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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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• Wednesday Rockpile: Trouble with the Fastball

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 If Gus Lobel, Clint Eastwood’s character in the 2012 film Trouble with the Curve, were to examine the Colorado Rockies, he would likely note their struggles with the breaking ball. However, upon further look, he would discover that the Rockies are also struggling against the fastball, thus settin...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Tested depth exposes more of the Rockies’ flaws

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 28th, 2025 Despite non-tendering second baseman Brendan Rodgers over the off-season, the Colorado Rockies entered spring training in 2025 with what seemed like a surplus of infield goods. Now one month into the regular season and with a miserable 4-23 record, the Rockies’ depth is be...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Comparing the Rockies to other struggling franchises

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 24th, 2025 Sports are a funny thing. At a young age, for one reason or another, we make a decision to follow a team or teams and let them do irreparable damage to our mental health for years to come. In my case, as someone who follows a wide array of athletic avocations, I have many opportunities to feel...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What necessitates a coaching change? A look at Rockies history

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 16, 2025 In this modern era of baseball, teams have become less callous when it comes to coaching changes during the season. Since 2018, only three managers have been dismissed before the All-Star game, all of which came in 2022. Last season, two managers were dismissed in August, and the other late ...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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• Weekly Pebble Report: Here At Last (March 31st - April 6th)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 The 2025 minor league season is now in full swing. Each Colorado Rockies affiliate has completed their first series of at least three games and the Low-A through Double-A teams will start their first full six game sets today. Now that everyone is playing, we can dive in to our first full Pebble Report of the 2025 season! The Call-Up...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: No Foolin’ (March 28th - March 30th)

Colorado Rockies minor league report for Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 The 2025 minor league season is officially underway with Triple-A teams kicking off the season as their big league counterparts did the same. As the Colorado Rockies prepare for their home opener this week, all of their minor league affiliates are doing the same. The Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes have their home opener tonight while...2025
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• Game threads: Twice the fun with White Sox at Rangers and Spring Breakout

Southpaw Hagen Smith will strut his stuff on the mound as the starter for the Spring Breakout contest. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The big leaguers are in Surprise while Chicago and Colorado’s prospects face off in Glendale Happy Sunday! Today, we have double the fun and double the coverage. Not only do the Chicago White Sox big leaguers play the Texas Rangers, but t...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Breaking down Sunday’s Spring Breakout vs. the White Sox

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 14, 2025 On Sunday, the Rockies will play in one of the most exciting games on their spring training schedule: the Spring Breakout. An average spring training game features a mix of veterans and prospects. On Sunday, that will not be the case as the Rockies will take on the White Sox ...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: DH and Bench

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Being DH could help the aging former star stay on the field, while more injuries could shakeup the roster For as long as the National League has had a designated hitter, the primary DH for the Colorado Rockies has been Charlie Blackmon. The universal DH rule took effect in the 2022 season, and Blackmon started in 79 games in the role. He led the team with 61 DH s...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Will the Rockies make a significant move again this March?

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 7, 2025 An interesting trend has emerged for the Colorado Rockies during the month of March over the last three years. Just days before Opening Day each season, the Rockies made at least one move that significantly impacted the roster. With the Rockies having completed 14 of their 35 spring training...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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• Monday Rockpile: Position Player Non-Roster Invitees, Part II

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 24th, 2025 Spring training is officially underway for the Colorado Rockies. In addition to their 40-man roster, 23 non-roster invitees have joined the team for big league camp. Last week as part of the Weekly Pebble Report, I introduced you to the first group of position players tha...2025
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"Jordan Beck followed up with a walk to tie the game 2-2 followed by a walk by Ryan Ritter that gave them the lead, but some fancy baserunning chaos cleared the bases."

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"★ ★ ★ Arizona Fall League: What to expect from Gabriel Hughes, Ryan Ritter, and other Rockies Prospects (Rockies Insider with Patrick Lyons) — This week, Patrick Lyons previews the Arizona Fall League for Rockies fans."

