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After weeks of leaks, secrecy, and confusion, the Colorado Rockies have finally hired their new head of baseball operations to lead the front office. The Rockies—as always—held their cards close to their chest for the entire search, making no official statements until said search was complete. That statement came on Friday, when the organization announced […]
From Purple Row | 27 days ago | 2 reads
The Royals announced they have signed infielder Connor Kaiser to a minor league contract. The 28-year-old has spent 14 games in the big leagues with the Rockies and Diamondbacks and is a Kansas City-area native who graduated from Blue Valley West. Kaiser was originally drafted by the Pirates in the third round of the 2018 […]
From Royals Review | 28 days ago | 1 read
It’s been quite a busy 48 hours, and a generally chaotic week, for the Rockies! In addition to hiring a PBO, they also made some roster moves that got lost in the shuffle. First, they made a trio of subtractions in the form of Orlando Arcia, Kyle Farmer and Thairo Estrada. Then, they made a […]
From Purple Row | 29 days ago | 3 reads
Cleveland Browns’ Chief Strategy Officer Paul DePodesta just announced that he will be leaving his role with the Browns to join the Colorado Rockies in the MLB. DePodesta had a previous career in baseball, so this move wasn’t entirely surprising; however, it does raise some questions about whether Cleveland plans to make any changes within […]
From Dawgs By Nature | 29 days ago | 2 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockies fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We did it, folks. The Rockies finally hired a head of baseball operations! The team officially […]
From Purple Row | 29 days ago | 2 reads
The Colorado Rockies announced Friday morning that they have named long-time football and baseball executive Paul DePodesta as their new head of baseball operations. Effective immediately, DePodesta will take the title of president of baseball operations. “I have always kept my eye on baseball and this is an incredible opportunity to help make an impact […]
From Purple Row | 29 days ago | 1 read
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | 30 days ago | 2 reads
After a whirlwind week that sent Colorado Rockies fans and media into a bit of a frenzy, the team announced yesterday that they are expecting to hire ‘Moneyball’ analytics guru Paul DePodesta to head up their baseball operations department. According to Mike Klis, DePodesta will be named as the President of Baseball Operations and is […]
From Purple Row | 30 days ago | 4 reads
This afternoon, Louisville Slugger announced that Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman has won the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award for catcher in the National League. The 26 year old is the 17th Rockie to earn a Silver Slugger, and it marks the 33rd instance in which a Rockies player has won one. In addition, he […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The Colorado Rockies have worked out a deal to hire Cleveland Browns chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta, according to ESPN. DePodesta, age 52, originally was with the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, and New York Mets before being hired by the Browns in 2016 to run their analytics program. In July of 2021, DePodesta […]
From Dawgs By Nature | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The Cleveland Browns may soon be losing a longtime and long misunderstood member of the front office. According to numerous media reporters, Paul DePodesta, who has spent the past decade with the Browns as the team’s chief strategy officer, is planning to leave and take over as head of baseball operations for the Colorado Rockies. […]
From Dawgs By Nature | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Multiple sources—including MLB.com’s Thomas Harding, ESPN’s Jeff Passan, and the New York Post’s Joel Sherman—reported Thursday afternoon that the Colorado Rockies finally have a hire for their open head of baseball operations position. The position has been vacant since the resignation of Bill Schmidt following the end of the 2025 season. The Rockies are known […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Colorado Rockies are set to hire Paul DePodesta as their president of baseball operations, per the Athletic. This would not be that surprising if this were being done a decade ago. DePodesta was one Billy Beane’s top lieutenants with the Oakland A’s beginning in 1999, and was featured prominently in Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball, […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Well, it didn’t take long after declining Tyler Kinley’s option for the Braves to go ahead and do the same thing to Pierce Johnson. Like Kinley, Johnson was also acquired from the Rockies in a Trade Deadline deal, back in 2023. He was lights out after the trade (17/66/48 ERA-/FIP-/xFIP-), and because he checked a […]
From Talking Chop | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The Braves didn’t do much at the 2025 Trade Deadline, for good reason: their season had already gone off the rails by late July. One they did do, with an eye for 2026: trade for Rockies reliever Tyler Kinley, whose services came with a $5.5 million option for the following season. Well, it turns out […]
From Talking Chop | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Ricky Romero turns 41 today. Ricky was the Jays’ first-round pick in the first round of the 2005 draft (6th overall), out of California State University, Fullerton). As we all know, Troy Tulowitzki was the next pick by the Rockies. No one mentions that the Mariners used the third pick on Jeff Clement. Ricky didn’t […]
From Bluebird Banter | about 1 month ago | 1 read
A major lesson from the 2025 World Series is one that the Rockies need to seriously learn: starting pitching is everything. When or — as it more and more feels like — if the Rockies finally hire a general manager/president of baseball operations, it will be a great chance to do something big. After all […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Good news, baseball fans! We can now start planning for spring. Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues will open on Friday, February 20, 2026, with all clubs expected to play on Saturday. Rockies spring training specifics The Colorado Rockies will kick off their season on Friday, February 20, in their traditional opening game with their Salt River […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Colorado Rockies were expected to name their new head of baseball operations this week. After Bill Schmidt and the organization agreed to part ways in early October, it was announced that Walker Monfort would spearhead the search for an outside hire to lead the organization. After a historically bad season in 2025 that saw […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 1 read
As if the Colorado Rockies’ search for a president of baseball operations/general manager weren’t already weird enough, yesterday, it took another bizarre twist with this from Tim Healy of the Boston Globe: Healy’s reporting was confirmed by Patrick Saunders later in the day. You can read Purple Row’s coverage of the disintegrating search for a […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Colorado Rockies’ confusing search for a new head of baseball operations took several new turns on Monday. In the morning, Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic reported that Amiel Sawdaye of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Matt Forman of the Cleveland Guardians—two of the team’s only known candidates and finalists—were no longer in the running for […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | about 1 month ago | 0 reads