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• This Week in Purple: Awards Season

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for November 9-10, 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. ★ ★ ★ The World Series is ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies can’t keep doing same things and expect more streaming revenue

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, November 8, 2024 When I first started playing Little League, the players were given an assignment by our coach. He told us to find a great player who played our position and watch them. I played second base and already familiar with Ryne Sandberg because the Cubs were on WGN, so I picked Sandberg. The assign...2024
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• This Week in Purple: World Series

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for October 26-27, 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. ★ ★ ★ We’ve officially made...2024
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• World Series Game 1 Thread

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The 12th installment of a Yankees-Dodgers World Series starts tonight in Los Angeles The World Series is finally here. It seems like the Rockies stopped playing years ago, but it’s only been about a month. As the postseason bracket has funneled to the final matchup, now of baseball’s biggest juggernauts will take the field in Game 1 of the...2024
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• This Week in Playoffs: We Are the (Almost) Champions!

Photo by Drew Hallowell/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for October 19-20, 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. ★ ★ ★ The Co...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Injuries and underperformance defined a disappointing season, but lessons were learned 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 principle that’s drawn ...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies have largely failed to improve at base stealing in 2024

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 23rd, 2024 The Colorado Rockies have largely struggled to steal bases during the Bud Black era, especially following their 2018 playoff run. From 2019 through 2023, the Rockies have never stolen more than 80 bases in a season, with a low mark—discounting the COVID-19 shortened 20...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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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 46-36

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Here are the 11 prospects who didn’t quite make the Honorable Mention cut After revealing the players who appeared on a single ballot and then those who appeared on two or three ballots, it’s time to talk about 11 players who were just outside Honorable Mention status as voted by the Purple Row electorate in the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuR...2024
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• Checking in with Tanner Gordon one month into his MLB career

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Back in July, Tanner Gordon made his MLB debut, which he discussed here. But rookies are like kids: They grow up so fast. On Friday, Gordon will have started five games for the Colorado Rockies, and currently has a 6.15 ERA (5.34 FIP) with 23 Ks in 26.1 IP. Add to that three walks, and it’s a...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Lone All-Star State

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for July 13-14, 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. ★ ★ ★ We made it! The first ha...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies have a shutout problem

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Colorado Rockies links and news for Friday, July 12, 2024 This week, the Rockies passed another bad milestone and appear to be well on their way to another franchise-worst mark. In 2023, the season where the Rockies set the franchise record for 103 losses, they were shut out nine times. When the Reds shut out Colorado 6-0 on July 8, it marked the 10th goos...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Up and Down and All Around

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for June 22-23, 2024 The Rockies had a weird week again, going 2-7 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers. The worst game came on Tuesday, when they put up six early runs and were up 9-4 heading into the ninth inning, but a spectacular bullpen implosion that included a grand slam, a questionable check sw...2024
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• Jordan Beck adjusts to the ups and downs of a big league life

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, May 28, 2024 It’s been a big May for Jordan Beck. After a scalding spring training (.370/.433/.519; .952 OPS), Beck began the 2023 season as an Albuquerque Isotope and #6 on our PuRPs list. Back in February, Jeff Aberle wrote, “If the opportunity arises, Beck could conceivably be a big-league factor as so...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies new confidence and win streak in jeopardy with roster changes

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 17, 2024 It turns out that Yogi Berra was right all along: “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” The Rockies were beaten down. At 8-28, they were the worst team in baseball. Their confidence was down and the mental mistakes were up. Then came the breakout game. On May 9, the Rockies st...2024
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Celebrate one last game with us... TONIIIIIIGHT! It’s official. Charlie Blackmon announced his retirement on Monday, and the final week of the season has been dedicated to honoring his illustrious 14-year career playing mile high baseball. There have been so many on- and off-field moments throughout Blackmon’s tenure that endeared him to so many fans...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Some takeaways from the Colorado Rockies prospects panel at RockiesFest

Sterlin Thompson, Zac Veen, Drew Romo, Chase Dollander, Gabriel Hughes, Jaden Hill, and Case Williams | Renee Dechert Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, February 6 A highlight of RockiesFest 2024 was the “Player Q&A: Rockies Prospects” panel, which brought together Chase Dollander (2023 mid-season #4 PuRP) Jaden Hill (2024 pre-season #19 PuRP) Gabriel Hughes (2023 mid-season ...2024
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2023

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Starting 2024 by looking back The New Year is a tried and true opportunity to remember and reflect on the previous year. Yesterday, we remembered the most-read articles of the 2023 calendar year. Today, we take the opportunity to reflect on the articles that brought us the most pride and satisfaction. This annual tradition of having our writers highlig...2024
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"Renee Dechert Being a Colorado Rockies fan is not without its challenges."

