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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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• Rays 6, Rockies 4: Poor defense sinks the ship in Tampa

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images The Rockies still have not won a season-opening series since 2022 The Colorado Rockies still have not won a season-opening series since 2022, and still haven’t won a season-opening road series (in front of fans) since 2017. The game started off tough, as they got down 2-0 early. But they battled back to tie the game in the fifth, before the wheels fell off...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

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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• 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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• Wednesday Rockpile: Three free agent relievers the Rockies could consider

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, January 29, 2025 One of the notable pieces of information to come from Rockies Fest last weekend was the reveal that should the team make more signings, it would likely come in the bullpen. Folks in the comments of Tuesday’s Rockpile were quite vocal about their opposition to this idea and understandably so. The...2025
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 17, Jake Bird

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Iron Man did improve down the stretch, but it might’ve been too late Welcome to the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing prin...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster

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

Photo by Pamela Smith/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Back on July 2, I wrote a “mid-season progress report” in which I attempted to describe how the Colorado Rockies compared with their peers based on a number of metrics. Now the season is over, Coors Field is preparing for winter (after spending part of October as an Upper Deck Golf site), and al...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Seth Halvorsen’s meteoric rise culminates in stellar big league debut

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 2nd, 2024 From needing Tommy John surgery early in his college career with the University of Missouri to a fractured elbow that needed surgery in 2022 and a transfer to the University of Tennessee the year after, you would never know that big-bodied righty Seth Halvorsen’s meteoric rise hasn’t alway...2024
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"There’s also workhouse (and, since Charlie Blackmon’s retirement, owner of the team’s best beard) Jake Bird, the reliable righty that’s been used more than almost any reliever in recent years."

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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"

• The 2025 Colorado Rockies: A SWOT analysis
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• State of the Position, 2025: Bullpen
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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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• This Week in Purple: Tender Hearts

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for November 23-24, 2024 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ It was a fairly busy we...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Rule-5 protections loom over the Rockies roster
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• Tuesday Rockpile: A final evaluation of the 2024 Colorado Rockies
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• Monday Rockpile: Five things we learned from the Colorado Rockies’ opening series
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• Luis Peralta and some Rockies pitching trends

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The young, exciting lefty talent is part of a growing trend within the Rockies’ pitching scouting and development. It’s well documented that the Colorado Rockies have tried all sorts of pitching ideas and philosophies throughout their now more than three decades of existence, most not turning out all that well, even after experiencing initial success. Even...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: An early look at the Rockies 2025 roster and payroll

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 9, 2024 The Rockies are treading in familiar water. They are losing. They didn’t make big trades. They don’t seem likely to bring in free agents or make splashy offseason trades. (If that changes, I will happily rewrite a cheery thank you note admitting my erroneous pessimism.) Even i...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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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies by the numbers: A midseason progress report

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, July 2, 2024 The Colorado Rockies have officially passed the halfway mark of the 2024 season. Their 29-55 record as well as their .329 winning percentage gives a fairly good sense of where this team is. (Only the Chicago White Sox have a lower winning percentage, .282.) Clearly, we’ve left small-sample-size te...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies need to solve their bullpen problems

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 26, 2024 The 2024 Colorado Rockies have plenty of problems. Hitting has been subpar, starting pitching has been inconsistent, and perhaps the biggest problem has been the bullpen and its usage. The Rockies were reminded of that problem during their recent homestand as they surrendered ...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: For either Kris Bryant or the Rockies, enough has to be enough.

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 17th, 2024 You’ve probably heard this one before. A player for the Colorado Rockies—one who is being paid a very large sum of money by said team—is more injured than expected and has no timetable for return. This is a situation fans of the team are all too familiar with since the Rockies signed Kris Bry...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The abundance of Rockies Latin American starting pitching prospects could be promising

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, June 13, 2024 This Rockpile builds on last week (June 7) when we looked at the history of Rockies starting pitching, focusing on how some of the organization’s best pitchers were signed out of Latin America, specifically Mexico, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Check out that article here...2024
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• The Rockies have made multiple pitching roster moves

John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports After the bullpen struggled at the tail end of their road trip, the Rockies have announced multiple roster moves. The Colorado Rockies announced a series of pitching-related roster moves on Friday afternoon. These moves come just before the team was set to start a six-game homestand Friday evening with a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillie...2024
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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
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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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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 40, Victor Vodnik

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The core piece of the Pierce Johnson trade, Vodnik has a real shot to be a high-leverage reliever for years to come. Welcome to the 2023 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2023. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an o...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Can the Colorado Rockies replicate the success of the Arizona Diamondbacks?

Photo by Wilfred Perez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Last week, our friends over at DNVR Rockies tweeted this: Rockies gonna be as fun as Diamondbacks this time next year— DNVR Rockies (@DNVR_Rockies) October 5, 2023 A few days later, Patrick Saunders explored the topic at more length, considering whether the Colorado Ro...2023
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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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• 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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• Tuesday Rockpile: 5 reasons to be optimistic about the Colorado Rockies

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 19, 2023 I’m pretty excited about the 2023 Rockies. At this point, you’re probably saying, “Seriously? This team has been decimated by pitching injuries; the bullpen has the highest ERA (5.28) in MLB and has blown the most saves (30); they are 28th in home runs; and they only have one 2.0 fWAR player. Plus, ...2023
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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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• 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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