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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). […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
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 […]
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 […]
about 1 month ago | 2 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). […]
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 […]
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). […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Colorado Rockies have paid Kris Bryant $101 million to play 170 games. This breaks down to roughly $594,117 (and a whopping 65 cents) per game that Kris Briant has earned through the first four years of his seven year, $182 million contract that he signed prior to the 2022 season. In those 170 games, […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Colorado Rockies were expected to announce early this week their decision on their new head of baseball operations. Whether they would have the title of president of baseball operations or general manager has yet to be determined. Two candidates who had interviewed for the position last week were Matt Forman, Cleveland Guardians executive vice […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
It all comes down to this. After a back-and-forth series, the Dodgers forced a Game 7 last night behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who once again threw a gem. Today’s game will feature two legends, and it is gearing up to be a wild finish. Shohei Ohtani (2-1, 3.50 ERA) will take the mound for the Dodgers […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Arizona Fall League is in full swing, and so are some of the Rockies’ top prospects. There are eight of them currently in the desert, and some are turning heads. Earlier this week, we asked which prospect has impressed you so far (though we left out Ben Shields because he hadn’t made his AFL […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
For the first time since 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays are on the cusp of a World Series title. After taking two of three in Los Angeles, the Blue Jays now have the chance to clinch the title with a victory at home in Game 6 of the series. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ offense has […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
In a surprising move, it was reported on Friday afternoon that rookie right-handed reliever Dugan Darnell had been quietly placed on waivers and claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Darnell will be placed on Pittsburgh’s 60-day injured list. The move was later confirmed by the Rockies. It was unknown that the Colorado Rockies had placed Darnell […]
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). It’s […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
While Halloween is a great day for horror movies and haunted houses, there isn’t much that’s scarier than how the Rockies have operated for the last few seasons. It’s been 18 years since Rockies fans celebrated Rocktober — nearly two decades since we were able to cheer the Rockies on to the World Series in […]
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). […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Back on June 2, I wrote an article about the Colorado Rockies then-record, but also rescored each game based on “Banana Ball” rules, inspired by the Savannah Bananas. At that time, the Rockies were 12-50 with a run differential of -181. Based on Banana Ball rules, they would’ve actually been 14-15-33 with a run differential […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
With the series tied at 2-2, the Dodgers and Blue Jays will face off again tonight for the final game of this year’s World Series at Dodger Stadium. Game 5 will be a rematch of Game 1 with another showdown between Toronto’s Trey Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) and L.A.‘s Blake Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA). Yesavage, […]
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). It’s […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Yes, I’m once again delving into the theoretical world of free agency to help the Colorado Rockies. Once again, I acknowledge this is fairly far-fetched and not likely to happen, but the idea of it is tantalizing enough that it’s worth thinking about. As I mentioned in the Paul Goldschmidt piece last week, MLB.com’s Thomas […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
After last night’s epic but exhausting Game 3 that found the Los Angeles Dodgers managing to out-endure the Toronto Blue Jays, Game 4 kicks off a mere 18 hours later. Currently, the Dodgers lead the series 2-1. But last night’s (this morning’s?) game is relegated to the history books, and tonight, the Blue Jays with […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
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. The Arizona Fall League is in full swing, with eight Rockies prospects spending time in the […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Colorado Rockies always select a lot of pitchers in each year’s Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. 2025 was no exception, as they drafted 14. However, it was Jonathan Bailey “JB” Middleton from the University of Southern Mississippi that was their first off the board. The Mississippi native’s freshman season at Southern Mississippi was a […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read