Anyone who watched all of the Colorado Rockies 2019 campaign knows that there are plenty of reasons for despair over the future. In almost every way imaginable, the season fell apart spectacularly and now both local and national analysts are already telling you that the Rockies are completely stuck with a bad roster that has no financial flexibility, a bad…...

DENVER – On Saturday night, the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) held it’s 22nd annual banquet and at the center of the festivities was a small reunion of the Colorado Rockies’ team that went to the 2007 World Series. Close to 200 packed the Super Suites at Coors Field to hear keynote speaker…...

The 2019 campaign was arguably the most disappointing in the history of the Colorado Rockies. After consecutive appearances in the postseason, they came into spring training with hopes to contend for the division but found themselves well out of contention with two months left in the season, limping to 71 wins. Let’s take a look at the Top 5…...

On Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies announced a series of moves to create room on the 40-man roster and free up some money on the 2020 payroll. Three players were placed on waivers and subsequently claimed: LHP Tyler Anderson (San Francisco Giants), LHP Sam Howard (Pittsburgh Pirates) and INF Pat Valaika (Baltimore Orioles). RHP Chad Bettis cleared outright waivers and elected…...

DENVER – Following a second-straight playoff appearance in 2018, Colorado lost a quartet of players to free agency at the combined cost of $54.75MM: Adam Ottavino (three-years, $27MM), DJ LeMahieu (two-years, $24MM), Carlos González (one-year, $2MM) and Gerardo Parra (one-year, $1.75 MM). This offseason, only two players will be free agents: C Drew Butera and 1B Yonder Alonso. Originally acquired…...

Despite a cavalcade of incredibly entertaining postseason games, it has been a brutal and disastrous finish to the season for Major League Baseball in 2019. Scandals litter the headlines, calling into question some of the fundamental integrity of the game during a time when people across the globe are otherwise celebrating the World Series, the showcase of the very…

During the 2018-19 offseason, it seemed the only addition the Colorado Rockies made was Daniel Murphy at the cost of $24MM.  A more thorough examination suggests financial investments in the organization through new technology such as devices created by Rapsodo, in addition to a slew of renovations to Coors Field were set in motion when the team and the Metropolitan…...

On Thursday, Manny Randhawa of MLB.com and StatCast held an event in coordination with the Rocky Mountain chapter of SABR over in LoDo at Blake Street Tavern to make the case for Larry Walker’s Hall of Fame candidacy. In his last year of eligibility to be elected on the writers’ ballot, the event began the unofficial kickoff campaign to get…...

While it may be premature to think about the next Todd Helton, Troy Tulowitzki or Jon Gray plying his trade at some university, junior college or high school next spring, Vice President and Head of Scouting Bill Schmidt is hard at work with his staff getting eyes on the future Rockies players. “We’ve still got nine months to go,”…...

DENVER – We live in an age of baseball where it seems like there is a statistic for everything. Whether pinpoint in their accuracy or more like educated guesses, you can find a number to just about every act a ballplayer can perform physically on a baseball diamond. Some of these stats involve advanced degrees in mathematics and formulas that…...

When Colorado was officially eliminated from the playoffs on September 12, it seemed as if this October would bring no joy to most Rockies enthusiasts in search of the next Tony Wolters’ game-winning hit. Despite the happiness to most in the fan base Wednesday evening after the Washington Nationals completed an unlikely come-from-behind win in extra-innings to end the…...

Let me introduce you to Boston-based startup UmpScores; this will change the way we watch baseball. For so long, such a fundamental part of the game – the calling of balls and strikes – has been relegated to an odd kind of ambiguity. Imagine if the NFL refused to even try to accurately measure yards or the the NBA…

DENVER – In order for a resurgent rebound in 2020, the Colorado Rockies should – under no circumstances – rely solely upon internal improvement. While they must be aggressive in the offseason, searching the world over for anyone and everyone who might be able to help them fill out the roster in a way that doesn’t let down the talent…...

DENVER – On Tuesday afternoon, approximately 48 hours after the conclusion of game 162, the top brass of the Colorado Rockies – owner Dick Monfort, General Manager Jeff Bridich, and manager Bud Black – spoke with media about what went down with the 2019 season. Questions came in from the local press about many of the concerns that turned consecutive…...

DNVR Rockies reporters Drew Creasman and Patrick Lyons battle for supremacy discussing various hot topics in-and-around the game of baseball. Creasman vs Lyons… who you got? Managing the blame of disappointment Topic #1: Is the manager most often the blame when a team fails to meet expectations? Lyons – The firing of Andy Green in San Diego on September…...

DENVER – Whether we readily admit it or not, we all like a little recognition for the work that we do. And, while he says there is plenty more to do, Tony Wolters has absolutely put in the work. Despite a disappointing season for the Colorado Rockies in 2019, they are likely in store for a fair share of…...

In this original BSN Denver series, we take a look at some of the best Rockies’ photography of the last week as well as the top shot in the game of baseball. Picture of the Week...

Tony Wolters received the first pitch from starter Jeff Hoffman at Coors Field on Sunday at 1:10 MST, just as 14 other catchers around MLB did so simultaneously on the final day of the regular season. For Colorado, the result of game 162 meant little more than pride and playing out the final nine innings to the best of their…...

DENVER – When a season is filled with silver linings, that usually means that it was mostly comprised of one enormous mushroom cloud of bad baseball. And that is certainly true of the Colorado Rockies 2019 campaign. Both sides. There are a ton of positives to take away from this last place team. Plenty of young players emerged as…...