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As we sit mere days away from pitchers and catchers reporting for duty at their respective complexes in Arizona and Florida, much of the world is focused on international competition. The Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina are in full swing, with fans across the world rooting for athletes representing their home towns, their countries, or […]
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14. Roc Riggio (294 points, 19 ballots) Riggio, who was the headline prospect in the Jake Bird trade with the Yankees near last year’s trade deadline, is a decent up-the-middle defender who has both power and patience at the plate, all in a compact 5’9” package. The 23-year-old lefty-hitting, righty-throwing second baseman had a breakout […]
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THIS IS A GUEST ROCKPILE BY HC WERNER While a great many things need to go wrong for a starting pitching staff to rock a historically bad 6.65 ERA for the season, an outsized reason for the 2025 Rockies’ starting pitching woes was their over-reliance on bad four-seam fastballs. How bad was bad? Fangraphs has […]
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Tonight’s question comes from my Purple Row colleague Skyler Timmins. Given that the Olympics kicked off yesterday in Milan, it seems timely. Which Colorado Rockies would you like to see competing in the Winter Olympics? I have some ideas, but I’ll turn the floor over to the Purple Row night owls first. Please keep in […]
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Alright, we did it! Baseball starts on Thursday! If you’re anything like me, you’ve been eagerly awaiting the start of spring training to see how the 2026 Rockies will shape up. But in the meantime, it’s been an incredibly busy week on Purple Row, and here’s what our staff (and a few guests) had to […]
3 days ago | 1 read
Most of the time, social media is a cesspool. However, it occasionally gives you gems. For example, Aaron Cameron asked this on BlueSky today: I’d like to put a Rockies spin on it and ask you all to determine which current Rockies player would be the best host for The Muppet Show. Personally, my vote […]
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Last week, I explored the new Rockies front office and coaching staff’s focus on embracing and learning from failure. This week, I want to examine two more priorities that frequently popped up Rockies Fest: curiosity and trusting the process. In the fourth week of January, president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta arranged meetings to bring […]
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15. Max Belyeu (293 points, 19 ballots) Belyeu (pronounced like the bear in The Jungle Book) was Colorado’s third pick of the 2025 draft, going 74th overall and signing for a slot bonus of $1.11 million. Rockies fans will naturally make comparisons between Belyeu and fellow Texas hit-over-power outfielder, Rockies draftee (in 2024’s second round), and […]
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THIS IS A GUEST ROCKPILE BY ANTHONY DEPNER While the 2025 Colorado Rockies will mainly be remembered negatively, two players who stood out as bright spots were Victor Vodnik and Jordan Beck. Both players took a step forward in 2025 and found success in their respective roles. However, each still has areas of growth that […]
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A few weeks ago, we were able to give you some preliminary information on the Rockies’ promotional schedule for the 2026 season. It was a bit sparse, but the Rockies assured us more was coming soon. True to their word, the Colorado Rockies announced their full promotional and theme night schedule this week. From Star […]
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Pitchers and catchers report exactly one week from today with the rest of the squad following right behind them on Tuesday, February 17. Today, the Colorado Rockies announced their 2026 non-roster invitees. They have chosen to invite eight pitchers and 12 position players, and 11 of the NRI’s joined the Rockies from different organizations. Below […]
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February is upon is, and that means baseball season is right around the corner! Well, spring training is anyway. We all survived the long, harsh non-baseball months of December and January, and in just a few short days we’ll all rejoice to hear the crack of the bats, the pop of the gloves, and see […]
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16. Jackson Cox (284 points, 19 ballots) Cox was Colorado’s second-round pick in 2022, 50th overall, out of a rural high school in Washington state. To get Cox out of his commitment to Oregon, the Rockies signed the 6’2” righty starter for a $1.85 million bonus — well over the pick’s $1.54 million slot value. […]
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THIS IS A GUEST ROCKPILE BY ZEKE PEREZ JR Since the departure of Charlie Blackmon, the Colorado Rockies have been without a face of the franchise. Sadly, the team also lacks a face for just about every position on the field. Looking at the most common players by game at each position over the last […]
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Spring training is right around the corner, and the Rockies roster looks a lot different than it did at the end of the 2025 season that culminated in 119 losses and just 43 wins. There were numerous reasons the Rockies lost 119 games, as has been written about ad nauseam, but some of the biggest […]
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The primary objective for the Colorado Rockies is to solve a single question in 2026: How do you consistently win in Colorado? For over 30 years, the team has failed to find a suitable solution. Instead, winning was based on a hope that things would work themselves out and the answers would fall in their […]
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17. Welinton Herrera (282 points, 19 ballots) Herrera is probably the Rockies’ top relief prospect — among pure relievers in PuRPs voting, it was between him and Rule 5 pick RJ Petit (No. 23 PuRP). He’s also the highest ranked of the three players named Herrera in the system to receive votes. The 21-year-old 6’0” […]
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THIS IS A GUEST ROCKPILE BY CORY COHEN (@cocomajobo.bsky.social) A lot has been written about the many ways in which the 2025 Colorado Rockies were not very good at baseball. Most of the reasons come down to the usual suspect of poor talent that cannot easily be fixed. There is, however, one aspect of the […]
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Tonight, I’d be curious about your thoughts on a ranking published by Bleacher Report over the weekend. Joel Reuter asked this question: “Which MLB team has added the most talent this offseason?” (It kind of follows up some of the discussion we had today in the Rockpile comments.) He then goes on to rank all […]
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Spring training will officially kick off for the Colorado Rockies on February 12 when pitchers and catchers report and it won’t be long before Cactus League action begins with games taking place on February 20. As usual, a batch of games will be available for consumption thanks to the Rockies Radio Network and the return […]
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18. McCade Brown (275 points, 18 ballots) Brown is what I’d call the first consensus PuRP on this list — he was on all but one ballot and he received five top-ten votes, including mine (I ranked him seventh as a 45 FV player who should be a big league contributor in 2026). The 6’6”, […]
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It became a punchline for Colorado Rockies fans. “That’s the main thing, he wants to be here and be part of the turnaround,” manager Bud Black said of Germán Márquez in 2023 when the RHP signed a two-year, $20 million deal. Here’s Charlie Blackmon in 2023: “The Rockies want me to be here. Obviously, I […]
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Yesterday in The Feed, porter_engle asked the question “Name the Rockies draft pick you wish had turned out better.” They then identified Kyle Hancock as their pick, and asked the community to weigh in. I’d like to spin that off this evening in the form of a different question: Who’s a player whose Rockies career […]
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The off-season is speeding by, and before you know it, there will be baseball games to play. The Colorado Rockies will have pitchers and catchers report to their complex in Arizona on February 12th with the first full squad workout occurring shortly after. By the end of the month, spring training will be in full […]
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19. Carson Palmquist (201 points, 16 ballots) Palmquist has a low, funky arm slot and has utility as both a starter and reliever — he worked in both roles in 2025 for the Rockies long enough that he’s only about a week short of exceeding rookie eligibility, so this could also be his last PuRPs […]
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