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• Rockies 3, Nationals 1: 4 wins in a row!

Brad Mills-Imagn Images Rockies riding longest winning streak since May of 2024 Five Rockies pitchers combined to hold the Nationals to one run and Michael Toglia and Jordan Beck homered as Colorado (17-57) won its fourth game in a row. Washington (30-44), meanwhile, lost its 11th straight in a game that was delayed 1 hour and 45 minutes by rain on Wednesday. Homers Keep Coming Michael Tog...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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• 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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• Rockies Reacts Survey Results: Bird or Goodman?

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images A lot can still happen in the next 10 days Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Colorado Rockies fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. ★ ★ ★ When it comes to MLB All-Star voting, it typically turns into a popularity contest....2025
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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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• Rockies 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.
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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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• 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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• 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 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"

• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• Braves 12, Rockies 4: A close game turns ugly late

Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images A tightly-contested contest ended up lopsided after Atlanta’s late surge The final score doesn’t show it, but this game was hotly-contested for most of its runtime. Unfortunately, a catastrophic last few innings gave the Atlanta Braves a commanding win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday. Gettin’ started early The Rockies have struggled on offense this season, ...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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• What should the Colorado Rockies look like in three years?

Photo by Casey Paul/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 11, 2025 A person who knows a lot more about baseball than I do said something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: Teams should always be planning for what they’ll look like in three years. We know that the 2025 season is a wash. Save for giving prospects experience and trying to fix a br...2025
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• 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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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• Rockies Reacts Survey Results: Bird or Goodman?
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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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• 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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• 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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• Rockies 3, Nationals 1: 4 wins in a row!
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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
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• The 2025 Colorado Rockies walk-up songs

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images In this historically bad season, the music still bops. True story. Last Sunday before the New York Mets game, I was talking with the Colorado Rockies director of communications about compiling the team’s walk-up music. He said that he had the songs on a spreadsheet, and he’d be happy to share. Not long after this conversation ended, Chase Dollander walked ov...2025
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• Giants 6, Rockies 5: Ninth-inning bullpen meltdown cements another loss

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Rockies had some momentum in the late innings, but Zach Agnos wasn’t able to hold on The San Francisco Giants did it again, winning their sixth-straight one-run game. The Colorado Rockies fought back from behind, and even gave themselves some insurance runs in the later innings. Unfortunately, though, things unraveled in the ninth inning and the Rox came ...2025
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• Mets 4, Rockies 2: Lindor spoils Ritter’s debut

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Rockies put up a fight, but a late Lindor double sank their hopes of victory The Colorado Rockies battled throughout the game, but a few missed opportunities kept the New York Mets in the contest long enough for Francisco Lindor to come through with a late, game-deciding hit that sent the Coors Field crowd home disappointed. Roli-tela Relay Antonio Senzat...2025
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• Rockies 14, Diamondbacks 12: The bats come alive in the desert

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Rockies scored 14 runs on 19 hits in cathartic road victory It was a classic showdown in the desert between the Colorado Rockies (8-37) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (24-22) as the bats were hot, and the pitchers just tried to survive. The two offenses combined for 26 runs on 34 hits and set a season-high for MLB with 36+ hard-hit balls in the g...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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• 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 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.
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• Sweep attempt goes sideways as Rockies roll Braves, 10-1
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• Braves 12, Rockies 4: A close game turns ugly late
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• What should the Colorado Rockies look like in three years?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Tyler Freeman is having a solid (under-the-radar) season
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• Mets 4, Rockies 2: Lindor spoils Ritter’s debut
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• Rockies 3, Marlins 2: SWEEP!!!
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• Colorado Rockies 6, Miami Marlins 4: Win No. 10

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The Colorado Rockies finally, mercifully, arrive at double digit wins to snap an eight-game losing streak. The Colorado Rockies remain undefeated after eight-game losing streaks with a 4-0 record in such situations thanks to a desperately needed victory against the Miami Marlins. The Rockies arrived in Miami after making history by being the first team to...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 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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