If the 2023 MLB Postseason has taught us anything it’s that the teams who make aggressive trades during the offseason will reap the rewards. For the Colorado Rockies, this means trading one or more of their established players in hopes of placing the franchise on an upward trajectory to get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2018.…
The Colorado Rockies are on the edge of 100 losses for the first time in franchise history following a sweep at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. The takeaway: opportunities for youngsters like Gavin Hollowell, Brenton Doyle, Ezequiel Tovar, Nolan Jones and even non-rookies like Brendan Rodgers and Justin Lawrence are plentiful and worth more than a ballgame during this…
For the first time in 51 days, Kris Bryant’s name appeared in the starting lineup for the Colorado Rockies. Bryant was activated from the injured list on Monday before a 5-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs following a fractured left index finger suffered during a hit-by-pitch on July 22, costing him 45 games. “I think he feels a little bit…
National League West is not an easy division, certainly not for the Colorado Rockies who simply haven’t had an answer this season and entered with zero series wins against the division. Arizona Diamondbacks played like a team vying for a place in the postseason and the San Francisco Giants, the Rox opponents this weekend, are in a similar boat. Kyle…
Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks both had to work on Labor Day, but the Dbacks at least came away with a victory while the Rox got one game closer towards 100 losses. Peter Lambert and Hunter Goodman provided the silver linings, but everyone is still thinking about Daniel Bard and Justin Lawrence. Who’s the closer for 2024? Who’s the starting…
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. Children are back in school. Halloween decorations clutter the aisles. And the Colorado Rockies wrap up another regular season. The difference this year is that the Rockies are on pace to lose more than 100 games with the dog days of summer having beaten them down more than normal. Their 7-20 record…
Colorado Rockies head towards 100 losses with a 1-5 homestand against Atlanta and the Toronto Blue Jays. Bullpen struggles, starting pitching surges and the Young Rox excite at Coors Field. Will Daniel Bard pitch again in 2023? Will the starting rotation need a replacement for Austin Gomber? Why is Brenton Doyle getting more national media attention? The DNVR Rockies Podcast…
DNVR Ranks is at full force and we need to determine if Todd Helton or Larry Walker had the better MVP-caliber season. Walker, the only current Hall of Famer in Colorado Rockies history, actually won the 1997 National League MVP. But the Toddfather, who could be Cooperstown bound in January, won a pair of Player of the Year Awards in…
Ronald Acuña Jr. was attacked by multiple fans in a strange game between the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. During the 7th-inning streak, no less than four fans were spotted in the outfield before security intervened. Before and after the incident, Acuña Jr. was locked in at the plate during a 4-for-5 outburst that elevated his MVP…
The road trip from hell had a happy ending in Baltimore thanks to rookie Hunter Goodman in his Major League debut. Then the return to Coors Field on Monday against Atlanta brought back the bad memories. The Colorado Rockies won on Sunday with a 4-3 victory over the Orioles to snap a historic six-game losing streak, one in which they…
Owners like Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox, John Fisher of the Oakland Athletics, John Angelos of the Baltimore Orioles and Dick Monfort of the Colorado Rockies have made headlines for all the wrong reasons in the past year. Some have been insular with front office hirings while others seem to say all the wrong things. Will the changes…
Hunter Goodman helped snap a six-game losing streak for the Colorado Rockies and end the road trip from hell with a win over Baltimore Orioles. Excluding multiple rough outings by the bullpen, veterans Charlie Blackmon and Elias Díaz also broke out at the plate while Evan Justice joined Goodman as prospects who made their Major League debuts. What record did…
Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles on the road wasn’t going to be easy, but it’s been a hellish start for the Colorado Rockies at Tropicana Field. Blown saves, bad umpire reviews and a ballpark that just doesn’t look right for baseball. Who broke out of a major slump in a significant way? Has the starting rotation become the backbone…
Ezequiel Tovar and Corbin Carroll face off for three games in Denver as the NL Rookie of the Year Award candidates move in opposite directions. The Arizona Diamondbacks have been historically bad over the past month-plus and Carroll has taken a step back since starting the 2023 All-Star Game. Tovar continues to climb the rank of greatest rookie seasons in…
Pierce Johnson is off to Atlanta as the Colorado Rockies make their second deal of the season ahead of the August 2 trade deadline. GM Bill Schmidt gets a pair of top 30 prospects, both of whom could suit up in purple and pitch at Coors Field some time this year. What’s the scouting report on RHP Victor Vodnik and…
The Colorado Rockies have been on a horrendous streak of injuries in 2023 that has ravaged their 40-man roster. Five players are on the 60-day injury list with a sixth, Germán Márquez (Tommy John surgery), coming on Friday following season-ending Tommy John surgery. Five of the club’s top seven starting pitchers to start the season are gone from the rotation:…
Pittsburgh swept Colorado at Coors Field to extend the Rockies losing streak to eight games. Since then, the Rox have been reborn thanks to breakouts from NL Rookie of the Year candidate Ezequiel Tovar, outfielders Brenton Doyle and Randal Grichuk, plus a starting rotation that has welcomed back Antonio Senzatela. Is this the best version of the Rockies right now?…
The 2019 season in Minor League Baseball marked an end to a simpler time in the world of affiliated baseball. There were 160 teams in 15 different leagues in various cities across the United States and Canada. (Vancouver is the only one north of the U.S. border.) A global pandemic wiped out all semblance of normalcy to everything and the…
Stephen Rice of the Fresno Grizzlies saw at least 15 future big leaguers this season with Colorado’s Low-A affiliate. Which of the teenage phenoms will have the most impact in the big leagues? How many sleepers deserved to make the Top 30 prospects list? And could the Rockies be in danger of losing one or more in this year’s Rule…
Drew Goodman, voice of the Colorado Rockies for AT&T SportsNet, helps break down the different between the hype and hope for Ezequiel Tovar. What are the intangibles of the 21-year-old shortstop? Have the Rockies changed their organizational philosophy in the minors? And who’s next to debut in 2023? Banter From The Bench: Michael Toglia goes from Dunkin Donuts Park to…
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