I write about baseball (mostly the Rockies and D-backs) for Purple Row. In addition, my writing has appeared on Just Baseball, Pitcher List, and other sites. (I’m also a college English teacher, but baseball is more interesting.)
Share Rockies Pitch For the last three years, fans have begged the Colorado Rockies to “let the kids play.” Last year, the Rockies gave fans what they wanted with three rookies catching national attention: Brenton Doyle, Nolan Jones, and Ezequiel Tovar. We’re now 26 games into the 2024 season,
Share Rockies Pitch In case you’ve missed it, Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Victor Vodnik is having quite a spring. As it turns out, Fox Sports’ MLB staff has noticed. That’s some pretty elite company Vodnik is hanging out with. Granted, it’s early in the season, and we’
Share Rockies Pitch Granted, it’s early, and we’re clearly in small-sample size territory, which means little over the course of a season but can also provide a sense of how a team is getting started. The Colorado Rockies are now 3-10, working on one of the worst starts
Subscribe to Rockies Pitch It’s safe to say this was not the opening to 2024 the Colorado Rockies had hoped for. In their first seven games, they’ve got a disappointing 1-6 with the Arizona Diamondbacks looking like they’re ready to pick up where they left off in
Share Rockies Pitch Happy Opening Day! Since it‘s the first full day of the 2024 baseball season, publishing Rockies Pitch a day early seemed appropriate. Before turning to the Colorado Rockies 2024 season, it’s worth taking a step back to remember what happened in 2023. Their 103-loss season
The news dropped Thursday morning: Sources: The Rays are acquiring pitcher Joe Rock from the Rockies in exchange for SS/OF Greg Jones. — Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) March 21, 2024 The Colorado Rockies also designated Sam Hilliard for assignment. The move came as a bit of a surprise given the Rockies’
That Colorado Rockies pitching failed spectacularly in 2023 is an accepted fact. Pitching at elevation is always difficult, and the Rockies began the season with a rotation with little room for error. Add to that Tommy John surgeries for Germán Márquez and Antonio Senzatela as well as a skull fracture
Subscribe to Rockies Pitch Let’s start with the obvious: Spring training games mean nothing. Absolutely nothing. However, we know that Elehuris Montero and Michael Toglia are competing for playing spots in the Colorado Rockies’ “six-man platoon.” Both general manager Bill Schmidt and manager Bud Black have been clear that
Subscribe to Rockies Pitch Earlier this week on Purple Row, I wrote about the Colorado Rockies’ “six-man platoon.” A key, if overlooked, member of that arrangement is Hunter Goodman, a catcher-turned-outfielder-and-first-baseman known for his powerful swing. If you’ve lost track of him — after all, the Rockies used a lot
Subscribe to Rockies Pitch On Tuesday, the Cactus League held its media day with various front office personnel taking questions. Among those were Bill Schmidt, who spoke with beat writers about the 2024 Colorado Rockies. While never one to be overly loquacious, here’s some of what Schmidt had to
Perhaps you remember The Athletic, a website that covers sports — but not any Denver teams, despite the fact that the Mile High City is home to the NBA champion Denver Nuggets and one of the greatest players the game has ever seen in addition to a recent Stanley Cup champion
It’s easy to take the under on the 2024 Colorado Rockies — most of the projection systems are. But there is plenty of evidence to suggest they will be better this season.