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Colorado Rockies 2026 Season Review: Ranking the Rockies
Welcome to the 2026 edition of Ranking the Rockies, as we look back at the performance of all players that put on a Colorado uniform in 2026. Instead of being subjectively determined, each ‘rank’ is objectively set by Baseball Reference’s Wins Above Replacement (rWAR). Players will be revealed in reverse order.
Zach Goodman reflects on his first season behind the mic for the Rockies
At the end of last season, Rockies broadcaster Jerry Schemmel was let go for the second time in five years. It was unclear who would join longtime radio voice Jack Corrigan in the booth, but the Rockies held auditions during spring training, and the job was eventually won by Zach Goodman – broadcaster for the […]
Scaling the Rocks: The 2026 Rockies season is over
We did it, folks. We made it through another 162 games of Rockies baseball. While they limped to the end and ultimately finished 58-104, there were plenty of glimmers of hope for the future (as well as many reminders of why they finished with a fourth-consecutive 100-loss season). Over the next few weeks, we’ll be […]
Purple Row After Dark: Your favorite moments from the 2026 Rockies season
Through the ups and downs of a full 162-game season, it’s still hard not to be romantic about baseball. As this afternoon’s game put a bow on the 2026 Colorado Rockies season, we want to hear about the things — big or small — that are on your mind. With the team marking a 15-game […]
Rockies falter in their season finale with 4-2 loss to the White Sox
The sun has set on the 2026 Colorado Rockies season. Perhaps fittingly, it came with a 4-2 loss against the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox—a team that found themselves in a similar situation to the Rockies just two years ago. With today’s loss, the Rockies finish their season at 58-104. It is their second-worst season in […]
Colorado Rockies at Chicago White Sox game discussion: Kyle Freeland vs Anthony Kay
The sun has finally risen on the last day of the last day of the 2026 Major League Baseball regular season. Today marks Game 162 of 162 an the Colorado Rockies are in the South Side of Chicago for one last game against the White Sox. The Rockies played spoiler last night, handing a loss […]
This Week in Purple: Dawn of the Final Day
This afternoon, the Colorado Rockies will play their 162nd and final game of the 2026 Major League Baseball season. For some fans, the final pitch can’t come soon enough. Despite periods of promising baseball—like when the Rockies had one of the best offenses in baseball mid-season—and individual great seasons like those of Jake McCarthy and […]
Behind a full team effort, the Rockies rack up milestones and beat the White Sox 9-6
The Colorado Rockies came together to work through the weekend on a high note. After a bleak August and September, the fight that this team flashed throughout the season was on display again tonight. With a strong opponent in the Chicago White Sox, playing for their division title, the Rockies held their ground and came […]
Colorado Rockies at Chicago White Sox game discussion: Jose Quintana vs. Davis Martin
Somehow, every season, 160 baseball games aren’t quite enough. There’s always plenty of drama that spills over into games 161 and 162. 2026 is no different, with lots to be decided around the league during the last weekend of the season. The Colorado Rockies have two more against the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox with a […]
Roster churn helped raise the floor in 2026
The 2026 Colorado Rockies have had a better year than the 2025 Colorado Rockies. That is not exactly a difficult bar to clear after 43-119, but the improvement has been real and the floor of the roster is considerably higher. There are still bad performances, of course, but Colorado simply does not have as many […]
Jake McCarthy is chasing a rare 15-15-15-15 season
Good morning, Purple Row! There are two games left in the 2026 season, and there is absolutely nothing left for the Rockies to settle in the standings. There is, however, one oddly specific statistical chase still worth watching. Jake McCarthy enters Saturday with 30 doubles, 13 triples, 15 home runs and 32 stolen bases. He […]
White Sox ride Murakami, Burke past Rockies in 6-1 win
The Rockies opened their final series of the 2026 season Friday night with a 6-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Munetaka Murakami (村上 宗隆) homered twice and drove in three runs, while Sean Burke held Colorado to one run over 5.1 innings as Chicago improved to 83-77. The Rockies fell to 57-103 with the […]
Colorado Rockies at Chicago White Sox game discussion: Tomoyuki Sugano vs. Sean Burke
Three games. That’s it. The Rockies have reached the final weekend of the 2026 season, and after the way the last two months have gone, I am very much looking forward to the offseason and what comes next — pending lockout notwithstanding. Don’t get me wrong, there was real progress this year. Colorado had stretches […]
The puzzling paradox of the Rockies and ABS
As 2026 comes to a close, so does the first season of ABS in MLB. Using the incredibly detailed breakdown on Baseball Savant’s ABS Challenge Dashboard, a paradoxical truth seems undeniable: The Rockies are one of the best teams at ABS challenges, while also simultaneously being one of the worst. In the simplest terms, when […]
Scaling the Rocks: Can Rockies play spoiler? Or at least learn from White Sox?
