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Colorado Rockies game no. 58 thread: Logan Webb vs. Michael Lorenzen

After a much-needed day off yesterday, the Colorado Rockies return home tonight to open their final series of May against the San Francisco Giants. Colorado enters at 20-37, last in the NL West, after going 1-6 through Arizona and Los Angeles. The Rockies won just one of four against the Arizona Diamondbacks, then were swept […]

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Ethan Holliday to miss remainder of 2026 season

Multiple sources, including Thomas Harding of MLB.com, reported on Friday afternoon that Colorado Rockies top prospect Ethan Holliday (no. 2 PuRP) will miss the remainder of the 2026 minor league season. The report comes with news that Holliday will be undergoing surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. Holliday, 19, was the […]

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Zach of all trades: Agnos pitches when and where needed for Rockies

Zach Agnos loves doing impressions. So when the outgoing 25-year-old got the text from Warren Schaeffer telling him he’d be starting instead of waiting in the bullpen on May 21 vs. the Diamondbacks, Agnos stuck with his pregame routine. That includes mimicking some of his teammates, including the pitchers he works with day in and […]

Purple Row After Dark: Reinforcements

With just a few days left in May, the Colorado Rockies find themselves in a bit of a conundrum. With a record of 6-19 for the month and a run differential of -70, the Rockies are looking much more like the bad and rebuilding team we expected them to be compared to a relatively successful […]

Sterlin Thompson reflects on his first week in the big leagues

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Sterlin Thompson (No. 13 PuRP) is most famous among Colorado Rockies fans for being drafted with the compensatory draft pick they received from the departure of Trevor Story. Thompson was drafted 31st overall in 2022 and finally made it to the bigs nearly three years later. Thompson was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque […]

Jaden Hill is quietly emerging as the Rockies most reliable reliever

The Rockies pitching staff as a whole has been under heavy scrutiny to start 2026 as fans look for any signs that the new pitching regime is actually finding ways for this franchise to succeed on the mound. Coming into the season, the expectation was that the bullpen would be anchored by some combination of […]

Dodgers 4, Rockies 1: One hit wonders

For the 10th straight time in Los Angeles, the Colorado Rockies lost to the LA Dodgers as they fell 4-1 on Wednesday. In a game featuring two of Japan’s baseball heroes on the mound, it would be the Dodgers’ unicorn of a player that highlighted the game as Colorado managed just one hit. Sugano’s shortened […]

The Colorado Rockies and the late-game woes

Generally, a team needs to play nine complete innings to have a chance at winning a baseball game. They have to compete for 27 outs — executing hit and runs, stealing bases, hitting home runs, making routine plays, and performing on the mound. It’s not always going to work out if those things are happening, […]

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Dodgers 15, Rockies 6: California nightmare (with a twist)

It was Eric Lauer’s first game in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform — he’d only signed with them 17 days earlier — but he pitched like he’d been a part of the organization for years as the Dodgers made quick work of the Colorado Rockies in a 15-6 rout with a bizarre ninth inning. Kyle […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 56 thread: Kyle Freeland vs. Eric Lauer

In Game 1, the Colorado Rockies, despite a solid outing until the seventh inning, dropped the series opener, 5-3, to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tonight, they will look to even the series. Starting for the Rockies is Kyle Freeland. This will be his ninth start for the Rockies in 2026. The lefty has a 7.04 […]

Weekly Pebble Report: Pedro Lopez takes himself and the Isotopes forward

Last Thursday night, Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer brought Pedro Lopez onto the field at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona with a hug. The 57-year-old from Puerto Rico was making his Major League coaching debut after more than 20 years of coaching in minor league and international baseball. “I was already in my office back […]

The Rockies and the amazing purple-colored home run coat

To make a memorable entrance, timing is everything. That’s what happened on April 6, 2026, when the Colorado Rockies pulled off a come-from-behind win over the Houston Astros. Sure, the win was great, but fans probably also remember the debut of the Rockies purple home run coat. The coat announced its presence after Troy Johnston […]

Dodgers 5, Rockies 3: Another late lead bites the dust

The Colorado Rockies had a 3-1 when the fans at Dodger Stadium sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” but the two-run cushion didn’t turn out to be enough on Monday night. The bullpen surrendered four runs in the bottom of the seventh, erasing a solid start from Tanner Gordon, who reduced his ERA to […]

TJ Rumfield hit by pitch, leaves Rockies-Dodgers game

In the bottom of the first inning against the Dodgers on Monday night, Colorado Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield was hit by pitch in the right hand. The rookie stayed in the game to run the bases, and even tried to field in the bottom of the inning, but he was unable to stay in […]

Colorado Rockies injury report, May 25, 2026

Earlier today, the Colorado Rockies released their weekly injury report. Below is a list of players on the Injured List and an update on their recovery. Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!

Colorado Rockies game no. 55 thread: Tanner Gordon vs. Emmet Sheehan

Tanner Gordon will be looking to help the Rockies break a two-game losing streak and perform better than the last time he faced the Dodgers when he takes the mound for Colorado in the series-opening game in Los Angeles tonight. After a solid 2026 debut, when he threw four scoreless innings against the Astros on […]

Rockies recall LHP Welinton Herrera, place José Quintana on IL

On Monday afternoon the Colorado Rockies announced multiple roster moves prior to their first of three games against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. Left-handed veteran starting pitcher José Quintana has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow sprain. Quintana, 37, had quietly been one of the Rockies’ more reliable […]

Checking in with Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer through 54 games

PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Colorado Rockies have made it one-third of the way through the season. They have gone 21-32, which is 13 games better than they were through 54 games in 2025. They started off well – going 14-18 in the months of March and April – but have cooled off significantly through May. […]

Purple Row After Dark: Bananas for the Rockies

My kids put up with me watching the Rockies all summer, which is a bigger act of patience than I probably give them credit for. But when Banana Ball is on, they are not just tolerating baseball. They genuinely love it. And I get it. Banana Ball is absurd. That is the whole point. The […]

Diamondbacks 9, Rockies 1: Quick and painful

After three close contests in the desert where the Colorado Rockies lost by just one run in two of them (and won by one in the other), the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks went anything but according to plan. The Rockies were bullied for nine runs while failing to get anything going on offense. […]

José Quintana leaves Rockies-Diamondbacks game with injury

Postgame updates: Quintana spoke to the media after the game and said his elbow is feeling “quite painful.” “In the second inning, I felt stress in my elbow,” he said. “It was the first time I’ve felt [that]. It’s really frustrating to leave the game with the loss like that, so it’s pretty sad for […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 54 thread: José Quintana vs Ryne Nelson

It’s been three close games in the desert as the Colorado Rockies play in Arizona for the first time this season. All three games against the Diamondbacks have been decided by just one run. Unfortunately, the Rockies have now been on the wrong end of two of those games. They need a win today to […]