Last week, we reminded ourselves how extremely volatile bullpens can be in general and noted that for the Colorado Rockies, this is doubly so. Also this wide window of possibilities, from the best to the worst case scenarios, seems to represent a wide range of possible outcomes for the club in the upcoming 2020 season. This isn’t just the situation…...

Let me give you a list of names: Kyle Parker, Casey Weathers, Greg Reynolds, Eddie Butler, Christian Friedrich, Tyler Matzek, Chris Nelson. Now here’s another group: Scott Oberg, Raimel Tapia, German Marquez, Carlos Estevez, Jairo Diaz, Trevor Story. Ok, let’s do one more: Tony Wolters, Chris Iannetta, Nick Hundley, Wilin Rosario, Yorvit Torrealba, Danny Ardoin, Charles Johnson, Brent Mayne, Joe…...

On Friday, it was reported by multiple sources that the Colorado Rockies have agreed to terms, avoiding arbitration, with four players: pitchers Jon Gray, Kyle Freeland, and Carlos Estevez as well as outfielder David Dahl. In each case, Colorado got favorable deals just underneath where most evaluators had predicted. The reported $5.6 million for Gray is an excellent value for…

Many baseball fans will recall Daniel Hudson triumphantly throwing aside his mitt in celebration of striking out Michael Brantley for the final out of the 2019 World Series to secure the first championship in franchise history for the Washington Nationals. What many may not recall is that Hudson began the season with the Los Angeles Angels on a minor…

For those who aren’t interested in giving the Colorado Rockies a nuanced look, they are a 71-win team with no substantial changes coming in the offseason and so should expect to win roughly the same number of games in 2020. If you are disinclined toward such simplicity, however, you may find yourself pontificating on the sheer magnitude of possibilities, both…...

Colorado Rockies fans are looking for change. At this point, it is pretty clear that this won’t come in the form of some dramatic roster shakeup. That doesn’t mean there won’t be some significant changes to the composition of the 2020 team, however. One area in which some change has already occurred – and in which statements from the club…...

When Trevor Story stepped to the plate on Opening Day of the 2016 season, it appeared as if the final representative from the defunct Casper Ghosts would make his Major League debut. The second-youngest player from the final Ghosts club that packed up for Grand Junction in 2012 is still just 27-years-old, but anyone Story’s age seems hard-pressed to…

As Americans, we love to root for the hero almost as much as we love to root for the downfall of the villain. Nothing quite matches the feeling of seeing the bad guy get his comeuppance as evidenced by the recent popularity of Game of Thrones, a story rife with opportunities for schadenfreude. The worst ones for us as an…...

SAN DIEGO, CA – Over the past 48 hours, General Manager Jeff Bridich has met with a small contingency of media several times to discuss the goals of the 2019 Winter Meetings and 2020 on-field expectations for the Colorado Rockies. The biggest priority is securing a catcher to pair with the ever-improving Tony Wolters, who continues to make strides offensively…...

The Colorado Rockies haven’t made much news so far in this offseason despite adding a couple of lesser-known pitchers to the 40-man roster. On Wednesday, the didn’t do much to assuage the concerns of those who feel this stagnation spells doom for the upcoming 2020 campaign, but the did make a prudent transaction that could well have plenty of positive…

Much debate this offseason about the Colorado Rockies biggest needs this offseason. After a year in which so many things went so awry, it’s understandable for the club that went 71-91. It also underlines the fact that they also have more potential spread across the roster than some are willing to give them credit for. But potential is always trapped…

SAN DIEGO, CA – After 27 seasons of operation, there is no member of the Colorado Rockies organization in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the only of the 30 MLB franchises with this unfortunate distinction.  On Sunday night, the 16-member Modern Era Baseball Committee elected just two of the ten finalists to Cooperstown, neither of whom ever suited up in…

SAN DIEGO, CA – As flights from all over world touch down in Southern California carrying not just the powers that be of Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball for the 2019 Winter Meetings, but also international players from Japan and Korea, the talk of the offseason to this point is the hometown San Diego Padres. After a 2018-19…

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The Colorado Rockies had an absolutely miserable campaign in 2019, there’s no way around it. As such it is natural, expected even, that national audiences – including 29 GMs in MLB – would be wondering aloud whether or not the club might have some interest in rebuilding. Despite the fact that Jeff Bridich made it crystal clear in contrasting…...

When the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in the World Series in seven games, it marked the first time in MLB, NBA or NHL history that the road team won every game of a championship series.  Regardless of the odds for such an occurrence – there was a 0.47% chance (or 1-in-200) – it seemed just as unlikely the…...

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…...