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• Rockies 8, Pirates 5: Paul Who?

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Rockies managed to conquer one of the best pitchers in baseball and secure a series win. The Colorado Rockies took down Cy Young hopeful and two-time All-Star Paul Skenes and his Pittsburgh Pirates for their third home series win of the season, and their second come-from-behind victory in as many days. It wasn’t quite as dramatic as last night’s theatrics...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: The trade deadline has come and gone, but are the Rockies better off?

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 1, 2025 Considering the Colorado Rockies’ history of making few significant moves at the trade deadline, even as they are miles away from even dreaming of contending, Colorado continued to play it low-key as the trade deadline came and went this season. The biggest surprise is that the players who were traded reveal...2025
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• Colorado Rockies 2025 MLB Trade Deadline Tracker

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Here’s a place to bring together the rumors and trades of the day. It’s MLB Trade Deadline Day! The Colorado Rockies have an off-day, but there will (hopefully!) be plenty of action off the field. Teams will no longer be able to make trades after 4:00 p.m. MDT, which means that all day, the rumors and transactions are s...2025
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• Guardians 5, Rockies 0: Offense disappears in Cleveland

David Richard-Imagn Images The Guardians bullpen shut down Colorado to win the series The Rockies struck out 10 times, were held to three hits, only managed to get one runner to second base and fell 5-0 in the series finale against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The game took exactly 120 minutes since Colorado’s bats were unable to get anything going and the loss marked the first time in Ro...2025
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• Colorado Rockies trade Tyler Kinley to Atlanta

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images The trade removes a veteran reliever from the Rockies bullpen. MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand has reported that—per sources—the Colorado Rockies are trading right-handed reliever Tyler Kinley to the Atlanta Braves in return for a prospect. The Braves are acquiring RHP Tyler Kinley from the Rockies for a prospect, per source.— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 30, 2025...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies need to be sellers at the trade deadline

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Yesterday morning in The Athletic, Andy McCullough published “The personalities of MLB’s trade deadline: Hunters, Fishermen and the Cleveland Grind Machine.” He goes on to describe how various general managers approach the trade deadline. When McCullough gets to his discussion of the Colorado Rockies,...2025
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• Colorado Rockies to reportedly call up Warming Bernabel

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The former top prospect is expected to play third base in wake of the Ryan McMahon trade. The Colorado Rockies made a flurry of roster moves on Friday afternoon following the trade of franchise third baseman Ryan McMahon to the New York Yankees. In addition, they are expected to promote his replacement. First, the Rockies optioned Ada...2025
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• Gordon and Blalock’s wins mean a lot more than 2 Ws

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, July 25, 2025 It’s no surprise that during a historically bad season in which the Colorado Rockies have netted a 26-76 record that their starting rotation has had its share of struggles. When team wins are in short supply, of course, wins for starting pitchers will be, too. Of Colorado’s 26 wins, only 14 have been credited...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Bullpen

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images A brutal win-loss record hides what’s actually been a productive season for the relief corps The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” series that we run...2025
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• A brief look at the Braves’ drafts under Alex Anthopoulos

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Anthopoulos enters his eighth draft as Braves general manager — here’s a look at how the first six have panned out It is still many, many years until we will know exactly how the Alex Anthopoulos era in Atlanta will shake out. No one will complain about the World Series title, but many bemoan the lack of hitting talent in the minor league system and love ...2025
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• Brewers fall to Rockies in extra innings, 4-3

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Bullpen unable to hold small advantage Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers looked on their way to a sweep this afternoon in the last of three games against the lowly Colorado Rockies. But the Brewer offense, which has been so good lately, finally ran out of good fortune, and two typically excellent relievers faltered at inopportune times. Brewers starter Chad Patri...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Colorado Rockies

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Brewers wrap up homestand with the lowly Rockies The Milwaukee Brewers will wrap up their six-game homestand this weekend with three games against the Colorado Rockies at American Family Field. Milwaukee is coming off a series victory over the Pirates, as the offense has stayed hot in June. The Crew is 14-8 this month, nearly as many wins as the Rockies have all sea...2025
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• Rockies 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Rockies smashed their way to a 2-0 series lead. Update: After the game, Thomas Harding provided an update on Thairo Estrada: The #Rockies    said 2B Thairo Estrada left Tuesday's game with what was diagnosed as a right hand contusion and is day to day. Estrada was hit by a pitch. He missed the early part of the season with a right wrist fracture after being h...2025
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"The eighth went to Victor Vodnik, who retired the three batters he faced."

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"Young right-handed reliever Victor Vodnik has the makings of a franchise closer with a very successful season so far."

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"Kolby Allard started today’s game and gave up a run on three hits, Jesse Chavez gave up a two-run homer to Bobby Dalbec and then Boston beat up Victor Vodnik for three runs in the top of the eighth inning."

