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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 4th, 2025 Since team icon Todd Helton ended his Hall of Fame career in 2013, first base had become quite the revolving door for the Colorado Rockies. Veteran stopgaps, rookie hopefuls, and a few decidedly not-first-a-baseman players all manned the position with varying degrees of success. However, none were tru...2025
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• The most Hall of Famers, yearly update (2025)

Back in January, when we knew the five former players who were going to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2025, I wrote a post on those five players, mentioning how many cards I had of each of them. I went back to that post to see if I had gained any cards of Dick Allen, Dave Parker, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki or Bobby Wagner since. I did. None for Sabathia or Wa...2025
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• An MLB Draft ‘what if’ for every team

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images What if Tarik Skubal had signed with the Diamondbacks in 2017? Major League teams made their draft selections earlier this week. Some players will sign quickly, others - mostly high schoolers - won’t sign at all with the team that drafted them. Some of baseball’s biggest stars could have had much different careers if they had signed with the team that ori...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, July 11, 2025 Two All-MLB First Team selections, two Silver Sluggers and two top-five MVP finishes. Three All-Star appearances. Four Gold Glove awards. Fifteen seasons with 1,772 hits in 1,673 games. The first player in the Modern Era to win a batting title in both the National and American Leagues. These ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies are lucky to have York as a sponsor and need to learn from the partnership

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, July 4, 2025 With the inking of York Space Systems as a sponsor, adding an additional revenue source that resulted in a deal through 2030 that includes a uniform patch, commercials, Coors Field signage and more, the Rockies finally made a good move this week. With the July 1 announcement, the Rockies made news as a first i...2025
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• Bobby Bonilla’s Mets contract is the gift that keeps on giving

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Deferred contracts are not new for Major League Baseball but Bobby Bonilla’s stands out above the rest. Every July 1, Bobby Bonilla cashes a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, a team he has not suited up for since the Clinton administration. It has become known as ‘Bobby Bonilla Day,’ a tongue-in-cheek holiday celebrating the American dr...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies are lucky to have York as a sponsor and need to learn from the partnership
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What does Jordan Beck need to do now?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 9, 2025 “Let the kids play!” we all cried in the waning days of spring training. “We want Zac Veen!” The monkey’s paw curled, and the wish was fulfilled on Tuesday as the Colorado Rockies officially promoted Zac Veen to the big league roster. Unfortunately, calling up Veen required op...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Where are these former members of the 2024 Rockies?

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 17th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies are reporting to their spring training home in Scottsdale, Arizona with a full 40-man roster an 23 non-roster invitees. These 63 players all have the same goal: to prepare for the upcoming 2025 baseball season and to hopefully be one of the 26 men named to the Rockies’ Opening Day ...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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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need to get more from their first round picks

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 27th, 2025 Over the past few weeks we’ve taken a closer look at the Colorado Rockies and their preferred team building methodology as a “draft and develop” organization. To be more specific, we’ve evaluated their struggles employing that particular methodology. From their difficulties in both the draft and ...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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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies need a new vibe in 2025

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, December 20, 2024 In less than 100 days (98 to be exact), the Rockies will open the 2025 season. In about 50 days, pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training, and on Feb. 21, the Rockies will play their first Cactus League game against the Diamondbacks. While there’s always the joy and...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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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour

Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, September 19, 2024 I was eight years old when it was announced that Colorado would be awarded a baseball franchise. Born and raised in the state of Colorado, up until that point, I was naturally a fan of the Bash Brother-led Oakland Athletics, with a father who grew up in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado as a fan of the Big Red Machine in the 70s. My...2024
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", Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield, Johan Santana, Ryan Braun, Todd Helton, Chris Davis, Max Scherzer, and Matt Holliday are just some of the other stars on deferred compensation deals."

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"Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while closer Billy Wagner again fell just short with 73."

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"Others who came close to induction: Todd Helton, with 72."

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"The Rockies announced that franchise legend Todd Helton has been hired as a special assistant to GM Bill Schmidt."

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"Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: How Todd Helton is deservedly making his way toward Cooperstown"

2020
"The Rockies will retire Larry Walker's Number 33 jersey on April 19, joining Todd Helton (17) as the only players to be so honored by the team."

