The defense disappointed behind Kyle Freeland who only gave up one earned run despite striking out seven through five innings. What did K-Free do on Monday night that no other Rockies’ starting pitcher had done this year? Plus, way more than you’ve ever wanted to know about the 519 batters Freeland has faced in his career. Who’s struck out the…

With an opposite field home run on Wednesday, Sam Hilliard may have put himself out in front for the center field role. Yonathan Daza has only recently reported to camp while Garrett Hampson has been showing well through four games thus far. Hear audio from Kris Bryant following his first game and first base hit with Colorado. Kyle Freeland discusses…

Keith Law’s top 100 prospects for 2022 has been released and the Colorado Rockies have three names on the list… kinda. What more do players like Zac Veen, Drew Romo and Benny Montgomery have to do to climb in the rankings? Does it even matter at this stage of their careers? Plus, we look at Tuesday’s 90-minute meeting of the…

FanGraphs released their top 36 prospects for the Colorado Rockies and there’s a lot to get excited about. Some good takeaways from Eric Longenhagen’s list to discuss, namely Drew Romo, Jordy Vargas and players from the Dominican Summer League. Kevin Kiermaier and Kyle Schwarber are in the news again and their place on this season’s roster makes far too much…

The typical MLB season is defined as having 162 games across six months before the start of the month-long postseason. For most teams, they’re sent packing before the Wild Card Game despite the exciting journey and memorable moments provided to their loyal fanbase during the regular season. How to make up for the other six months of the year? Why…

This ad free episode looks into the top 10 prospects for the Colorado Rockies according to the latest list by Baseball America. We let you know who has the best tools and who are the two names you need to know a lot more about. Plus, the Rockies have done well to add minor league free agents, but there are…

Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt hasn’t pulled any punches this offseason so far. Even as postseason baseball rages into its second week, he may not soon after the final out is recorded in the 2021 World Series. Schmidt extended RHP Antonio Senzatela to a five-year contract worth $50 million and re-signed C.J. Cron to a two-year, $14.5 million deal…...

You wouldn’t be hopelessly optimistic to get excited for this quartet of purple prospects.  Less volatility in terms of the projections than those outside of the top 10, all aspects of the game are represented here: catcher, outfielder, infielder and pitcher. Together, they could form a foundation for the Rockies next postseason run several years down the road.  Between owning…

Colorado has one of the worst farm systems in all of baseball right now. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last. The 2015 MLB Draft produced Brendan Rodgers, Peter Lambert and Sam Hilliard, all of whom have expired the rookie qualifications. In 2016, only Garrett Hampson has contributed in the majors as players like Colton Welker,…

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. The coldest, hardest winter on record for supporters of the Colorado Rockies has finally come to an end. Spring Training has begun and along…

After wrapping up day two of the 2020 MLB Draft on June 11, the Colorado Rockies had selected six amateur players to add to a cache of purple prospects. Coincidentally and symmetrically, three are high school players and three come from the college ranks; it also breaks down as three hitters and three pitchers. In the fourth round, Colorado looked…

It’s not often that an undrafted player ever makes it through the never-ending bramble of the minor leagues to emerge at the promised land of the big leagues. Recent Rockies such as DJ Johnson and Josh Fuentes both completed this unlikely route after getting overlooked following stints at Western Oregon University and Missouri Baptist University, respectively. With a markedly different…

On this episode of the DNVR Rockies Podcast, Drew Creasman and Patrick Lyons welcome in AJ Haefele and Andre Simone to wrap-up, and grade, day one of the 2020 MLB Draft.

With the 35th overall pick, and their second selection, in the 2020 MLB Draft, the Colorado Rockies threw a bit of a curveball and took prep catcher Drew Romo. It was their second high school player in as many picks and also, notably, not a pitcher who most fans and analysts likely assumed Colorado would target after taking Zac Veen…...

On Wednesday night, the Colorado Rockies selected left-handed hitting outfielder Zac Veen with the ninth overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The 18-year-old out of Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, FL is just the third outfielder ever selected by the Rockies in the first round following David Dahl (2012) and Kyle Parker (2010).…