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…
Nolan Jones and Brenton Doyle are breaking rookie defensive records every day and filling out a highlight reel with every fly ball to the outfield. NoJo did it at the plate on Wednesday as well, mashing a go-ahead home run during a back-and-forth contest with the Arizona Diamondbacks. What have Jones & Doyle done for the first time since 2005?…
There are 1,000 reasons why Todd Helton should be the next representative of the Colorado Rockies in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. We list every one. Joined by Nick Bellopatrick, we break down the metrics that give greater context for why Helton is every bit as good as those first basemen in Cooperstown. Plus, the outfielder deserving of a…
If the story of 2021 St. Louis Cardinals sounds familiar, it’s because you’ve already heard it once before. It’s the tale of the 2007 Colorado Rockies. At least, that’s how it appears and what fans of the Redbirds are hoping for, minus the World Series result. “I do not want to be the team that runs into them,” said AT&T…...
When Nolan Arenado’s batting average dipped below .200 following a fly ball out in his first at bat, there was no real cause for alarm; while it may have been only the 11th game of his first full-season in the majors, the 22-year-old would have preferred a better start. In his second at bat, he laced a single past the…
They say most of the ghosts are still across the street. Along with AT&T Sportsnet analyst Cory Sullivan, I tend to agree. Before the birth of the New York Yankees, the city that never sleeps received its first American League team in 1903. At the time, a team called Hilltop Park in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan was known…...
Built in 1912 on a small piece of wetland, known as a fen, betwixt the streets of Lansdowne, Van Ness, Jersey and Brookline Avenue and opened just days after the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic, Fenway Park is the oldest and most iconic ballpark in the majors. Home to the Green Monster, a mammoth wall stationed just 310 feet…...
On this episode of the BSN Rockies Podcast, Drew Creasman sits down with Jenny Cavnar and Cory Sullivan to discuss the historic nature of Cavnar’s turn in the television broadcast booth. How important is it to have new and different perspectives for analysis during broadcasts and how does their own team dynamic work? Speaking of team dynamics, Cavnar and Sullivan…...
Charlie Blackmon's unbelievably hot week has us asking questions about his legacy. Is he the greatest CF in Colorado Rockies history?
Editor Drew Creasman is joined by former Colorado Rockies outfielder and current ROOT Sports analyst Cory Sullivan.
It is a sad day in Colorado, but a sign of the Rockies moving forward as a club.Clint Barmes, a major part of the Rockies rebuilding process that landed the club in the 2007 World Series, was traded to the Houston Astros for starting pitcher Felipe Paulino.Paulino is a talented right handed pitcher who has struggled in the big leagues.…...
The Colorado Rockies struggles continued in Houston on Wednesday. The lackluster baseball team that was nearly every analysts pick to win the National League lost 7-3 to the National League’s worst team, against their worst pitcher.Houston starter Felipe Paulino, sporting a 0-6 record with a 5.72 ERA, was the latest National League pitcher to throw the game of their life…...
One thing is for sure, winning doesn’t get old.If there was a game in which the Rockies did not feel as confident taking the field, it was Sunday. On the mound for the Rockies was Jorge De La Rosa. The lefty has the only Rockies loss in the last 17 games after getting rocked by the Rays just five days…...