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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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• Tigers 8, Rockies 6, 10 innings: Colorado wastes late scoring chances

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Toglia and McMahon homered, but the Rockies couldn’t get clutch hit in the 9th or 10th In a game with promising young starters on the mound, the spotlight instead fell to the offenses, and the Rockies weren’t able to keep up with the Tigers in an extra-inning loss on Wednesday night. In the battle of the No. 9 overall MLB Draft pick from 2023, 23-year-old RHP Chase ...2025
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• Giants 6, Rockies 3: Walking into the jaws of defeat

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Blalock was solid, but Chapman’s homer erases sixth run rally for the Rox A disastrous sixth inning quickly negated a solid start on the mound by Bradley Blalock and a rare rally on the road as the Colorado Rockies (6-27) dropped a second straight game to the San Francisco Giants (21-13) on Saturday by a score of 6-3. Not bad, Bradley Making his s...2025
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• Rockies 2, Braves 1: The Rockies win!

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Dollander and bullpen limit Braves, while Doyle hits game-winning homer The Rockies snapped their eight-game losing streak to end April with a win and finish a six-game homestand with a huge victory over Atlanta on Wednesday. Dollander’s best day Chase Dollander improved to a team-high two wins in the best performance of his young career, even if it was cut s...2025
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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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• Braves 8, Rockies 2: Making history (and not the good kind)

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images Although there are signs of offensive life, the Rockies losing streak extended to nine games. The Colorado Rockies continued to make baseball history tonight, but not in a good way. With an 8-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves, the Rockies extended their losing streak to eight games, their second eight-game losing streak of the season. (The first was April 1...2025
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• Braves 8, Rockies 2: Making history (and not the good kind)
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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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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Colorado Rockies

Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Brewers hit the road for second time this year as they head West to battle Colorado & Arizona Coming off a solid 5-2 homestand, the Brewers will look to keep things going on the road this week, as they head West for a pair of series against the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks. Milwaukee gets their first ...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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• State of the Position, 2025: Bullpen

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It’ll likely be a season of growing pains for the young Rockies relief corps Well, here we are again. We once again enter the season with multiple questions lingering over the Colorado Rockies bullpen. They once again found themselves trailing behind every other team in baseball in terms of ERA, hits allowed, WHIP... you get the gist. It was another rou...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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"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"

• Braves 8, Rockies 2: Making history (and not the good kind)
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• Braves aim to end disappointing April on a Rocky Mountain High note
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• Rockies series preview: Two of the worst offenses in baseball
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• The Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals split Sunday night doubleheader

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Rockies split the doubleheader to snap their losing streak and debut their new uniforms. Game 1: Nationals 3, Rockies 2 The Colorado Rockies dropped the first game of the doubleheader to increase their losing streak to eight games and cement yet another series loss. Early errors...ew Trouble came early for the Rockies when, in the top of the second ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: It’s not too soon for the Rockies to go another direction in 2025
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• The 2025 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 25, 2025 It’s happening! The 2025 season has started, and we’ll have Colorado Rockies baseball this weekend. And that means, it’s time for my yearly SWOT analysis. (Read last year’s here.) As a refresher, my preference is to write a (very rough) SWOT analysis that examines strengths, weaknesses, oppor...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: Bullpen
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Pitching storylines to watch in spring training

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Rejoice baseball fans, the time is upon us for pitchers and catchers to report to camp to kick off spring training! Understandably, expectations are low for the Colorado Rockies entering the 2025 season, after all, they have lost 100 games in back-to-back seasons are are pr...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Could 2019 be the Rockies’ most successful recent draft?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 4th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies have struggled to extract big league talent from their drafts over the last ten years, especially when it comes to their early round selections. From 2015 through 2024 the Rockies draft has produced just 36 players to make their MLB debut, and only 30 of those players did so for t...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Inside Jake Bird’s spectacular start to the season
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• Tigers 8, Rockies 6, 10 innings: Colorado wastes late scoring chances
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• Braves 8, Rockies 2: Making history (and not the good kind)
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• One month in: The Rockies, the White Sox, and . . . the Orioles?
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• Braves aim to end disappointing April on a Rocky Mountain High note
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• The Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals split Sunday night doubleheader
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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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• Friday Rockpile: It’s not too soon for the Rockies to go another direction in 2025
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• Rockies 12, Athletics 5: Offensive explosion backs Dollander’s premiere

