The Colorado Rockies and GM Bill Schmidt enter the offseason after the first 100-loss campaign in the 30-year history of the club. For everything that went wrong in 2023, there was a counter act that created hope for a fanbase dying to see their team play relevant games during the summer months, let alone make the postseason for the first…
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…
GM Bill Schmidt did the thing and traded C.J. Cron and Randal Grichuk to the Los Angeles Angels for a pair of pitching prospects, RHP Jake Madden and LHP Mason Albright. Who’s going to take their spots on the roster? With only 37 players on the 40-man roster, which prospects from Triple-A Albuquerque and Double-A Hartford could be next to…
For the third time this summer, the Colorado Rockies have dealt away contributing veterans on expiring contracts for young, minor league pitching that could impact the roster for years to come. 1B C.J. Cron and OF Randal Grichuk were traded on Sunday to the Los Angeles Angels — the organization that drafted both players over a decade ago — while…
It may only be Day One of the 2023 MLB Draft, but the Colorado Rockies have already assembled a trio of intriguing prospects with their first three picks. RHP Chase Dollander, LHP Sean Sullivan and C/SS/OF Cole Carrigg would love to have the same immediate success of last year’s top selections had once turning pro: RHP Gabriel Hughes, 3B/OF Sterlin…
The pursuit — rather, the avoidance — of 100 losses is back on for the Colorado Rockies following a 14-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. At 32-51 (.386) and 5-17 against the National League West, including zero series wins in seven meetings, the annual look towards future Rockies seasons is officially upon us. With 10 players currently…
What is going on? A simple question, not a rhetorical one meant as a greeting. Baseball fans around the globe asked this to anyone who would listen when viewing the 25-1 final score of Saturday night’s Colorado Rockies game. It was the worst loss in what is supposed to be the club’s celebratory 30th anniversary, eclipsing a 26-7 defeat to…
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…
Even before future Hall of Famer Nolan Arenado was traded ahead of the 2021 season, hardcore fans of the Colorado Rockies were already questioning when the team might ever see consecutive postseason appearances again, let alone make another trip to the World Series. Nine teams in MLB have lost a combined 300 games since the start of the 2019 season…
Sam Levitt of 97.3 The Fan in San Diego drops by to discuss all the wheeling and dealing by Padres’ GM A.J. Preller. Since his previous experience dealt with Double-A baseball, Sam and Suzie have a lot to discuss. Meghan Angley looks into her crystal ball to help figure out a few things for Suzie and Brendan, who have a…
GM Bill Schmidt simply won’t stop improving the Rockies’ roster this offseason. On Thursday, he dealt away fan favorite Raimel Tapia and 18-year-old Adrian Pinto to the Toronto Blue Jays for Randal Grichuk and cash Kevin Henry of RoxPile and Call To The Pen helps break down the deal and its impact on the Opening Day roster. “Raimel Tapia and…
The Colorado Rockies have acquired OF Randal Grichuk and cash from the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade for OF Raimel Tapia and IF Adrian Pinto. Tapia, signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2010 at the age of 16, has been one of the few recognizable faces on the Rockies since the departures of Carlos González, DJ LeMahieu, Nolan…...
A mere seven months after hiring him as the new head of the revamped analytics department, the Colorado Rockies have moved on from Scott Van Lenten. Van Lenten came to the organization in August ‘21 after four years with the Washington Nationals in a role as an analyst and, following the club’s 2019 World Series triumph, a senior analyst in…
Bud Black will not be a lame duck manager in the final year of his contract in 2022. Instead, the Colorado Rockies gave him a one-year extension that will keep him as manager through the 2023 season. Black has helmed the club since being hired in 2017, immediately taking Colorado to their first postseason since 2009. He did the same…...
It may not be shocking, and it certainly isn’t the conclusion for which many Rockies fans were hoping, but it’s now official. For the first time since June 5, 2013, RHP Jon Gray is no longer associated with the Colorado Rockies. The 30-year-old starting pitcher signed a four-year deal with the Texas Rangers believed to be worth $56 million, according…...
Skyler Timmins from Purple Row analyzes the Colorado Rockies offseason so far following four contracts worth over $80 million. We also dig into the best Rockies’ commercials from 2007-2013 and decide why its imperative the club bring them back for another generation of fans. “Rewinding to old Rockies commercials” by Sklyer Timmins DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE POD! iTunes…
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