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Michael Lorenzen kept searching, but never found the answer
Welcome to the 2026 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2026. 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). […]
MLB Wild Card 2026 discussion thread: Day 2
The first day of the 2026 playoffs was a good one across the board. The Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies battled back and forth before the Braves took a crucial lead in the bottom of the eighth to win 5-3. The Chicago White Sox then rolled into Houston to defeat the Astros 6-3. Then, in […]
The optimistic improvement of the 2026 Colorado Rockies
During the 2024 and 2025 seasons, it seemed like the Colorado Rockies were finding ways to make the record books in the worst ways imaginable every day. It was so frequent that I took it upon myself to try to chronicle those records and statistics, compiling them into articles to cap off the 2024 and […]
Scaling the Rocks: Cole Carrigg and TJ Rumfield provide hope for the Rockies
Greetings, friends! The postseason is officially underway after the first day of Wild Card action. The games were electric, but it’s also interesting to see how teams constructed their rosters. Injured pitchers who hadn’t started for a while made rosters, while Aaron Judge was left off the roster for the New York Yankees. It’ll be […]
Tyler Freeman made contact, but not enough impact
Welcome to the 2026 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2026. 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). […]
MLB Wildcard 2026 Discussion Thread: Day 1
The Colorado Rockies did not make the playoffs (again), but it’s going to be a great day to talk about playoff baseball. Here’s today’s bracket: We’ll add lineups as they become available. Okay, let’s enjoy some October baseball. Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves — 12:00 pm MDT Record when teams met in 2026: Braves 9, Phillies 4 […]
Should MLB build a ballpark in Grand Teton National Park?
Major League Baseball’s ongoing quest to grow and find increasingly exotic locations for baseball games is well established. Teams have played games outside the United States (e.g., London, Mexico City, and Tokyo), at Rickwood Field, an historical Negro League ballpark in Birmingham Alabama, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, as part of the Little League World Series, and, […]
Cole Carrigg selected as NL Rookie of the Month for September
Major League Baseball announced today that Colorado Rockies IF/OF Cole Carrigg has been selected as the National League’s Rookie of the Month for September. He joins TJ Rumfield, who won back-to-back awards in May and June. Carrigg burst onto the scene in June — quite literally, with a triple in his very first at-bat. He’s […]
Scaling the Rocks: Rockies PBO Paul DePodesta plans for the offseason
Good morning, Purple Row! While much of MLB looks to the postseason with games starting today, the Colorado Rockies are turning to their rebuild, a point Paul DePodesta stressed in a recent conversation (linked below) with MLB.com’s Thomas Harding. “After living through this for a year, we have a very good direction on what it […]
Purple Row After Dark: It’s Purple Row’s October Madness!
Clearly, the season is over for the Colorado Rockies as the front office turns its full attention to their rebuild work with a full year of player data to inform their thinking. But the eyes of the baseball world will be focused on the MLB playoffs, which begin tomorrow. (Look for our discussion thread to […]
It’s time to end the Kris Bryant chapter of Rockies baseball
Welcome to the 2026 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2026. 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). […]
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 […]
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