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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). […]
Last week, we did some speculating on who will man first base for the Colorado Rockies in 2026. In that discussion, however, we mostly considered internal options. Tonight, let’s turn our attention to the free-agent market, especially given that comments from Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta suggest the Rockies might be open to […]
The Colorado Rockies announced the hire of Ian Levin on Monday afternoon as an assistant general manager under Paul DePodesta and Josh Byrnes. Levin spent nearly 20 years of his professional career with the New York Mets organization. He first joined the Mets in 2005 as a media relations intern and later a baseball operations […]
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). […]
To understand the intensity of the Brett Pill Wars, you had to have been online during 2011 through 2013. Giants fans separated into Pro-Pill and Pro-Belt factions, which was ironic because the true enemy was Aubrey Huff. Brandon Belt was a young hotshot left-handed prospect with a great on-base percentage and huge potential who often […]
The Colorado Rockies made another hire to Warren Schaeffer’s coaching staff on Friday afternoon, announcing that they have named Brett Pill as their Major League hitting coach. Pill, 41, has spent the last six seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers Organization. He was a minor league hitting coach from 2020-2022 before becoming their minor league […]
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). […]
The Rockies went into the Winter Meetings looking to fill roster spots. After three days of continuing to rebuild the front office and coaching staff, with a few players being added to the roster and farm system along the way, the organization is actually doing it, and doing it the right way. Even though there weren’t any big player acquisitions — a few minor […]
This is something I’ve been thinking about this week, and I wanted to turn it over to the Purple Row board: What will a successful 2026 look like for the Colorado Rockies? The odds are good that we’ll see some improvement, but the Rockies will not be a contending team. However, when measuring progress, it’s […]
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). […]
When the Colorado Rockies’ revamped front office under new president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta entered this week’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida with multiple open spots on the 40-man roster, it was clear the rebuilding team intended to make selections in this year’s Rule 5 draft. The final major part of the Winter Meetings, […]
This focus this week has been on figuring out the roster for 2026. Tonight, let’s turn to the bullpen. The Colorado Rockies have done a lot wrong over the last few years, but the have seen success in drafting and acquiring bullpen talent: Jimmy Herget, Victor Vodnik, Juan Mejia, Zach Agnos, Jaden Hill, and Seth […]
On Tuesday, the new Colorado Rockies management hired Tigers director of pitching Gabe Ribas as an assistant pitching coach on new manager Warren Schaeffer’s staff. On Wednesday, they selected Tigers reliever RJ Petit with the first overall pick in the Rule 5 draft. This was expected, as Petit was one of the top names to […]
The Colorado Rockies announced the hire of Tommy Tanous to serve as an assistant general manager under president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and general manager Josh Byrnes. The hire was first rumored by league sources on Tuesday evening and confirmed by Rockies beat reporter Thomas Harding on Wednesday morning. Tanous is a long-time executive […]
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). […]
Now that the Colorado Rockies have announced Josh Byrnes as their new general manager, it was time for my Out of the Park Baseball simulation to come to an end. If you’ll recall, in my last update, the Rockies had struggled in July despite the All-Star performance of Mickey Moniak and Hunter Goodman in the […]
This focus this week has been on figuring out the roster for 2026. Tonight, let’s look outward — well, outfield-ward. If there’s anything the Colorado Rockies have in abundance, it’s outfielders: Jordan Beck, Brenton Doyle, Yanquiel Fernández, Tyler Freeman, Mickey Moniak — and that’s just at the MLB level. We learned on Monday that president […]
On Tuesday afternoon the Colorado Rockies officially announced their new major league and organizational pitching staff hired for the 2026 season. The announcement comes on the second day of Winter Meetings following rumors the Rockies had a pending pitching coach hire on Monday evening. The Rockies largely cleaned house following the end of the 2025 […]
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). […]
For years, proponents of a postseason playoff argued that it would more fairly determine a champion and remove the controversy that surrounded the few years in which multiple teams had legitimate title claims. For instance, I personally only acknowledge Colorado as the champion of the 1990 season. And yet, here we are a dozen years […]
They say “it’s the hope that kills you,” but hope isn’t exactly something that’s been widely felt at 20th and Blake over the last seven years. Honestly, you could argue hope has been in short supply for most of the Colorado Rockies’ soon-to-be 34 years of existence. There have been plenty of other emotions, many […]
To quote rleclerc in the comments of today’s Rockpile, “[C]hange is a wonderful thing.” We know already that the Paul DePodesta and Josh Byrnes have begun working on a complete overhaul. What that looks like, we’re not sure yet. Plus, we don’t know the plan, even though we know there is one. However, we did […]
This week, a priority for the Colorado Rockies is completing their coaching staff. According to reporting from MLB.com’s Thomas Harding, Alon Leichman will be their new pitching coach. In addition, Harding noted this: Leichman’s coaching career began in 2015 with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in 2015. In 2016, he was recruited by the Los Angeles […]
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 been a busy offseason for the Colorado Rockies. Not only did they part ways with general manager Bill Schmidt, assistant general manager Zack Rosenthal, pitching coach Darryl Scott, and numerous other coaches in their minor league system, but they also hired Paul “Moneyball” DePodesta as their new president of baseball operations, retained Warren Schaeffer […]