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"Ryan Ritter belted his 14th home run of the season, a three-run shot in the seventh inning."

• Wednesday Rockpile: Trouble with the Fastball
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• Weekly Pebble Report: Here At Last (March 31st - April 6th)
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• Monday Rockpile: In calling up Veen and Dollander, the Rockies have corrected a mistake

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 7th, 2025 “If one of the young guys are ready, we’re not afraid to go with them.” These were the words of Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt that I threw back at the organization when the 2025 Major League Baseball season began. At the time, the Rockies had been finalizing their Ope...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Is Kyle Freeland back?

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 The Rockies seem to have picked up right where they left off last season. Their offense looks as stagnant and unfocused as we had feared they might, and the bullpen continues to be a pain point, especially in the later stages of games. Things haven’t gone swimmingly at the outset of the 2025 c...2025
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• Weekly Pebble Report: No Foolin’ (March 28th - March 30th)
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• Colorado Rockies vs White Sox Spring Breakout thread

Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The young stars featured in today’s game seek to bring their clubs back to relevance The second game in today’s two-fer slate is an exciting one. The Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox are two teams that are about to enter the 2025 season with one goal: avoid last place again. Neither club may have postseason aspirations, but both ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Breaking down Sunday’s Spring Breakout vs. the White Sox
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• Thursday Rockpile: Inside Jake Bird’s spectacular start to the season
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• Thursday Rockpile: Is Kyle Freeland back?
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 17, Ryan Ritter

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The shortstop was named California League MVP in 2024 despite not playing there after July 2 17. Ryan Ritter (374 points, 26 ballots) Ritter has paired good defensive utility with better than expected offensive performance so far as a pro. The 6’2” 24-year-old shortstop was known as a college prospect for his defense, but the righty a...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies need more improvement at four specific positions

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 The Colorado Rockies have been in a difficult situation since their back-to-back playoff seasons. It’s no mystery that dysfunction behind the scenes and an overall lack of robust talent at the big league level has left them comfortably at the bottom of the league’s stan...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 25, 2024 Initially, last Friday unfolded about like we thought it would: The non-tender deadline had passed with the Colorado Rockies moving on from Cal Quantrill (no suprise) and Brendan Rodgers (kind of a surprise) while tendering a range of players who were expected to remain on t...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies need a new source of revenue

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, November 15, 2024 Another Rockies offseason once again offers the perennial playbook of articles and podcasts: Free agent fantasy wish lists, dreams trades, front office frustrations, prospect projections, stat analysis, and, eventually, roster projections. Rockies fans are used to winters filled with inaction. With the t...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Revisiting the Nolan Arenado trade four years later

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 13, 2024 It’s a day that will live in infamy for the Colorado Rockies. After swirling rumors and public disputes all winter, the Rockies finally traded star third baseman Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals along with $50 million on February 1, 2021, for a five-player package. There is no real n...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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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, October 11, 2024 According to the Cambridge Dictionary, one of the definitions for the word competitive is “eager to do better than others in an activity, esp. trying to win in a sports activity.” It’s not a word that usually needs defining, especially in the sports world. But it seems like the Rockies might nee...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: ZiPS and the 2025 Colorado Rockies

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 7, 2025 With the holidays in the rear-view mirror and baseball players preparing for Spring Training, it’s probably time to turn to FanGraphs 2025 ZiPS projections for the Colorado Rockies. Dan Szymborski’s projections merit the refined baseball fan’s attention, and I always appreciate the fact that...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Clearly, we’re at a slow time in the MLB offseason, a fact true for most teams, but especially the Colorado Rockies, who have done very little, save sign a couple of MiLB contracts and make a low-profile trade. Indeed, Kris Bryant’s Lamborghini has gotten more attention than the offseason C...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies need a new source of revenue
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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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• Weekly Pebble Report: Welcome to the 2024 Arizona Fall League