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• Guardians 5, Rockies 0: Offense disappears in Cleveland
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• Colorado Rockies trade Tyler Kinley to Atlanta
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• This Week in Purple: Trade Deadline Ahead!

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for July 26-27, 2025 It’s been a busy 24 hours as the Colorado Rockies traded Ryan McMahon to the New York Yankees and are also reportedly calling up Warming Bernabel for his MLB debut as a possible replacement. The crazy thing is that the trade deadline is a week away; but the not-so-crazy thing ...2025
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• Rockies Willing To Entertain Offers On Victor Vodnik, Seth Halvorsen
The Rockies are willing to field offers on relievers Victor Vodnik and Seth Halvorsen, report Katie Woo and Will Sammon of The Athletic. Unsurprisingly, The Athletic notes that the Rox have a high asking price on both controllable power arms. Vodnik and Halvorsen have been Colorado’s two highest-leverage bullpen options over the past month. They’re each…...2025
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• Rockies 8, Cardinals 4: Riding the Crazy Train to victory

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Mickey Moniak and Brenton Doyle were the War Pigs that led the way for the Rox The runs came early and often for the Colorado Rockies, who held on to their early advantage for the entire game as they took home the win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. I Don’t Wanna Stop Mickey Moniak has been on the tear of his career lately. Since July 1st, he’s hi...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Bullpen
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• Guardians 5, Rockies 0: Offense disappears in Cleveland
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• Rockies 6, White Sox 4: Mickey and Mike Make Merry

Photo by Casey Paul/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Rockies thankfully avoid being swept by the Chicago White Sox to end the series on a high note. The Colorado Rockies picked up a much needed win at home to avoid being swept by the Chicago White Sox on a sunny Sunday afternoon in the Mile High City. The Rockies were thankfully able to end their final homestand of the first half on a high ...2025
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• Rockies 7, Astros 6: The comeback kids

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Rox rally finally pulls through with help from Thairo Estrada The Colorado Rockies have battled valiantly against the Houston Astros in the series and Thursday’s finale was no different in that aspect. The only real difference was that the results paid off as the Rockies snagged a 7-6 win for their 20th victory of the season. Home of the Freeland Afte...2025
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• Astros 6, Rockies 5: Rox don’t quit, but it’s not enough

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The Rockies give up the first game of the series, but not without a fight. Initially, it looked like a blowout: A five-run Houston Astros third inning that saw the Colorado Rockies going to the bullpen early. However, the Rockies are nothing if not persistent, and they made a game of it. Ultimately, they lost, 6-5, but there were some positive momen...2025
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• This Week in Purple: Vote for Goodman!

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for June 28-29, 2025 The first round of All-Star voting results was released this week, and Hunter Goodman was not named as a finalist to start at catcher for the NL. That honor went to Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Carson Kelly of the Chicago Cubs. Goodman is currently sitting ...2025
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• Rockies 7, Astros 6: The comeback kids
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• Astros 6, Rockies 5: Rox don’t quit, but it’s not enough
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• Brewers fall to Rockies in extra innings, 4-3
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 When Jake Bird strikes out a batter at Coors Field, a triumphant bird’s screech echoes across the ballpark. Lately, that sound effect has been getting a lot of work given that currently, Bird ‘s 52 strikeouts tie him for first with Griffin Jax among relievers. Of those Ks, 33 were at Coors compared to 1...2025
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• Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 When Jake Bird strikes out a batter at Coors Field, a triumphant bird’s screech echoes across the ballpark. Lately, that sound effect has been getting a lot of work given that currently, Bird ‘s 52 strikeouts tie him for first with Griffin Jax among relievers. Of those Ks, 33 were at Coors compared to 1...2025
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• The 2025 Colorado Rockies walk-up songs

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images In this historically bad season, the music still bops. True story. Last Sunday before the New York Mets game, I was talking with the Colorado Rockies director of communications about compiling the team’s walk-up music. He said that he had the songs on a spreadsheet, and he’d be happy to share. Not long after this conversation ended, Chase Dollander walked ov...2025
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• Giants 6, Rockies 5: Ninth-inning bullpen meltdown cements another loss

