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…...
When the Colorado Rockies are at home, they have the steepest pitching challenge in all of baseball. When the Colorado Rockies on the road, they have the steepest hitting challenge in all of baseball. And yet, the handful of players who have been able to not only handle but conquer and master this dynamic have been overlooked and undervalued.…
Editor’s Note: Above is an audio story, designed to give BSN Denver subscribers the option to listen to this story if they don’t have time to stop and read it in its entirety. We would love to know what you think about it in the comments. Enjoy! It wasn’t ever comfortable for the Colorado Rockies, nor was it remotely pretty,…...
If you haven’t been paying close enough attention to the Colorado Rockies, you’ve missed a lot of great baseball. For any hysteria about this year’s team failing to be as good as last year, consider this: Colorado’s record was also 30-27 on June 1, 2018. After starting the year 3-12, the Rockies are 27-15 since April 14, good for the…...
DENVER – Daniel Murphy hasn’t had the beginning to his Colorado Rockies career that he wanted. Playing just a few games before breaking his finger and missing nearly a month, he was one of the few members of the lineup who came into Thursday afternoon’s game without at least decent hitting numbers. But he got the Rockies on the board…...
During a brief series at Fenway Park two weeks ago, the Colorado Rockies had an opportunity to steal a two-game sweep from the reigning World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. Colorado had taken the first game even after striking out a club record 21 times over nine innings, 17 of which came during the first seven innings against perennial Cy…...
The Colorado Rockies once again rallied against the Boston Red Sox, storming back from seemingly insurmountable odds to send the game into extra innings. This time, though, they were unable to cap the comeback with a win, falling victim to a walk-off in the 10th. The Red Sox got to Marquez in the first with a series of well-placed, if…...
DENVER – Charlie Blackmon waited until his 82nd at bat of the season to hit his first home run of the season and his timing couldn’t have been any better. Down 3-2 in the 12th inning with two outs and two strikes, the man known as Chuck Nasty added his second walk-off home run to his already impressive resumé on…...
The Colorado Rockies extended their losing streak to seven games but it took the San Francisco Giants 18 innings to put them away in a marathon gut-punch loss. Of course, the game ended on a tormenting play when Chris Iannetta should have been able to make a force out at home (and maybe even a double play to send it…...
The Colorado Rockies, to put it simply, looked bad in every aspect of the game of baseball en route to an 11-5 defeat against the Los Angeles Dodgers, completing a sweep for their home-opening series of 2019. It was an absolutely brutal game for Rockies’ starter Chad Bettis who couldn’t even get through the third inning. Against the hot Dodgers…...
Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black spoke on Monday morning at length about the current state of the roster and a few of the remaining pitching battles. Plus, he breaks down another good start from Chad Bettis and excellent day at the plate from Ryan McMahon. Also, hear from Bettis himself on just how good he is feeling and on the…...
For years – 25 of them in fact – hot stove conversation around the Colorado Rockies always had something to do with starting pitching. But not this offseason. No, during this break between the 2018 and 2019 seasons, all the chatter, rumors, and fan questions have been about how the club can acquire a big bat, maybe at catcher, first…...
DENVER – For the second straight night, the Colorado Rockies offense was going to have to carry them to a vital win over the Philadelphia Phillies. And for the second straight night, they scored 10 runs to back up their pitchers, getting 10 hits on Tuesday night out of the top four spots in the lineup to power a 10-3…...
Hear the raw, uncut audio from before and after the Colorado Rockies frustrating 10-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Manager Bud Black discusses an inspirational pitching matchup that went sideways for the home team and dives into his philosophies on evaluating defense. Chad Bettis tries to break down what went wrong on the mound, Charlie Blackmon describes the feeling of…...
Hunting for the sweep against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Colorado Rockies were not able to resort to the methods that got them their first two wins of the series on Sunday afternoon. The bullpen, which worked only one inning in both of the previous two games, assumed control of the game in the fourth. They paced with the Dodgers…...
For the Colorado Rockies, absolutely nothing has been easy lately. That was the case again on Wednesday night when the found themselves down early, and once again hanging on for dear life late, against the New York Mets. Scoring 10 runs on the second straight night, the offense once again provided the firepower for Chad Bettis and the bullpen who…...
The Colorado Rockies have been in a rut and it looked like their spiral would continue when the Texas Rangers jumped all over them and starter Chad Bettis for five runs in the first inning. But the offense struck back with the biggest single inning of the season for Colorado, plating six runs on seven hits to take the lead…...
DENVER – With news breaking just before the start of Monday night’s game that Adam Ottavino will need a DL stint, Colorado Rockies starter Chad Bettis knew he was going to need to give his club some length. He battled but he wasn’t sharp in the game, giving up baserunners early and often, ultimately surrendering five runs over six innings.…...
DENVER – It wasn’t just rain drops falling from the sky at Coors Field on Friday night. More baseballs might have found the outfield grass than the light drizzle that accompanied the second half of the 11-10 slugfest. As both teams posted season highs in hits, the Colorado Rockies tried to get back in the win column in game two…...
DENVER - In order to make it as a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, you can't just have extraordinary velocity, exquisite command, or uncommon poise. In fact, all three combined will only get so far if they aren't filtered through an intricate gameplan informed by an almost endless flow of data, years of coaching experience, and sometimes just good...
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