2019
"Baseball Hall of Fame voting: Larry Walker and Todd Helton among 10 names on Matt Snyder's hypothetical ballot"

2018
"As we look a year ahead to the 2019 Hall of Fame ballot, we begin with one of the all-time Yankee greats, Mariano Rivera, leading a class of first-timers that includes late Blue Jays and Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay, Rockies first baseman Todd Helton and Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte."

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"Former Rockies star Todd Helton has returned to his roots by joining the baseball staff at the University of Tennessee, where he will serve as director of player development, the school announced on Friday in a press release."

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2015
"75 million contract in November 2010, the organization was determined not to give out any more no-trade clauses, still feeling stung (and hamstrung) by no-trade deals given to Larry Walker and Todd Helton."

2014
"Todd Helton had some bold advice for the Royals, via MLB."

• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies are lucky to have York as a sponsor and need to learn from the partnership
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• Bobby Bonilla’s Mets contract is the gift that keeps on giving
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• Thursday Rockpile: The foreign concept of loyalty in sports

D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 19, 2025 I don’t know if you heard, but a couple days ago, a fairly major transaction occurred. The Boston Red Sox, in their infinite wisdom, dealt the face of their franchise to the San Francisco Giants for what many are calling, well, not enough in return. (which, thanks Red Sox, for bringing yet another he...2025
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• Hunter Goodman settles in

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 The Colorado Rockies may be on track to make history (albeit not the good kind), but there are some early bright spots, one being catcher Hunter Goodman. He is currently tied with Jordan Beck for the Rockies most valuable player in terms of fWAR (0.9). As of Monday morning, in 179 plate appearan...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What does Jordan Beck need to do now?
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• This Day in Braves History: Marquis Grissom announces his retirement

When I hear his name, there’s only one thing I can think of. Braves Franchise History 1997: Malley’s Chocolates announces the introduction of the Chipper Jones Candy Bar. .@RealCJ10 may have been just 24 years old at the time, but that didn’t keep @MalleysCHOC from choosing him to be the first @braves star to have a candy bar named after him. The Chipper Jones Candy Bar was introduced #OTD in 1...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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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What’s next for Michael Toglia?

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Entering the 2025 season, Michael Toglia seemed primed to finally solve the riddle of first base for the Colorado Rockies. Since 2014, the first season following the retirement of Hall of Famer Todd Helton, 41 different players have logged innings at first base. By contrast, the team used 57 f...2025
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• Hunter Goodman settles in
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What does Jordan Beck need to do now?
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• Ichiro’s Hall of Fame induction presents an odd problem

Frank Becerra Jr / USA TODAY NETWORK Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 23, 2025 Another Hall of Fame voting cycle has come and gone, and the most hallowed of baseball halls will now be adorned with three new, deserving faces: those of Billy Wagner, CC Sabathia, and a personal favorite of mine in Ichiro Suzuki. While the announcement of these players’ inclusion in the ...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies need more improvement at four specific positions
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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote

Ichiro will cross the HOF line ahead of C.C. Sabathia, but both stand a great chance of election. | Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner lead a ballot that is almost certain to see multiple HOFers elected Once again, our Cooperstown ballot is hosted in this post, so you will be able to see the running results in real time right here, rather than having to vote off-...2025
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• High homer hopes for the Rockies in 2025

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, December 13, 2024 In 2024, the Rockies didn’t show much improvement. Outside of amazing sophomore campaigns from Brenton Doyle and Ezequiel Tovar, the stats weren’t very good. As surprising as it may be, Colorado did get better in one area: home runs. Ever since being ranked No. 8 in Major League Baseball wit...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?
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• Thursday Rockpile: The foreign concept of loyalty in sports
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• Hunter Goodman settles in
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What does Jordan Beck need to do now?
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (18 February 2025)

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Today involved a wide range of questions and an interview with Michael Toglia. Today, in addition to Bud Black and Michael Toglia, general manager Bill Schmidt took questions from the press. The topics covered were diverse. Bud Black Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black stressed that this team has more depth. “The depth piece is much improved,” Black...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Where are these former members of the 2024 Rockies?
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies must do more to celebrate their history

Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 10th, 2025 On Saturday the Miami Marlins announced via press release that they would be creating a team Hall of Fame to recognize “Marlins Legends.” Former players, coaches, managers, and members of the Marlins’ staff throughout their 32 seasons of existence have a new way to be recognized for their c...2025
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• Could the Royals take advantage of deferred contract payments like the Dodgers?

Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani hold his dog Decoy and joins players, coaches and family riding in the World Series Championship parade in front of Los Angeles City Hall. | Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images In short: yes, but it’s complicated About a year ago, Shohei Ohtani signed the biggest baseball contract in the history of whatever. It was a gigantic, 10-year cont...2024
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• Hall of Fame Class of '24: Beltre, Helton, Mauer

Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while closer Billy Wagner again fell just short with 73.8%....2024
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• Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame
The Hall of Fame announced this evening that Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton have been elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America. They will be elected alongside Jim Leyland, who was selected by the Era Committee last month. Beltré received 95.1% of the vote, Helton 79.7% and Mauer 76.1%. Billy Wagner got…...2024
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• Scott Rolen has been elected to the Hall of Fame
Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images He’ll be inducted in Cooperstown this summer. Longtime major league third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in the results of balloting announced Tuesday evening. Rolen got 76.3 percent of the vote, five votes over the 75 percent required for induction. Others who came close to induction: Todd Helton, with 72.2 per...2023
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• Elias Díaz named 2023 All-Star MVP
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Rockies catcher hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Díaz etched his name in the history books on Tuesday night as not just the first Rockies catcher to play in the All-Star Game but also the first Rockie to be named All-Star MVP thanks to a game-deciding home run. Trailing 2-1 in the top of the eighth i...2023
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Don't Discount Giants in Rugged NL West
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• 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results: Adrián Beltré leads class alongside Joe Mauer and Todd Helton

The Hall of Fame will add three new players this summer...2024
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• Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: How Todd Helton is deservedly making his way toward Cooperstown
Helton has gone from 16.5 to 44.9 percent of the vote in his three years on the ballot...2021
• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 19th, 2024 As the Colorado Rockies are barreling towards their second-consecutive 100-loss season, there’s no doubt that a struggling bullpen has been one of the key factors of yet another lost season. For the third-straight season, the Colorado bullpen is the worst in Major League Ba...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Will Todd Helton be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024? (We’ll know in a few hours.)

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, January 23 Today, we’ll know if Todd Helton will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He should. His teammates are clear in making a case for the former first baseman. As former Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki told Patrick Saunders, “He was a fierce competitor and that’s what sticks out the mos...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Michael Toglia finds himself at a crossroads
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• Hunter Goodman settles in
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• This Day in Braves History: Marquis Grissom announces his retirement
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• State of the Position, 2025: First base

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Can Toglia solidify his place as the Rockies slugging first baseman? First base has been a revolving door every since Todd Helton ended his Hall of Fame career in 2013. We’ve seen a number of players come and go as the Colorado Rockies tried to find the right combination of offensive and defensive potential. For the third-straight season, the Rockies once ag...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies are lucky to have York as a sponsor and need to learn from the partnership
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• 2025 South Side Sox Hall of Fame Vote
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 5, Charlie Blackmon

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Charlie Blackmon is nearing the end of his playing career, but played well enough in 2023 to earn a true “last ride.” 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 orga...2023
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• Monday Rockpile: Three low-risk, high-reward free agents for the Rockies to consider

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 27, 2023 The quiet off-season rolls on for the Colorado Rockies. There has been little-to-nothing in terms of news for both the team and most of MLB in the waning days of November. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners recently struck a deal, with the Snakes acquiring 3B Eugenio Suárez from the ...2023
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• Former Royals Carlos Beltrán and James Shields on Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Linda Cataffo/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images José Bautista, who was briefly on the Royals, also listed Former Royals Carlos Beltrán, and James Shields are part of the 26 players that will be on this year’s ballot for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. It will be the second time on the ballot for Beltrán, who received 46.5 percent of the vote last year and was likely...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Reflecting on shades of the 2012 season
Photo by Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 12, 2023 In talking about Colorado Rockies history, whenever the 2012 season comes up, I like to joke and say that season never happened because it truly is the worst season in team history in many aspects. The 2012 Rockies narrowly avoided 100 losses by going 64-98 while also suf...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Feeling Hall of Fame-ish
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The countdown is on to see who will be enshrined We’re less than a week away from the announcements of who will be in the 2023 MLB Hall of Fame class heading for enshrinement in Cooperstown. With only a portion of the ballots being shared publicly it can be exceptionally difficult to predict which players (if any) will make the cut. But every year Ryan Thi...2023
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