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Kenneth Weber

Thursday Rockpile: The anatomy of the Rockies’ recent hot stretch.

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Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, May 16, 2024

Last week, I wrote about the dismal starts to the season for the major league and Triple-A levels of the Colorado Rockies organization. Entering that publication, the teams were 18-53 with a negative-184 run differential. Since then, the Isotopes have been stable (get it?), relatively speaking, with a 3-3 record although they’re still handing out runs faster than a salesman distributes...

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MLB roundup: Rookie helps Rockies win 7th straight

Jordan Beck hit his first major league homer and drove in a career-best five runs and Austin Gomber delivered a strong start as the visiting Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 on Wednesday for their seventh straight win.

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Jordan Beck (5 RBIs), Rockies blank Padres for 7th straight win

Jordan Beck hit his first major league homer and drove in a career-best five runs and Austin Gomber delivered a strong start as the visiting Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 on Wednesday for their seventh straight win.

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Cubs Should Prioritize Jalen Beeks as a Bullpen Upgrade

Even after the addition of Tyson Miller, the Chicago Cubs are looking for bullpen help. Miller provides depth, but the team is still reeling from multiple injuries to key contributors.

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Skyler Timmins

Colorado Rockies game no. 43 thread: Austin Gomber vs. Michael King

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Can the Rockies go for the taco’s winning streak?

The Colorado Rockies are the hottest team in baseball at the moment after winning their sixth consecutive game last night against the San Diego Padres. The victory secured their second straight series win as they now aim for their second straight sweep. The Rockies also became just the second team in MLB history to win six straight games after not even winning two consecutive...

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Rockies Prospect Picks Up First Career RBI

About a week ago, the Colorado Rockies sat dead last in the NL West with an 8-28 record. Six days later, the team is now 14-28 after a very impressive six-game winning streak.

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What Is Happening with the Colorado Rockies?

The hottest team in baseball right now? That would be the Colorado Rockies with a 6-game winning streak that includes sweeping the defending champion Texas Rangers last weekend — just as we all predicted.

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Samantha Bradfield

Colorado Rockies Reacts Survey: Six Weeks Later

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Are the Rockies living up to your expectations so far?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Colorado Rockies fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

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The Colorado Rockies are 13-28 through their first 41 games of the season, and have been playing musical chairs with the Miami Marlins and...

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Skyler Timmins

Wednesday Rockpile: An introduction to the new Statcast bat-tracking data

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Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Knowledge is power. In this modern era of baseball, data and information are becoming increasingly abundant and more accessible to teams and the general public. This week Major League Baseball, in conjunction with Statcast, released a slew of data relating to bat tracking. The new data highlights bat speed, swing length, fast-swing rate, squared-up rate, blasts, and swords. All the...

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Newly aggressive Rockies pursue sweep of Padres

The team that won just eight of 36 games to start the season has suddenly ripped off six straight victories. So what's different about the Colorado Rockies, who will aim for a series sweep on Wednesday afternoon when they finish a three-game set against the host San Diego Padres?

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Renee Dechert

Colorado Rockies game no. 42 thread: Cal Quantrill vs. Dylan Cease

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The Rockies will look to take the series tonight against the Padres, but first, they’ll face one of MLB’s best pitchers.

After a wild Monday night opener that involved the Colorado Rockies (13-28) walking 11 batters but still beating the San Diego Padres 5-4, the Rockies will look to take their winning streak to six games. (The Rockies have not won more than five straight since an eight-game winning streak May 26-June 2, 2019.)

The Rockies will start Cal...

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Former Cardinals Starter Picks up First Win of the Season

The Colorado Rockies picked up their fifth win in a row after defeating division rival San Diego Padres 5-4. First baseman Elehuris Montero was the unsung hero in last night’s win.

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Renee Dechert

Have the Colorado Rockies improved their base-stealing game?

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Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Think back to the 2023 offseason when MLB implemented a number of rule changes in an attempt to pick up the pace of play and add more action. By adding bigger bases and limiting pitcher disengagements, MLB hoped to make 2023 the “Year of the Stolen Base.”

It worked.

As Bleed Cubbie Blue’s Al Yellen wrote last October when the dust had settled on the 2023 season:

Scoring (9.2 runs per game...

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Rockies edge Padres as Dakota Hudson ends skid

Elehuris Montero drove in three runs and Dakota Hudson snapped a personal six-game losing streak to start the season as the visiting Colorado Rockies held off the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Monday.

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Evan Lang

Colorado Rockies game no. 41 thread: Dakota Hudson vs Randy Vásquez

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The Rockies start a lengthy road trip with a three game set in San Diego

The Colorado Rockies are riding high after a successful 4-2 home stand that saw the Rockies string together their first consecutive wins of the season. The Rockies won four straight games, including a three game sweep against the defending World Series Champion Texas Rangers—their first sweep since May of 2023.

Now the Rockies embark on a nine game road trip that kicks off with a three game...

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Evan Lang Skyler Timmins

Affected by Altitude: We are the Champions now.

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Evan and Skyler discuss the sweep of the Texas Rangers, the handling of prospects, Kris Bryant’s back, and name their Pitcher and Position Players of the Month!

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The podcast Affected by Altitude is hosted by Purple Row staff writers Evan Lang and Skyler Timmins, who are incredibly proud and excited to be lending their voices to more great Rockies content...

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Luck Finally Comes Around for the Rockies After a Successful Weekend

For the first month and a half of this season, the Colorado Rockies were likely to hit a new franchise low. In the 13 series they’ve played in thus far, the Rockies just won their first series with a huge sweep against the defending champion Texas Rangers.

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Evan Lang

Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Jon Gray reflects as he returns to the mound in Denver

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Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 13th, 2024

It wasn’t until his third season with the Texas Rangers that big Jon Gray returned to where his career began in Denver, Colorado. The last time the Rangers were in LoDo during the 2022 season, Gray was on the injured list. Two seasons later and now a World Series Champion, the former third-overall pick took the mound in a different uniform for the first time in the stadium he used to call...

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Kris Bryant discusses injuries, Rockies tenure

Bryant and the Rockies have endured a brutal start to the seven-year deal the sides agreed upon prior to the 2022 season.

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Samantha Bradfield

Colorado Rockies game no. 40 thread: José Ureña vs. Ty Blach

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The Rockies have won three in a row, but can they complete the sweep?

The Colorado Rockies beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 yesterday, successfully winning three games in a row and winning their first series of 2024. Now, they will go for the sweep this afternoon of the reigning champs. If they sweep today, it would be the first time since May 2-4, 2023 against the Milwaukee Brewers — their only series sweep of 2023. Today is also Mother’s Day, and...

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