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• This Week in Purple: Time to turn the page

Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for April 19-20, 2025 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 was a weird week in Colorado Rockies baseball. First, they were s...2025
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• This Week in Purple: The Veen Machine has arrived

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for April 12-13, 2025 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. ★ ★ ★ More things happened th...2025
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• Braves News: Chris Sale receives recognition for excellent 2024 season

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Last night was Chris Sale Cy Young Bobblehead Night at the ballpark and while the Atlanta Braves failed to pick up the win, it was a nice reminder of and a good way to commemorate what was a fantastic season for Sale in 2024. There was a pregame ceremony honoring Sale as well, and it was truly an impressive sig...2025
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• This Week in Purple: It’s Do(llander) Time!

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for April 5-6, 2025 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. ★ ★ ★ I say once again: Thing...2025
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• This Week in Purple: And away we go!

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for March 29-30, 2025 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. ★ ★ ★ And away we go! The Colora...2025
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• This Week in Purple: About the last weekend...

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for March 22-23, 2025 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. ★ ★ ★ Folks, we ma...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: It’s too early to worry about Charlie Condon

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 Early last week there were murmurings coming from Colorado Rockies camp. Charlie Condon — the 2024 fourth-overall selection out of the University of Georgia — was injured. Even worse, the Rockies allegedly feared it was significant. Last Friday the injury was confirmed. Ho...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, February 14, 2025 On several occasions, the Rockies have been known to misjudge reality. From Dick Monfort saying the 2023 Rockies could be a .500 team to giving Kris Bryant a 7-year, $182 million deal in 2022 to failing to re-sign DJ LeMahieu and inking Daniel Murphy for the same price the Yankees gave LeMahi...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Are the Rockies actually a draft and develop team?

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 13th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies were never going to make a big splash signing this off-season. Not with looming austerity measures coming for the team and not after six consecutive losing campaigns that included back-to-back seasons with 100 losses. While those at the top will never admi...2025
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2024

Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports Join us in our rundown of the year before 2025 begins At the end of every year, Purple Row pauses to reflect back on the year that was. Today, we do that by continuing the annual tradition of highlighting each our writer’s favorite articles of 2024. We do this to give our writers another chance to put what they believe represents their best work out into th...2024
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• Chasen Shreve (briefly) worked out of the Colorado Rockies bullpen in 2024

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images He was part of the Rockies’ ongoing quest for a lefty reliever. You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play 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 from Baseb...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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• 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 Charlie Blackmon speaks to media at Rockies Fest Of course, no one — not even Blackmon — probably knows yet if that will happen, but now that he’s a special assistant to the general manager, it’s worth taking a moment to tease out the possibilities."

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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 […]"

• Braves News: Chris Sale receives recognition for excellent 2024 season
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• This Week in Purple: It’s Do(llander) Time!
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• This Week in Purple: Spring Break(out)

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for March 15-16, 2025 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. ★ ★ ★ Happy spri...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?
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• This Week in Purple: Pitcher and Catchers report on Thursday

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for February 8-9, 2025 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...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Could Charlie Blackmon be the Rockies future manager?

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 3, 2025 Last week, Mac Wilcox wrote about former Colorado Rockies players who could find themselves in the team’s managerial seat. Mac cast a wide net in his survey, but I’d like to spend a bit of time teasing out Charlie Blackmon’s possible candidacy. As I was watching his media availability at Rockies Fes...2025
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• This Week in Purple: January is finally over!

Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for February 1-2, 2025 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! January is finally ov...2025
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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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• Monday Rockpile: Are the Rockies actually a draft and develop team?
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 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

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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• 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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• Checking in with Tanner Gordon one month into his MLB career
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Could Charlie Blackmon be the Rockies future manager?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Six things we learned at Rockies Fest
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• This Week in Purple: Festival of the Rockies

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for January 25-26, 2025 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. ★ ★ ★ Hap...2025
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: A letter to Santa for the Colorado Rockies

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 24, 2024 Dear Santa: As you prepare to leave the North Pole with your sleigh packed with gifts for good children everywhere, we here at Purple Row wanted to add a few requests for our friends, the Colorado Rockies. True, they were not a very good team in 2024, but they seem like nice folks, and we’re ...2024
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• This Week in Purple: 20 years of Purple Row incoming

Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for December 21-22, 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 Colorado Rockies w...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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• 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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• 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: The Veen Machine has arrived
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• Tuesday Rockpile: It’s too early to worry about Charlie Condon
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• This Week in Purple: Positional Battles

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for March 8-9, 2025 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’re now in the thick of spring tr...2025
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• This Week in Purple: The games have begun!

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for March 1-2, 2025 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. ★ ★ ★ Spring tra...2025
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• Two Weeks in Purple: Here we go!

Allan Henry-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for February 22-23, 2025 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 Colorado Rockies are 1-0 in 20...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Monfort’s ‘best defense’ or just a better defense for the Rockies in 2025?
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• Chasen Shreve (briefly) worked out of the Colorado Rockies bullpen in 2024
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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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• 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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