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Rockies had some momentum in the late innings, but Zach Agnos wasn’t able to hold on The San Francisco Giants did it again, winning their sixth-straight one-run game. The Colorado Rockies fought back from behind, and even gave themselves some insurance runs in the later innings. Unfortunately, though, things unraveled in the ninth inning and the Rox came ...2025
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• Matt Olson gets off to hot start in spring with homer against Red Sox
Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports Olson had two hits in Atlanta's tie against Boston, including a two-run homer that put the Braves on the board. Matt Olson hit the ground running in Atlanta’s spring training opener today, as his two-hit performance (including a home run) was the standout performance in the Braves’ first spring training game of 2023. Olson was the first Braves batter to recor...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie perfect in season debut
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Ritchie struck out seven over three perfect innings to lead Augusta to a win The Atlanta Braves system had a lot of action on Saturday evening, and JR Ritchie was the star of the show with his performance in Augusta. Drake Baldwin also impressed, bringing the lumber to lead Rome to a win. (2-11) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (9-5) Memphis RedBirds 5 Box Score...2023
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• Braves cap off Spring Training with a win over the Red Sox
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta’s bats propel them over the Red Sox and into the regular season Offense was easy to come by for the Atlanta Braves today as they closed out Grapefruit League action against the Boston Red Sox with a 7-5 win. Ronald Acuna Jr. went 2-for-2 on the day along with Michael Harris II who tallied a hit and drove in three runs. Matt Olson, Austin Riley, O...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Franklin homers in return; Ritchie leaves with injury
Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images It’s been 377 days since Jesse Franklin V last suited up, and in his first game back he made a bang with a long home run It was a busy day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves, with a few injury-related items headlining the action. Travis d’Arnaud made his second appearance in his rehab stint with Gwinnett, and down in Mississippi Jess...2023
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• Three hitters the Braves could look to acquire before the deadline
Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Braves have one of the strongest offenses in the league that features Ronald Acuna Jr., Matt Olsen, Austin Riley, Sean Murphy and Ozzie Albies. But, like every great lineup, this Braves team does have a couple of holes in it. The first is the DH spot, which is currently occupied by Marcell Ozuna and the other is left field where Eddie Rosario plays. T...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Braden Shewmake notches two hits
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Shewmake was the bright spot in an otherwise atrocious performance from the Stripers The Atlanta Braves had a day off on Thursday, and that made their minor league system the center of attention for the day. Unfortunately that turned into a frustrating evening as the system got swept thanks to some unexciting offensive performances. (2...2023
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• 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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• After Shuise control, Braves have game to forget in 10-2 Spring Training loss to Red Sox
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Jared Shuster had a nice outing and Kevin Pillar homered, but there was little else of value for the Braves in this game On Tuesday night, the Braves fell 10-2 to the Red Sox in a Spring Training game in North Port, FL. Let’s put it this way: this is the sort of game that makes you glad it’s a Spring Training game, if you actually bothered to watch the whole th...2023
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• Rockies 8, Pirates 5: Paul Who?
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• Rockies 8, Guardians 6: Cleveland? ROX!

David Richard-Imagn Images The Rockies came back from the brink after a bullpen implosion to secure a victory by the lake. It was an odd game in Cleveland that started two and a half hours late due to heavy rain. When the game finally started, everything was going the Rockies’ way, and they found themselves winning in the seventh inning, Then the roller coaster started. The Cleveland Gua...2025
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• Reds 4, Rockies 3: Rookies shine, but missed opportunities spell Rox doom

Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images The youngsters showed off, but the team couldn’t capitalize on scoring opportunities Despite an excellent start on the hill and some highlights from two of their rookies, the Colorado Rockies (22-73) walked away with a 4-3 walk-off loss to the Cincinnati Reds (49-47) in the second game of the weekend series. Blalock-ed In If anyone needed a palate cleanser...2025
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• Rockies 3, Reds 2: Rox hold on to win a close one

Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Márquez was sharp, and Goodman’s wild-pitch score proves to be the difference The Colorado Rockies narrowly beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2. It was a back-and-forth affair, but a wild pitch in the eighth by the Reds ended up being the difference. Strong Márqs Germán Márquez bounced back brilliantly after his rough outing over the weekend. He ended up pitching six i...2025
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• Astros 6, Rockies 5: Rox don’t quit, but it’s not enough
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• The state of the Colorado Rockies farm system, March 2025

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How do things look to start 2025? In the process of writing about every player who received votes in our biannual Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list — this edition it was 69 players across 28 ballots — I learned a bit about trends and system strengths and weaknesses. So for anyone who missed a few write-ups or even who has a more casu...2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Breaking down the Rockies Opening Day roster

Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 27, 2024 After roughly six weeks of rigorous spring training action and evaluation, the Opening Day roster has finally become clear after lots of speculation and theorizing, Now, as we wait for the regular season to begin tomorrow in Arizona, how will the Colorado Rockies initially set up for the 162 game marathon? Catcher (2): Elias Díaz, Jaco...2024
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• The 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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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Jared Shuster continues to shine as Opening Day draws near Opening day for the 2023 minor league season is so close one can almost taste it. Or that might just be this morning’s breakfast, but I digress. With just a few weeks away from the first MiLB recap to hit our site for the season, Atlanta’s top prospects have continued to show o...2023
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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner Dylan Dodd has impressed in two fantastic performances this spring My front garden is starting to stir and that means it must be spring training time, and that means it’s almost my favorite time of the year: Minor League baseball season. We are a few weeks away from minor league opening day, but many of the Atlanta Braves’s top prospects have been active so far ...2023
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