NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 2022 Winter Meetings for the Colorado Rockies was incredibly quiet featuring only the trade of an expendable reliever for a minor league starting pitcher. The 2023 edition was downright mute. Even when their activity picks up, it will be equally as forgettable. “We’re looking for somebody to go with (Elias) Díaz,” GM Bill Schmidt said in…
Brenton Doyle may not have made his Major League debut until nearly a month into the 2023 season, but his impact in the outfield was enough to earn him the National League Gold Glove Award for center field on Sunday. The 25-year-old becomes the first center fielder to win the honors for the Colorado Rockies and just the second rookie…
When Jon Gray was selected by the Colorado Rockies as the third overall pick in the 2013 MLB Draft, he was viewed as a key part of generational prospects that would lead the organization to the first World Series win in franchise history. Though he was at the forefront of the club’s consecutive postseason appearances in 2017-18, it wouldn’t be…
A trio of defenders for the Colorado Rockies have been named finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in the National League and one looks to be a lock to bring home the hardware. 3B Ryan McMahon, SS Ezequiel Tovar and CF Brenton Doyle were announced as finalists for the defensive honor at their respective position on Wednesday. Should McMahon…
The team to beat this postseason is Atlanta, at least according to the Colorado Rockies. Leading all of baseball with 104 wins and slugging 307 home runs, tied for most in the single season, it isn’t hard to see why Atlanta is a favorite to win their second World Series in three years. “This is arguably one of the best…
The worst season in Colorado Rockies history has finally come to a close. Surpassing the century mark with 103 losses, Dick Monfort’s organization finally did the one thing long touted as a source of pride. In an contest lasting until the 11th inning when Brenton Doyle used his speed to take two bases on one pitch, Colorado defeated the Minnesota…
CHICAGO, Ill. – Though they set a new franchise record with their 99th loss of the season on Sunday and were officially eliminated from the playoffs weeks ago on Sept. 6, the Colorado Rockies are getting a second-hand experience of what a postseason race is all about. With the toughest strength of schedule in the second half, including series against…
CHICAGO, Ill. – Time flies when you’re a rookie shortstop setting records on nearly a daily basis for the Colorado Rockies. One year ago today, Ezequiel Tovar was making his Major League debut and getting a base hit in the first two pitches he saw as a big leaguer. On Saturday, he was firmly entrenched in the Rockies lineup for…
For the first time in 51 days, Kris Bryant’s name appeared in the starting lineup for the Colorado Rockies. Bryant was activated from the injured list on Monday before a 5-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs following a fractured left index finger suffered during a hit-by-pitch on July 22, costing him 45 games. “I think he feels a little bit…
In a strange scene that could have been far worse, three fans went onto the field Monday night during a game at Coors Field between the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta to confront superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. During the seventh-inning stretch, security ran onto the field and apprehended three trespassers before Denver Police Department arrested and charged two of the perpetrators…
The road trip from hell had a happy ending in Baltimore thanks to rookie Hunter Goodman in his Major League debut. Then the return to Coors Field on Monday against Atlanta brought back the bad memories. The Colorado Rockies won on Sunday with a 4-3 victory over the Orioles to snap a historic six-game losing streak, one in which they…
It isn’t everyday the man nicknamed Mr. Rockie comes back to his old stomping grounds to make an appearance. It’s not even every year. Todd Helton’s name is atop so many of the Colorado Rockies’ leaderboards and his resume is well understood by fans in the Rocky Mountain region. Most games played, most home runs, base hits and on and…
The only outfielders to ever win a Gold Glove Award with the Colorado Rockies are Larry Walker (1997-99, 2001-02) and Carlos González (2010, 2012-13). Neither played center field — Walker played in right field and González in left field during those seasons — and the two never played together. The 2023 Rockies have one of the better defensive outfield duos…
“Every dark cloud has a silver lining… but lightning kills hundreds of people every year who try to find it.”
E.L. Kersten, The Art of Demotivation
St. Louis is beautiful this time of year – that is, if you like thick air and 900% humidity. The Rockies face the Cardinals for a three-game set this weekend with Chris Flexen, Ty Blach and Austin Gomber set to take the mound for Colorado. Will Nolan Jones serve a better performance than Nolan Arenado? Plus we talk to Josh…
What a difference a year makes. At the 2022 trade deadline, the Colorado Rockies were the only one of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams to not make a deal. As time expired, the club across the diamond at Petco Park, the San Diego Padres, were celebrating a series of deals that brought in multiple impact players, including arguably the greatest…
For the second time in as many months, the Colorado Rockies have traded one of their impending free agents to acquire some youth that could brighten the future of the organization. RHP Pierce Johnson was traded on Monday to Atlanta for a pair of pitching prospects, RHP Victor Vodnik and RHP Tanner Gordon. “I think you’re going to see more…
The City of Champions is in an all-time era and we’re going back to look at the greatest coaches in Denver Sports history. In the midst of a Golden Era for the Avalanche and Nuggets, where do Micheal Malone and Jared Bednar fall on the list of all-time greats? Where do other winners and great team builders fall on the…
Mike Trout hit the first of three consecutive home runs for the Los Angeles Angels during a 13-run inning that sank the Colorado Rockies 25-1 in the worst loss in the franchise’s 31 years. Where was Shohei Ohtani in the barrage? How did Mike Moustakas end up in the other dugout? What about that Elias Díaz grand slam on Friday…
There are few things better than a player getting a base hit in the first at-bat of their Major League debut. Coco Montes took it to another level with a game-tying home run in the bottom of the eighth inning on Sunday. He may have even won the wild contest in the bottom of the ninth following a one hour…