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"My colleague Renee Dechert said this following the Rockies’ sweep at the hands of the Pirates: “In my experience when any organization cannot function in the way that the Rockies cannot function, something breaks, and there is change."

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"To begin the program, Dan Szymborski welcomes Renee Dechert of Purple Row and Rockies Pitch and Bryan Kilpatrick of Mile High Sports to discuss Jeff Bridich […]"

• Friday Rockpile: Rockies can’t keep doing same things and expect more streaming revenue
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• Friday Rockpile: Bradley Blalock adjusts to MLB life with the Colorado Rockies

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 6, 2024 For the last three seasons, Colorado Rockies fans have been clamoring for the team to do two things: Be active in acquiring players and letting the kids play. This year, the Rockies have definitely been promoting prospects. (Whether they receive adequate playing time is a separate question.) So...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Seth Halvorsen’s meteoric rise culminates in stellar big league debut
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should Adam Ottavino be the next Colorado Rockies manager?

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, August 20, 2024 When the New York Mets visited Denver earlier this month to play the Colorado Rockies, it was a kind of homecoming for relief pitcher Adam Ottavino. He was with the team from 2012-2018 and was part of the last group to make it to the postseason. Of that time, Ottavino told Denver media, “To me, 2018...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 46-36
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• This Week in Purple: On to August

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for August 3-4, 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. ★ ★ ★ While July was the month o...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies mishandled the 2024 Trade Deadline

Photo by Justin Tafoya/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 31, 2024 The 2024 MLB Trade Deadline was quite a doozy. As Renee Dechert pointed out a few of the moves prior to Tuesday’s Rockpile, a flurry of moves occurred throughout the day until the clock expired. We saw contenders bolster their teams even more and some of the returns were quite su...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Trade Talk

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for July 27-28, 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. ★ ★ ★ The All-Star Break is behind us...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies have largely failed to improve at base stealing in 2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Bradley Blalock adjusts to MLB life with the Colorado Rockies
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should Adam Ottavino be the next Colorado Rockies manager?
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 46-36
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• Checking in with Tanner Gordon one month into his MLB career
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite memories of Todd Helton

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Toddfather has left his mark on both the Rockies franchise and their fans As Todd Helton prepares to take his place in the MLB Hall of Fame, we thought it would be a good time for staff members to reflect on their memories of The Toddfather. The ceremony starts at 11:30am MT. ★ ★ ★ Sam Bradfield My late maternal grandfather was a baseball guy, alwa...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Cooperstown

Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for July 20-21, 2024 We finally made it! Todd Helton will be enshrined in Cooperstown forever. The ceremony officially takes place this Sunday, July 21 at 1:30pm ET/11:30am MT. It will be televised exclusively on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.com, and it is expected to take approximately two and a half hours. Helton received 79.7% of the votes this ye...2024
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• Jordan Beck adjusts to the ups and downs of a big league life
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• Thursday Rockpile: If you can lose with them, you can just as easily lose without them.

John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, May 23, 2024 This is a story in two parts, and they both revolve around Colorado Rockies’ tenured third baseman Ryan McMahon. First, this is the latest and greatest version of the “RyMac is raking” annual article. Strong first-halves are not a rare occurrence for McMahon – especially in May where he sports a lifeti...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies can’t keep doing same things and expect more streaming revenue
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• Friday Rockpile: Bradley Blalock adjusts to MLB life with the Colorado Rockies
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• This Week in Purple: One More Month

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for August 31-September 1, 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. ★ ★ ★ The summer is f...2024
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• This Week in Purple: How do you do, fellow kids?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for August 24-25, 2024 The Colorado Rockies only won two games this past week, but they clinched the season series against the San Diego Padres last Friday. The struggled mightily against the Washington Nationals, and lost 3-0 in the Bronx against the New York Yankees last night. They do have two more against th...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should Adam Ottavino be the next Colorado Rockies manager?
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• This Week in Purple: Forever Enshrined

