Germán Márquez and the Colorado Rockies have agreed to a two-year extension that keeps the right-hander in purple through the 2025 season. The 28-year-old has been out since April and will miss the remainder of the year, as well as the start of the 2024 season, following Tommy John surgery in May to repair his damaged UCL. According to Jeff…
For every trade in Major League Baseball involving notable names on both sides of the transaction, there are countless others that include a player to be named later or an unsuspecting prospect ripped from his parent club. In January 2016, the Colorado Rockies pulled off such a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays that was reported at first as big…
Twice this season, Germán Márquez stepped off the back of the pitcher’s plate and descended the mound with a look of dread on his face that seemingly exhausted the hopes of his teammates. Though the news of Tommy John surgery for Márquez cuts short his 2023 — and puts in jeopardy his place with the Colorado Rockies for 2024 –…
Germán Márquez informed media on Monday that he will indeed be getting Tommy John surgery, thus ending his 2023 season. What will the Colorado Rockies do for starting pitching? Will he ever pitch in purple again? What could the Rox have done differently? The DNVR Rockies Podcast take a 360 degree look at one of the worst injuries in franchise…
When it comes to weather and Springtime, April showers bring May flowers. In baseball parlance, there’s no real equivalent about the upside for having the worst record in the National League and struggling to win at home through the first full month of the regular season. For the Colorado Rockies, their 9-20 record (.310) projects out to a 50-112 record.…
Colorado Rockies win their first series of the season at Progressive Field over the Cleveland Guardians thanks to the futures of the franchise. Ryan Feltner delivers in his home state against his childhood team, Brenton Doyle make history in his second game as a big leaguer and Daniel Bard continues to contribute positively. What does the starting rotation look like…
When an errant throw to second base by catcher Elias Díaz traveled into the outfield allowing Steven Kwan of the Cleveland Guardians to reach third base, the Colorado Rockies were charged with their 18th error of the season on Tuesday night during their 5-1 win. An error by David Villa kept the San Francisco Giants tied with the Rockies for…
Colorado Rockies gets good news about the injured Germán Márquez and has a great performance from Austin Gomber after a career low last week. Suzie Hunter has the scoop on location in Paris of the Midwest: Cleveland. What did manager Bud Black say about Brenton Doyle’s MLB debut? What should the Rox do about Elehuris Montero? And what happens to…
The 2023 Colorado Rockies (5-13) are off to the worst start in the franchise’s 31-year history through 18 games. Owner Dick Monfort thought his team might be no better than .500 going into the season; however, GM Bill Schmidt feels there’s plenty of time to turn things around in spite of the struggles that have led to a seven-game losing…
Nolan Arenado and his band of St. Louis Cardinals get the job down by coming back to win the final two games of the series against the Colorado Rockies. José Ureña wasn’t half bad, but bullpen disappointed for the second straight game. Four home runs over the last two days are promising, especially considering how lowly the power was for…
The bullpen for the Colorado Rockies was set to feature six pitchers age 30 or older on Opening Day. During the summer, another veteran – Tyler Kinley – would also get added to the mix. With Antonio Senzatela out until May at the earliest and questions about the team’s no. 3-5 starters, the backbone of the Rockies would not be…
Germán Márquez was poised to make Colorado Rockies history with 11 strikeouts to become the all-time leader in the category Monday night. Instead, forearm tightness ended his game early and the worst fears about the injury are still in play. Who could the Rockies insert into the starting rotation? Could this mean Márquez’s career with Colorado is over? The DNVR…
Monday night’s game was supposed to be about the return of Nolan Arenado to Coors Field. A potential for Germán Márquez to record 11 strikeouts and become the all-time leader in the category for the Colorado Rockies also appeared as a top story. Instead, there was no celebrating Colorado’s 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals after Márquez was removed…
Nolan Arenado will make his annual return to Coors Field with the rest of the St. Louis Cardinals like 2022 NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt and 2023 NL Rookie of the Year favorite Jordan Walker. His former club, the Colorado Rockies, hopes to have more success at home after a recent rough patch. Is Ezequiel Tovar due? Will Kris Bryant start…
Colorado hoped to get back to .500 with their first homestand of the season and the 1-5 Washington Nationals on their way to Coors Field for a four-game series. A 1-0 win during the home opener, only the 11th in Coors Field history, brought Colorado within one game of drawing even. Then, the club dropped two of the next three…
Six games in Southern California is usually wrought with a lot of frustration, more losses than wins and an entire lineup of hitters slumping, yearning to get back home to the hitter-friendly confines of Coors Field. Alas, it felt like a lot less frustration, less losses than normal and decent offensive production, on a whole. Going 2-4 on the road…
Two losses to end to end their stint in San Diego hampered the vibes following the 2-0 start to the season, but the Colorado Rockies had a lot to feel good about the opening weekend. They could have taken the series with a win on Sunday over the Padres, something they did only five times in 24 road series last…
In case you decided to wait until the weekend before checking on the start of the 2023 baseball season, you’ve missed quite a bit in the first two days. The Colorado Rockies are 2-0 thanks to a pair of wins on the road — of all places — against the San Diego Padres, a club many think will be at…
Welcome to a new era in Colorado Rockies baseball. At first, it was Vinny Castilla and Walt Weiss for four seasons together on the left side of the infield, ushering in the first postseason in 1995 for the expansion franchise. Three years of Troy Tulowitzki and Garrett Atkins brought two playoff berths, including the team’s only World Series appearance in…
It’s Opening Day 2023! Colorado Rockies get pushed back because of rain in Southern California. Is this the bad news starting early for them? Which new San Diego Padres are most interesting to watch in Game 1? Also, where is Daniel Bard and Jurickson Profar right now? DNVR Rockies Podcast are ready to attack the 162 game schedule like a…