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Marlins 10, Rockies 7 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Grinnin’ Griffin: Griffin Conine, +0.30 WPA Not Senzational: Antonio Senzatela, -0.28 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Colorado Rockies vs. Miami Marlins OVERFLOW THREAD
While there hasn’t been a ton of action in the later innings of this Rockies-Marlins game, there’s been so much action in the comments that we decided it warranted an overflow thread for the final three innings! In case you forgot, here are the lineups: Continue to keep it civil, friends, and please remember the Purple […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Miami Marlins game discussion: Sandy Alcantara vs. Sean Sullivan
Just about three months ago, the Rockies opened up the 2026 season in Miami against the Marlins. It didn’t go very well. Colorado got swept 3-0, but the good news is that the Rockies lost each game by one run, including a walk-off 4-3 loss in game three. Now, the 1993 expansion teams will face […]
Making an All-Star case for Hunter Goodman
In mid-May, I made an All-Star case for Mickey Moniak. On June 1, I made an All-Star case for Antonio Senzatela. With All-Star voting closing on Thursday, it’s time to make the case for Hunter Goodman making his second-straight All-Star game. Goodman took 2025 by the horns and never looked back. He made his MLB […]
Purple Row After Dark: Favorite Rockies batting stance
One of the things I’ve always appreciated about baseball is the lack of an exact mold that everything must fit into. Players of all different body types can be stars (see: Jose Altuve, Jacob Misiorowski, Cal Raleigh, etc.). The playing field is not required to be uniform making every ballpark have little unique quirks. Almost […]
Rockies strike out 14 times in 3-2 loss to the Twins
After late-inning shenanigans in many of the Rockies’ recent games, the Colorado Rockies came into their Sunday afternoon rubber match against the Minnesota Twins looking for another series win. However, the Rockies’ bats went quiet against the Twins pitching staff, wasting a fairly well-pitched game by their own arms. Another quality start for Ryan Feltner […]
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Twins 3, Rockies 2 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Twins go Kreidler: Ryan Kreidler, +0.16 WPA The Halves not: Seth Halvorsen, -0.19 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Colorado Rockies vs. Minnesota Twins game discussion: Ryan Feltner vs Connor Prielipp
Thanks to the incredible power of Hunter Goodman and the purple coat, the Colorado Rockies came away with a win last night in the Twin Cities despite yet more late game drama from the bullpen. With a win this afternoon in the series finale, the Rockies can come away with a series win against the […]
This Week in Purple: A Good Man
Hunter Goodman is having a fairly different season than he did when he was an All-Star in 2025. He’s chasing and striking out more and hitting less for average. The trade-off is that the 26-year-old catcher is obliterating baseballs at an alarming pace. Between Friday and Saturday, Goodman hit four home runs. He hit home […]
Hunter Goodman brings the Purple Rain in 8-5 victory over the Twins
A strong broadcast from a crew consisting of Ryan Spilborghs, Jeff Huson, and Cory Sullivan at one point tonight turned their attention to their favorite songs by Minnesota musical legend Prince. It seems fitting, then, that baseball’s favorite purple team decided to bring the rain down at Target Field in a win that made up […]
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Rockies 8, Twins 5 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Hunting homers: Hunter Goodman, +0.31 WPA Funderburk’d: Kody Funderburk, -0.24 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Colorado Rockies vs. Minnesota Twins game discussion: Michael Lorenzen vs Mike Paredes
The Colorado Rockies kicked off their road trip with yet more hijinks late in the game. Entering the game down 7-0, the Rockies proceeded to score eight unanswered runs to take the lead against the Minnesota Twins only to lose in extra innings due to sloppy play. Now the Rockies will look to win their […]
Do not adjust your screens: Jimmy Herget is still glitching along for the Rockies
Jimmy Herget’s season looks ordinary until you start pulling it apart. The ERA says middle relief. The whiffs, strike-throwing, pitch shapes, and post-IL work suggest something more useful. That does not make Herget a hidden star. It makes him a strange, practical bullpen arm with enough deception and control to make the Rockies’ deadline question […]
Rockies erase seven-run deficit, then fall 9-8 to Twins in extras
The Colorado Rockies were buried early, somehow took the lead late, and still left Target Field with one of their tougher losses of the season. Colorado fell to 32-50 with a 9-8 loss in 10 innings to the Minnesota Twins, who improved to 39-44 with their first walk-off win of the season. The Rockies trailed […]
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Twins 9, Rockies 8 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Getting the job done: Byron Buxton, +0.42 WPA Senza, no . . . . : Antonio Senzatela, -0.30 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Minnesota Twins game discussion: Tomoyuki Sugano vs. Taj Bradley
The Rockies head to Minnesota tonight to begin the actual second half of the season — Game 82, not the post-All-Star-break version — still buried in the NL West at 32-49 with a -90 run differential. They are 11.5 games out of the final National League playoff spot, and the fan conversation has already moved […]
Rockies Reacts Results: Sugano should stay
If there’s a topic Colorado Rockies fans are eager to discuss now that we’re at the halfway point of the 2026 MLB season, it’s what moves president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and general manager Josh Byrnes might make ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. And certainly, the Rockies pitching staff has been part […]
Could Cole Carrigg be the clutch player the Rockies have been waiting for?
If a baseball season is a marathon, then a solid baseball career would be at least three ultramarathons. That makes trying to assess Cole Carrigg’s Major League career — one that consists of 48 at-bats in 14 games — a little like judging a 300-mile race by the first two miles. That being said, Carrigg is off […]
Purple Row After Dark: Is it time to trade?
There’s just over one month to go until this season’s August 3rd trade deadline, but the time for moving players around might have already started. Late last night, the Chicago Cubs—desperate for pitching after another two starters landed on the injured list—acquired left-handed pitcher and Colorado native David Peterson from the New York Mets. The […]
“It’s ill-advised”: A farewell to Patrick Saunders
The last question I asked Patrick Saunders wasn’t really a question. It was a setup, and he knew it. “Patrick — what was that?” “That was a lead-off walk,” he said. “What is a lead-off walk?” “It’s ill-advised.” “And what could happen?” “It could come back to haunt you.” It never gets old. He told […]
The 2026 Colorado Rockies my dad would have loved
The 2026 Colorado Rockies season has been bittersweet for me. I’m ecstatic that the team has been playing better and that the new front office has a clearer sense of direction, but I’m also saddened that my dad isn’t here to enjoy the climb. I’ve missed being able to talk to him about the Rockies […]
The Rockies historic home/road splits
The Colorado Rockies are known for playing their home games in the most notoriously hitter-friendly environment in Major League Baseball, Coors Field. Despite the introduction of the humidor in 2002 reducing the number of home runs hit there, Coors Field has sat atop park factors leaderboards since its opening in 1995. What’s more, in their […]
Purple Row After Dark: Bucket List Ballparks
When the Milwaukee Brewers came to town, we talked about their Famous Racing Sausages as a tradition they could leave behind to inspire a new mascot race at Coors Field. With the Colorado Rockies taking the series today and sending the Boston Red Sox back to Fenway, it feels like a good time to discuss […]
Rockies rally late to stun Red Sox bullpen in 8-6 victory
Playing from behind for the majority of the game, the Colorado Rockies stunned the Boston Red Sox with a late-game rally against the bullpen to secure an 8-6 victory and the series win. Contributions from top to bottom underlined yet another gutsy win for Colorado. Freeland grinds out another start Coming off what was arguably […]
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Rockies 8, Red Sox 6 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. What is it that makes you so handsome?: Troy Johnston, +0.20 WPA Nails on a chalkboard: Justin Slaten, -0.27 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when […]
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