The pitching staff has the second-lowest fWAR at 2.5. Only Oakland’s is lower. They have the thir...2023
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2
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• Rockies 6, Orioles 5: The 2025 Rockies are the “imp of the perverse” in Baltimore

James A. Pittman-Imagn Images In an at times empty Camden Yards, the Rockies did not give up. Early on, the series opener between the Colorado Rockies and the Baltimore Orioles felt like the losing was back after winning two series at Coors Field. But the Rockies never gave up and came back to win, 6-5, Baltimore, home of Edgar Allan Poe. The walks, they did haunt the Orioles The Orioles...2025
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• Rockies 3, Reds 2: Rox hold on to win a close one

Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Márquez was sharp, and Goodman’s wild-pitch score proves to be the difference The Colorado Rockies narrowly beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2. It was a back-and-forth affair, but a wild pitch in the eighth by the Reds ended up being the difference. Strong Márqs Germán Márquez bounced back brilliantly after his rough outing over the weekend. He ended up pitching six i...2025
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• Red Sox 10, Rockies 2: Brayan Bello was brilliant, but Kyle Freeland (again) deserved better
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• Astros 6, Rockies 5: Rox don’t quit, but it’s not enough
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• Rockies 4, Brewers 3: A Little Something Extras. (F/11)

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The Rockies failed to cash in on a lot of opportunities, but came away with an extra innings victory in Milwaukee. The Colorado Rockies played their final game of June with their eighth road victory and their first victory in extra innings against the Milwaukee Brewers. With a win today they broke a five game losing streak and avoided being swept to close ...2025
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• Dodgers 8, Rockies 1: The rain delay didn’t stop Max Muncy
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Finding a trade partner for Ryan McMahon
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Put Hunter Goodman in the Home Run Derby (and the All-Star Game)
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• Astros 6, Rockies 5: Rox don’t quit, but it’s not enough
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• Sweep attempt goes sideways as Rockies roll Braves, 10-1
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• Thursday Rockpile: Gameplanning the trade deadline for the Rockies
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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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• 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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• 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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• Friday Rockpile: 5 pitchers, 2 position players, 2 coaches representing Rockies in WBC
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, February 10, 2023 After months of speculation, the World Baseball Classic rosters were finally announced on Thursday and the Rockies will be represented by seven players and two coaches. The total of nine players and coaches are on nine different teams, which could mean some interesting Rockies matchups — es...2023
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