Colorado Rockies Arizona Fall League report for Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 The 2024 Arizona Fall League begins on Monday, October 7th. The first weekly report will consist of an introduction to the Salt River Rafters and the players the Rockies have sent to represent them. Starting next week the Pebble Report will have a weekly recap of the Rafter’s performances. This will continue through the...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: How the Rockies helped my dad in 2024

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Baseball has always held a special place in my dad’s heart. Growing up in the 1960s and ‘70s on the family farm in the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado, he would eagerly look forward to each Saturday afternoon when he and my grandfather would sit down to watch the gam...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The pressures to be champions now rest on the Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 14, 2023 I’m not much of a basketball fan. Despite this fact, I spent as much time as I could following the Denver Nuggets' journey through the playoffs en route to their first NBA Championship in their 47-year history. I jumped up and down like a spring in celebration in the living room with my 38-year-old brother and my 13-year-old nephew as w...2023
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• Friday Rockpile: Could changes in the game alter how the Rockies operate?
Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 14, 2023 With rule changes and exciting young players, I entered the 2023 Colorado Rockies season with some excitement, in addition to the perennial happiness baseball brings—even knowing the Rockies are likely to be a sub-.500 team. After the opening homestand at Coors Field, all of those feelings remain true; however, that was also a weird homes...2023
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• Monday Rockpile: Rockies fans are showing they’re tired of watching bad baseball (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 1, 2023 The Colorado Rockies mercifully snapped a seven-game losing streak at Coors Field with a win on Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. That was their only victory in the series against the Snakes, however, and the team’s lone series victory of the season was accomplished on the road in Cleveland...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: In loving memory of George Frazier
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 21, 2023 “It’s been a great trip and I’ve enjoyed it” -George Frazier It’s hard to say goodbye. The growth and endearing longevity that the game of baseball has with generations of fans have long been placed on the shoulders of the individuals tasked with weaving the vast tapestry of the game each an...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Elias Díaz is not far from becoming the best catcher in Colorado Rockies franchise history
Sam Greene-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 4, 2023 After vote-winners for the American and National League starters were revealed at the end of last week, Major League Baseball announced the full reserve roster on Sunday for the All-Star Game in Seattle on Tuesday, July 11th. As expected the Colorado Rockies – current owners of the worst record in the NL ...2023
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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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• Wednesday Rockpile: The time is right for Coco Montes to join the Rockies
Photo by Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Entering the start of the 2023 season, the Rockies had to quickly pivot plans at second base in the wake of Brendan Rodgers’s shoulder injury in spring training. Initially, it was a fairly simple plan to move Ryan McMahon back and let Elehuris Montero take over. Unfortunatel...2023
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• Should the Colorado Rockies explore signing Paul Goldschmidt?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Since the Colorado Rockies have not yet revealed the team’s manager for the 2025 season, let’s turn our attention to some roster speculation Katie Woo broke the news during the last week of the season: The St. Louis Cardinals would not attempt to bring back former 2022 National League Most Valuable Player ...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Is Kyle Freeland back?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: How to watch spring training

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Today marks the Colorado Rockies’ first all-squad workout, which means that spring training is well and truly on. Bud Black has confirmed that everyone is in camp and healthy, save Sean Sullivan who is recovering from a hip procedure. But the good news is on F...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?
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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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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Five position players make the next cut We’re entering the mid-point of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26 and 25-21; today we head into the top 20. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: In times like these, Rockies fans must consider the A’s fan

Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 24, 2024 Usually, if the Rockies went 4-5 on a road trip, it wouldn’t be so bad. After all, the Rockies have an all-time franchise winning percentage of .389 on the road (957-1501) and 4-5 equates to .444. If the Rockies did that consistently, they would be a much-improved squad....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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• Monday Rockpile: The at-bat that defines the Rockies’ 2023 season (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, April 24, 2023 Ryan Feltner delivered a terrific performance on Thursday, tossing 5 ⅔ shutout innings against the Philadelphia Phillies to snap the Colorado Rockies’ eight-game losing streak. The club quickly fell into old habits, however, and dropped the rest of the series to start a new three-game skid bef...2023
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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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