Skip to main content

Purple Row

Of, by, and for Rockies fans. Every day.

Total reads

3,099

This week

3

Rank

#69 of 392

Published

909 posts

Most read posts

Featured on Sportsblogs

Run this blog? Add the badge to your site to show readers you're featured — it links back to this page.

Featured on Sportsblogs

Latest Entries

Contextualizing the Rockies trade deadline motivations

With the August 3, 2026, trade deadline fast approaching, it will soon be challenging to follow the flurry of rumors and transactions as they unfold across the league. Inevitably rumors will spread about who from the Colorado Rockies other teams are interested in, and writers will post unrealistic mock trade ideas. Before that all starts […]

34-53 chart

Rockies 6, Marlins 3 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Hey, Mickey!: Eury Pérez, +0.33 WPA Max-imum: Max Meyer, -0.23 WPA Game thread comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!

Colorado Rockies vs. Miami Marlins game discussion: Max Meyer vs. Kyle Freeland

The Colorado Rockies have had a rough go so far in the series against the Miami Marlins. Pitching has been hit particularly hard, giving up 24 runs over the first two games of the series. Entering game three, the Rockies will look to get back on track behind their veteran starting pitcher. Kyle Freeland (1-7, […]

MLB

Rockies to call up RHP Gabriel Hughes

The Colorado Rockies are calling up one of their top pitching prospects in Gabriel Hughes (no. 12 PuRP) this evening, according to a report by Rockies MLB.com beat writer Thomas Harding. The move has since been confirmed by the Rockies organization. Hughes, 24, was selected 10th overall in the first round of the 2022 MLB […]

Charlie Condon and Roldy Brito named to 2026 Futures Game roster

The 2026 edition of the Midsummer Classic is coming up in just two weeks. While rosters for the All-Star Game at Citizen’s Bank Park in Philadelphia are still in the air, Major League Baseball has announced the teams for this year’s All-Star Futures Game. Two Rockies prospects have been named to the National League Futures […]

The Rockies have revived that late-game “LoDo Magic”

There was a time in Colorado Rockies’ history when it was normal to expect a miraculous late-game rally, particularly at Coors Field, because of the offense’s power. They could strike fear in the heart of an opposing pitcher because of the certainty that no lead was ever truly safe. However, over the years of losing […]

Marlins soundly trounce the Rockies, 14-3

In their second contest with the Miami Marlins, the Colorado Rockies had hoped to even the score after dropping the series opener. However, a persistent Marlins offense coupled with effective pitching left the Rockies mostly empty handed with catcher Brett Sullivan pitching the final 1.2 innings. The Rockies dropped the game in a 14-3 slog, […]

33-53 chart

Marlins 14, Rockies 3 Leverage index and box score Box Score Win Percentage Chart Batting Box Pitching Box Graphics via FanGraphs. Eur-a good pitcher, Eury Pérez: Eury Pérez, +0.17 WPA Not a good return for Mr. Gordon: Tanner Gordon, -0.22 WPA Game thread comments of the day Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. […]

Rockies Reacts Survey: To Derby, or not to Derby?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockies fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Yesterday, I made the All-Star case for Hunter Goodman. And while it’s unlikely he’ll start the […]

Bullpen blows it as Rockies fall to Marlins 10-7

Hunter Goodman hit his 26th homer of the season, setting the new all-time Rockies record for most homers before July 1, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a brutal outing from the Colorado bullpen as the Rockies dropped the first game of the series to the Marlins on Monday night. Goodman’s solo shot in the […]

33-52 Chart

Marlins 10, Rockies 7 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Grinnin’ Griffin: Griffin Conine, +0.30 WPA Not Senzational: Antonio Senzatela, -0.28 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!

Colorado Rockies vs. Miami Marlins OVERFLOW THREAD

While there hasn’t been a ton of action in the later innings of this Rockies-Marlins game, there’s been so much action in the comments that we decided it warranted an overflow thread for the final three innings! In case you forgot, here are the lineups: Continue to keep it civil, friends, and please remember the Purple […]

Making an All-Star case for Hunter Goodman

In mid-May, I made an All-Star case for Mickey Moniak. On June 1, I made an All-Star case for Antonio Senzatela. With All-Star voting closing on Thursday, it’s time to make the case for Hunter Goodman making his second-straight All-Star game. Goodman took 2025 by the horns and never looked back. He made his MLB […]

MLB

Purple Row After Dark: Favorite Rockies batting stance

One of the things I’ve always appreciated about baseball is the lack of an exact mold that everything must fit into. Players of all different body types can be stars (see: Jose Altuve, Jacob Misiorowski, Cal Raleigh, etc.). The playing field is not required to be uniform making every ballpark have little unique quirks. Almost […]

Rockies strike out 14 times in 3-2 loss to the Twins

After late-inning shenanigans in many of the Rockies’ recent games, the Colorado Rockies came into their Sunday afternoon rubber match against the Minnesota Twins looking for another series win. However, the Rockies’ bats went quiet against the Twins pitching staff, wasting a fairly well-pitched game by their own arms. Another quality start for Ryan Feltner […]

33-51 Chart

Twins 3, Rockies 2 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Twins go Kreidler: Ryan Kreidler, +0.16 WPA The Halves not: Seth Halvorsen, -0.19 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!

This Week in Purple: A Good Man

Hunter Goodman is having a fairly different season than he did when he was an All-Star in 2025. He’s chasing and striking out more and hitting less for average. The trade-off is that the 26-year-old catcher is obliterating baseballs at an alarming pace. Between Friday and Saturday, Goodman hit four home runs. He hit home […]

MLB

Hunter Goodman brings the Purple Rain in 8-5 victory over the Twins

A strong broadcast from a crew consisting of Ryan Spilborghs, Jeff Huson, and Cory Sullivan at one point tonight turned their attention to their favorite songs by Minnesota musical legend Prince. It seems fitting, then, that baseball’s favorite purple team decided to bring the rain down at Target Field in a win that made up […]

33-50 Chart

Rockies 8, Twins 5 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Hunting homers: Hunter Goodman, +0.31 WPA Funderburk’d: Kody Funderburk, -0.24 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!