Good morning, Purple Row! The Rockies are officially done with their home schedule for 2026. The final homestand didn’t end so well as Colorado went 1-8 over their final nine games at Coors Field. The squad now heads to Chicago to take on the White Sox, who are in a battle with the Cleveland Guardians […]
Purple Row After Dark: Who’s the Rockies MVP?
With just three games remaining, the 2026 Colorado Rockies season is all but over. Given that we have pretty much all the data on this squad, it’s time to begin the autopsy of what happened. But before we get to that, let’s take a moment to celebrate what went well — because this was an […]
Rockies bid farewell to Coors Field with 12-8 loss to the Diamondbacks
What began as a blowout deficit ended in a close loss as the Colorado Rockies’ last chance at some “LoDo Magic” fell short in a 12-8 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Rockies suffered the sweep while finishing 32-49 at Coors Field this season. Attack of the Snakes The first inning has been a disaster […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks game discussion: Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Tanner Gordon
It’s been a tough year for the Colorado Rockies in their home ballpark. After another loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks last night, the Rockies are 32-48 at home this season and are 131-191 overall since the start of the 2023 season. The obvious struggles at home have been the pitching. The Rockies have a 5.75 […]
The most difficult outfield catches of the 2026 Rockies season
Baseball highlight’s are most commonly filled with a mixture of home runs and defensive plays in which the fielder must do something particularly spectacular in order to make up for a mistake earlier in the play. The skill required for those is both easily visible in the confines of television camera frame. Efficient outfield catches, […]
400 losses in four years for the Rockies
Good morning, Purple Row! The Colorado Rockies will finish their penultimate series of the year today with a final game against the Arizona Dimaondbacks. They’ve already lost the series by dropping the first two games but will look to avoid a sweep before heading east to Chicago where they will finish off their season against […]
Rockies find themselves fighting from behind again, fall to Arizona 5-3
The 2026 Colorado Rockies have combined flashes of brilliance with a struggle to complete a full game on all sides of the ball. Tonight’s game fell in that camp. There have been a few games this year where if you removed just one stretch of mistakes from one aspect of the game, the Rockies would […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks game discussion: Merrill Kelly vs. Mason Adams
The Colorado Rockies reached 100 losses for the fourth straight season with last night’s defeat at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The loss felt fitting for the unfortunate milestone, as the Rockies managed only three hits (compared to Arizona’s 13) and struggled to get much going on either side of the ball. They’ll look […]
What set Todd Helton apart? A former Denver Post beat writer reflects
Todd Helton stood next to the 17-foot, 1,000-pound bronze statue of himself. Surrounded by adoring fans at 20th and Blake outside the main entrance at Coors Field last Saturday, Helton talked passionately about the people who helped make the most iconic player in Rockies history. While he spoke, Helton repeatedly glanced up at the newly […]
Ezequiel Tovar has found a groove in the final months of 2026
There is no doubt that 2026 has been a disappointing year for Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar. After injuries hindered him in 2025 and he put together a strong perfromance with Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, hopes were high that Tovar could return to form and propel the Rockies offense. Unfortunately, he’s mostly […]
Scaling the Rocks: Preparing for the end of the Rockies 2026 season
Top of the morning to you, Purple Row! Well, friends, since it’s the final week of the 2026 regular season, teams are looking ahead to what comes next. For some, it’s preparing for the postseason, while teams like the Rockies are looking forward to what comes next after the World Series. The Rockies and Arizona […]
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