In a performance with an overabundance of firsts, the Major League debut of RHP Ryan Castellani was missing one basic element: one hit surrendered. Between an extremely abbreviated season, the cancellation of Minor League Baseball, no expanded September rosters and a clubhouse that has almost entirely returned from 2019, the possibility was slim for even a single debut for the…

The Colorado Rockies are 10-3. In this unique year, that gives them a 77 percent winning percentage through roughly 24 percent of the season. Debate is arising about whether or not anyone could or should have expected this, how much of it is to be truly believed, and whether or not it means anything for the future. Regular readers and…...

The Colorado Rockies got off to a good start in Seattle by comfortably taking their first game against the Mariners by a score of 8-4. For the third time in a row, Antonio Senzatela pitched very well but couldn’t quite manage that totally dominant start, allowing a couple of earned runs over six innings pitched. He gave up an early…...

DNVR Rockies beat reporters Drew Creasman and Patrick Lyons battle for supremacy discussing various hot topics pertaining to the inhabitants of 2001 Blake Street as well all the scuttlebutt in-and-around the game of baseball. Following two saves on the road during the first week of the season to help Colorado move to 4-1, closer Wade Davis coughed up another ninth-inning…

The Colorado Rockies took the series 3-1 from the San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon, but it wasn’t easy. It looked for a moment like Mauricio Dubon had ruined a fantastic afternoon from Kyle Freeland and stolen a victory for the Giants when a three-run jack in the seventh suddenly put Colorado behind, 3-1. The Rockies responded with ferocity, plating…...

It started like a typical Jon Gray outing: perfect through two innings and no hits until the third inning. It was also a lot like a typical Rockies’ game from 2017-18 with the home club trailing, yet moving toward the necessary momentum to win late, maybe even in walk-off fashion. Alas, it didn’t play out as the Coors Field faithful…

If German Márquez is going to win a Cy Young Award, he’s going to have to pitch deep into ballgames and carve up opposing hitters via the strikeout. The 25-year-old starter did exactly that against San Francisco through 7.1 innings with nine K’s to just one walk in Colorado’s 5-2 victory. It’s their fourth consecutive win, putting the team at…

The best starting rotation in MLB – according to earned run average (2.00) through the opening 11 days of the season – turned to their No.5 starter for the first time and were not exactly rewarded. Ultimately, it didn’t matter. In another example of their temerity, the Rockies came back from a 4-1 deficit after managing only three hits against…

The Colorado Rockies improved to 6-2 thanks to another full-team win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon, completing the series win. The offense scored early and often, the starter was fantastic, and the bullpen bent but did not break in the 9-6 victory. Player of the Game: Antonio Senzatela He looks like a whole new pitcher, as we…...

The Colorado Rockies washed the taste of an ugly loss in the home opener out of their mouths on Saturday night with a decisive and complete win over the San Diego Padres. The visiting starter Joey Lucchesi could not complete two innings as the Rockies offense remained patient, drove up pitch counts, and made solid contact in key moments. In…...

It’s a question on the minds of all Rockies fans following Friday night’s game against the San Diego Padres: Should you trust your eyes when it comes to closer Wade Davis and his lack of success going back to last year? Oftentimes in baseball, we have to preach analyzing process over results and implore those who wish to take a…...

This is the type of game the Rockies won all the time in 2017 and 2018; it’s precisely the type they lost in 2019. There were some key differences is this defeat, but the similarities were blatant. Trevor Story nearly played the hero with a late home run but an implosion from closer Wade Davis wasted an otherwise quality game…

The streets of Denver are empty tonight. The ballpark, too. But if you listen carefully, you can hear the sounds of the past. It’s all so different. It’s all so strange. Where once was glorious celebration and exuberance and community is now silence and space. Where once the entirety of Lower Downtown would be abuzz with excitement, there is now…...

Fifteen years. The champ had not been beaten in fifteen years. To make matters worse, he’d only gotten better as he’d gone along. In addition to fifteen undefeated seasons, he’d won seven straight world titles, and three gold medals to boot. The last time someone had even scored a single POINT against him had been over a decade prior. And…...

The Colorado Rockies are sticking to the formula. And so far, it is working. After a 5-1 win over the Oakland A’s completed a brief two-game sweep, the purplers improved to 4-1 on the year, dropping only the season opener 1-0 to the Rangers. Once, again, the calling card was excellent pitching and defense, though the bats did their fair…...

By the fourth inning of game four, the Rockies had made their move on the Athletics to put together the most complete game of the early season during a decisive 8-3 victory that moved Colorado to 3-1 and kept them atop the NL West standings. It was the type victory you draw up when hoping the best for every aspect…

When the Rockies were held scoreless on Friday night against the Texas Rangers, it snapped a National League record of 11 straight Opening Day games in which they had hit a home run. Considering the streak produced only three trips to the playoffs, such a detail should not warrant major conclusions about the future of this or any other season.…

Sunday’s matchup between Texas and Colorado featured two starting pitchers looking to rebound from a forgettable 2019 season and recapture their relevance of Cy Young Award considerations in 2018. While one feels a lot better going into his next start following a 5-2 series-clinching win for the Rockies, the other will be answering more of the same questions about his…

The Colorado Rockies were heavily criticized in the offseason (the first one) for making very few changes to the roster. Time will tell if their track will be the right one, but there is certainly an irony to the fact that a pair of newcomers helped power them to their first win of 2020. Matt Kemp, making his first start…...