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Rockies recall RHP Tanner Gordon, option Valente Bellozo

The Colorado Rockies optioned right-handed long reliever Valente Bellozo to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes on Monday. However, a corresponding roster move was not announced until Tuesday afternoon as right-handed pitcher Tanner Gordon has been recalled from the Isotopes. Bellozo, pitched 4.1 innings of relief on Sunday against the San Diego Padres when anticipated starter Kyle […]

Rockies top prospect Ethan Holliday tunes out the noise

Colorado Rockies top prospect Ethan Holliday (No. 2 PuRP) has started his first full season of professional baseball with the Low-A Fresno Grizzlies. Currently, the 19-year-old short stop is slashing .200/.360/.560 in 20 at-bats. Granted, it’s early in the season, and we don’t yet have meaningful data. This comes off a 2025 season where after […]

Troy Johnston is making the most of his time with the Colorado Rockies

Back on November 5, 2025, when the Colorado Rockies claimed INF/OF Troy Johnston off waivers, the move seemed fairly insignificant. At the time, the Rockies rebuild was in its early stages with key front office positions remaining unfilled, so their thinking on claiming Johnston was unclear. In spring training, however, Johnston’s potential became clear: It’s […]

Purple Row After Dark: What advice would you give?

Congratulations! You’ve won a (completely fictional) 15-minute coffee break with Colorado Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta. After you’ve ordered whatever it is you’re drinking, you sit down, and DePodesta asks you for some advice as the Rockies head into the fourth week of this young MLB season. What would you tell him? Please […]

8 numbers that show the Rockies are better in 2026

After the hype of sweeping the Houston Astros and the crushing reality of being swept by the San Diego Padres in a four-game series, last week was a roller coaster for Colorado Rockies fans. While progress will be slow in the climb to change the trajectory of an organization that’s lost more than 100 games […]

Chase Dollander and Antonio Senzatela are settling into the Rockies bullpen

Antonio Senzatela and Chase Dollander are two very different pitchers, but both have found themselves transitioning from starting to long relief over the last year. For Senzatela, the move came after struggles over the last few seasons that saw him returning from a variety of health challenges, including Tommy John surgery. Finally in August, the […]

Padres 7, Rockies 2: Swept out of San Diego

It’s hard to describe this game as anything other than… deflating. While the Rockies entered the day on the verge of being swept, they had also kept the Padres on their toes for three games coming off of a sweep of the Houston Astros at home. Today is where nothing really went right for the […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 16 thread: Kyle Freeland vs Nick Pivetta

While it’s disappointing to once again be facing a sweep at the end of a series, one must remember the Colorado Rockies are who we thought they were. They are a team at the ground floor of a rebuild and by their own admission are “here for the climb.” By that metric, the Rockies have […]

This Week in Purple: Tonal Whiplash

When the Colorado Rockies left Coors Field on Wednesday night they were on top of the world. They had started the week having avoided a sweep at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday and proceeded to rattle off three more wins to sweep the usually dominant Houston Astros. It was the Rockies’ first […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 15 thread: Ryan Feltner vs. Germán Márquez

The Colorado Rockies will try to limit the damage after two straight walk-off losses to the San Diego Padres. In good news, the starting pitching has been stellar and both games have been competitive throughout. Thursday, Jimmy Herget opened with a 1-2-3 inning, paving the way for Chase Dollander to take a bulk of the […]

Rockies Reacts Results: Fans are happy with the rotation so far

On Wednesday, we asked you to grade the Rockies’ rotation through one start on the road and one start at home apiece (more or less). So far, fans have been impressed. 98% of responders believe the Rockies’ rotation is passing the test with a C or above. Only 2% of folks believe the rotation is […]

The Rockies’ offense needs a monster — and Charlie Condon might be it 

After five Triple-A games, Konnor Griffin forced the issue — .438/.571/.625 — and debuted in Pittsburgh’s April 4 home opener.  Less than a week later, the Pirates — hardly a perennial contender — announced a nine-year extension that keeps him under contract through 2034.   That’s not just a prospect promotion. That’s a team deciding to be aggressive.  For an organization […]

Padres 5, Rockies 2: Late-night heartbreak all over again

The Colorado Rockies battled all night, grinding through tough at-bats before finally breaking through with two late runs — making the walk-off home run that followed all the more painful. Juan Mejia gets tagged with the loss and Mason Miller picked up the win for the Padres. Pitchers set the tone early  Tomoyuki Sugano and […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 14 thread: Tomoyuki Sugano vs. Walker Buehler 

The Colorado Rockies dropped a hard-fought extra-innings game last night to the San Diego Padres, and the 7-3 final doesn’t quite reflect how close things were, Colorado stayed competitive behind a solid pitching effort and a strong night at the plate from Brenton Doyle, who connected on his first homer of the season. The sting of the loss fades a bit on what […]

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Colorado Rockies add new minority owners Greg and Carrie Penner

This morning, the Colorado Rockies announced that Greg and Carrie Penner, owners of the Penner Sports Group, have become minority owners in the baseball franchise. Major League Baseball has approved the agreement. With this move, the Penner Sports Group — which also owns a stake in the Denver Broncos — will become the largest minority […]

‘Golden’ Sugano fitting in nicely in Colorado

Whether it was via free agency or through trade, Coors Field isn’t usually an ideal landing spot for veteran starting pitchers. There are success stories, of course, but even those usually come with few wins and a ballooned ERA. That’s why having three new veterans in the Rockies starting rotation this year was quite a […]

Padres 7, Rockies 3: A late-night, hard-fought loss (F/12)

The Colorado Rockies fought and fought, pushing the San Diego Padres into extras. Unfortunately, they came out on the losing end of a crooked loss, but they showed some absolute heart. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak, and also marked the longest game (by innings) in 2026. Jimmy Herget opened with a clear inning […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 13 thread: Jimmy Herget vs Randy Vásquez

The Colorado Rockies left Coors Field on Wednesday night on top of the world. At 6-6, the Rockies are at .500 at the latest point in the season since 2022, they’re riding a league-high four-game active win streak, and their offense came alive against the Houston Astros. Now comes the test: can the offense stay […]

Colorado Rockies 2026 walk-up songs

If you’ve ever been to a game at Coors Field and wondered what that’s song, say, Willi Castro is walking up to, and the clip is too short to Shazam, Reader, I am here to answer your questions. Below are (most of) the 2026 music selections of the Colorado Rockies. Zach Agnos — Jacob Banks’ […]

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Senzatela is thriving in the bullpen

If you had asked me a month ago how Antonio Senzatela’s 2026 would end up I would have said he had a good chance of being designated for assignment by midseason. He was arguably the worst performing pitcher in the entire league last year and would almost certainly have been released if it hadn’t been […]

Purple Row After Dark: Grade the Rockies’ rotation

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across 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. The 6-6 Colorado Rockies have made it through their rotation 2.4 times so far and each starter […]