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Doyle and Tovar’s bats go to work to ensure Chase Dollander’s first game ends in victory Things couldn’t have gone much better for the Rockies on Sunday. An offensive explosion unmatched by any game this season, the successful debut of their number one prospect, and a bullpen that didn’t implode was all it took to get the dub and avoid the sweep against...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Five things we learned from the Colorado Rockies’ opening series
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• The offense flashes and the Royals win 7-4 over the Rockies
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• Friday Rockpile: It’s not too soon for the Rockies to go another direction in 2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Pitching storylines to watch in spring training
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Six things we learned at Rockies Fest

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

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images The stove is warming up as the Rockies make their first move The Colorado Rockies have entered the 2024 Trade Deadline arena as they announced they have sent reliever Nick Mears to the Milwaukee Brewers for right-handed pitching prospects Bradley Blalock and Yujanjer Herrera. ESPN’s Jeff Passan was the first to report the deal. The Milwaukee Brewers a...2024
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 105 thread: Ryan Feltner vs Blake Snell

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies look to rebound after a difficult start to their series at Oracle Park, The Colorado Rockies lace them up for a scheduled double header against the San Francisco Giants at the beautiful Oracle Park. Unfortunately, said Park has been much less beautiful for the Rockies, who have dropped nine straight games there after last night’s beatdown by the bay....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 2024 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 When it comes to making predictions for the coming MLB season, I tend to prefer writing a (very rough) SWOT analysis that includes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This strikes me as a more nuanced (and slightly different) approach to the topic at hand. So here’s my best ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Is the bullpen an answer to the Rockies starting pitching problem?

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and notes for Friday, January 5, 2024 The pitching supply just isn’t meeting demand in Major League Baseball. While this might be the case most, if not all, of the time, things seem worse heading into 2024. The Rockies really need starting pitching, as Purple Row’s Evan Lang detailed on Thursday, but they are far from the only ones. ...2024
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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
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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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• More injuries strike an already decimated Rockies pitching staff
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports It was announced on Wednesday that Brent Suter and Connor Seabold would both miss time due to injury. When it rains, it pours, and it certainly is pouring. Denver is seeing one of it’s wettest Junes in 58 years, and the Colorado Rockies just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to their obliterated pitching staff. Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post re...2023
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• Jarred Kelenic crushes a three-run homer as Braves clamp down on Colorado, 5-2
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• Thursday Rockpile: Inside Jake Bird’s spectacular start to the season
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• Giants 6, Rockies 3: Walking into the jaws of defeat
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• Chris Sale mostly dominates but Braves can’t slap their way to victory in 2-1 loss to Rockies
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• One month in: The Rockies, the White Sox, and . . . the Orioles?
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• Braves 6, Rockies 3: Exactly one inning of fun.

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Rockies’ miserable skid to start 2025 continues with a loss to the visiting Atlanta Braves. The Colorado Rockies had their historically bad start to the season continue with a loss to the Atlanta Braves in the first of three. Their 4-24 record makes them one of just six teams to achieve a record that bad—or worse—through the first 28 games of the season d...2025
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• Reds 6, Rockies 4: Amador’s big day not enough to win the game

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Adael Amador slugged his first career home run in three-hit game It wasn’t quite the 14-inning affair 30 years ago, but the Colorado Rockies (4-22) did battle at the plate but ultimately fell 6-4 against the Cincinnati Reds (14-13). Despite the efforts of Adael Amador’s three-hit performance, strikeouts plagued the Rockies as they struggled against the...2025
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• Rockies series preview: Two of the worst offenses in baseball
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• The Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals split Sunday night doubleheader
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• Nationals 12, Rockies 11: Dollander struggled early and the offense rallied late
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, August 2024

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