When GM Bill Schmidt signed Kris Bryant to a seven-year, $182 million deal on March 18, he addressed Colorado’s desire for power in the outfield, not to mention the growing need for a marquee name in the wake of recent exits by Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story. A week later, Schmidt acquired his second power hitter – Randal Grichuk -…...
We’re 13 games into Spring Training and several players with Colorado are having a great month of March in the Cactus League. Have any of them forced their way onto the 28-man Opening Day roster? The Rockies are adopting the latest technology in the game called PitchCom. What it is and how could a small edge such as this provide…
After Bill Schmidt added yet another new piece to the Rockies’ roster in the form of OF Randal Grichuk, Colorado appears a lot different than the one that came out of the lockout less than three weeks ago. Drew Goodman from AT&T SportsNet discusses the new look Rockies and reveals the newest member of their coverage for this season. “Spring…
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…...