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for August 17-18, 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’s the last stop on the H...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 46-36
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• Checking in with Tanner Gordon one month into his MLB career
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• Thursday Rockpile: Nothing about the 2023 Rockies is working
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 20th, 2023 When Colorado Rockies fans scoffed at owner Dick Monfort’s proclamation that the team could play .500 baseball this season, I don’t think any of them imagined just how bad things would be this early on. “It’s tough to watch,” said Rockies play-by-play announcer Drew Goodman during the team’s...2023
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• Thank you, Jenny Cavnar!

Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images Cavnar has been a staple of Rockies broadcasts for the last 12 years, and now will be the first full-time In case you missed it, Colorado Rockies broadcaster Jenny Cavnar was named play-by-play voice of the Oakland Athletics — the first female full-time play-by-play announced in MLB history. Prior to this, Rockies fans have been able to watch Jenny serve as...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Hey, Now! Elias Díaz is an All-Star!
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies recap and discussion thread for Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9, 2023 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 ...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Is a Charlie Blackmon extension worth it?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Last month our own Renee Dechert made a case for signing Charlie Blackmon to a one-year extension, as did Evan Lang and myself on the Affected by Altitude podcast. The general consensus between the two cases deems that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to re-sign Blackmon, based on his leadershi...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: Pitching reinforcements are on the horizon with new round of promotions
Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, July 6th, 2023 The dire straits of the Colorado Rockies pitching staff have been well documented this year, mixing injuries, poor performances, and other setbacks. Depth is running thin both at the big league level and in Triple-A Albuquerque with the Rockies having already used 28 uniqu...2023
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• This Week in Purple: Back at It!
Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies recap and discussion thread for Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23, 2023 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. ★ ...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Is a managerial extension for Bud Black really what the Rockies need?

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 20, 2024 When your ship has sunk to the bottom of the ocean and you’re about to embark on a new vessel, do you really want the same old sea captain at the helm of your crew? That’s the question that the Colorado Rockies need to ponder and answer for themselves when it comes to their manager Bud Black....2024
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• This Week in Purple: All-Star MVPs, draft picks and schedule releases! Oh my!
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies recap and discussion thread for Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16, 2023 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. ★ ★ ★ This ...2023
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• This Week in Purple: Awards Season
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• World Series Game 1 Thread
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• This Week in Playoffs: We Are the (Almost) Champions!
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 43, Nolan Jones
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies have largely failed to improve at base stealing in 2024
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• This Week in Purple: Wake Me Up When September Ends

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for September 7-8, 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. ★ ★ ★ We are nearing the end of the 2024 ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Bradley Blalock adjusts to MLB life with the Colorado Rockies
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• Monday Rockpile: Seth Halvorsen’s meteoric rise culminates in stellar big league debut
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• This Week in Purple: One More Month
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• Friday Rockpile: Bradley Blalock adjusts to MLB life with the Colorado Rockies
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• MLB Draft 2024, Day 1, Rounds 1 & 2: Rockies preview and open thread

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies have three picks tonight After having three first-round picks in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Colorado Rockies have three in the first two rounds once again in the 2024 draft. After a 59-103 record (.364) in 2023, the Rockies will be picking third overall. As always, there’s a lot of speculation. You can find Purple Row’s analysis from Renee Dechert...2024
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• The Colorado Rockies, home run celebrations, and hope

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 I spent part of last season writing about home run celebrations, a ritual of which I am a fan. I ranked the best ones (The Seattle Mariners’ trident won out), and when any team came to Coors Field, I asked to see their home run celebration gear. For example, here’s the Minnesota Twi...2024
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• MLB Draft 2023, Day 1, Rounds 1 & 2: Rockies preview and open thread
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Rockies have three picks tonight After having four first-round picks in the 2022 MLB Draft, the Rockies will have three in the first two rounds of the 2023 draft. After a 68-94 (.420) season, the Rockies will be picking ninth overall. As always, there’s a lot of speculation. You can find Purple Row’s analysis from Renee Dechert here, and Skyler ...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: Pitching reinforcements are on the horizon with new round of promotions
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