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TJ Rumfield & Gabriel Hughes reflect on their rookie seasons
Gabriel Hughes and TJ Rumfield are two very different players. Hughes was drafted by the Rockies in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft and has worked his way up through their minor league system. Rumfield was acquired from the Yankees in an offseason trade. Rumfield made the Opening Day roster; Hughes debuted mid-season. […]
Monday Scaling the Rocks: The Immortal Todd Helton
Good morning, Purple Row! After gathering feedback and doing some deliberating, we’ve decided to make last week’s Rockpile experiments permanent. Since the minor league season has ended, today will be the final daily Pebble Report, but we will continue to post a separate links roundup every morning. Once the MiLB season starts up again, we […]
Rockies Reacts Results: Fans believe TJ Rumfield will finish with 76-80 walks in 2026
TJ Rumfield has had a remarkable rookie season. One of the many remarkable things about it is that he not only broke Dexter Fowler’s rookie walk record set in 2009 (67), but he absolutely smashed it with six games to go. As of Sunday evening, Rumfield has 71 walks. In the final six games, the […]
Purple Row After Dark: If the Rockies could steal one player
The Colorado Rockies are 57–99. One more loss will give them their fourth consecutive 100-loss season, and they are almost certainly going to finish with the worst record in baseball. These are absurd times for the Rockies, so I have devised an appropriately absurd rule to help them out. The team with the worst record […]
Rockies offense falls short as they lose to the Mariners 2-1
The 2026 Colorado Rockies have struggled, among other things, to win rubber matches. They are 6-14 when trying to win a series this year, but 3-1 in their last four, which suggested improvement and possibility. Today’s match against the Seattle Mariners, however, left the Rockies 6-15 in rubber matches as the visiting team managed a […]
Seattle Mariners @ Colorado Rockies game discussion: Kade Anderson vs. Tomoyuki Sugano
After dropping the first game to the Seattle Mariners (72-83) but winning the second, the Colorado Rockies (57-98) will look to take the rubber match today. Incidentally, the Rockies logged their 36th come-from-behind win last night and their 29th by two or fewer runs. Their 46 losses in games decided by two or fewer runs […]
San Francisco Firebells vs L.A. Queens — WPBL Championship Discussion thread
The Firebells didn’t go down without a fight, rallying for a decisive 10-5 victory over the L.A. Queens on Saturday night to force Game 4 today in the best-of-five Women’s Pro Baseball League Championship in Springfield, Ill. In the 10-5 victory, Joely Leguizamon hit a solo homer as one of eight San Francisco players to […]
This Week in Purple: Here for the fall
Just one week from today, the 2026 Colorado Rockies season will draw to a close. Despite the looming lockout and what promises to be an acrimonious labor dispute, it’s an end that some Rockies fans are no doubt ready for. Saturday night’s victory over the Seattle Mariners in honor of Todd Helton brought back some […]
As part of their tribute to Todd Helton, Rockies beat the Mariners 5-3
Entering tonight with a taxed bullpen and a starting pitcher fresh off the injured list, the Colorado Rockies managed to battle back from an early deficit to earn a victory on a day of celebration for Todd Helton, a franchise legend. Manager Warren Schaffer described the game as “one of my favorite wins of the […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Seattle Mariners game discussion: José Quintana vs. Bryce Miller
Last night the Colorado Rockies lost the first game of their series against the Seattle Mariners on a ninth inning home run by Lazaro Montes. It was the latest 4-12 start to the month of September that has all but extinguished their hopes of avoiding a fourth straight 100 loss season. With 98 losses on […]
Rockies reinstate José Quintana, make other roster moves
Today, the Colorado Rockies announced the following roster moves: Quintana had been on the Injured List since May 24 when he left a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was subsequently diagnosed with a left elbow strain. Prior to his injury, Quintana logged 41.0 innings across nine starts, posting a 5.27 ERA. He will make […]
San Francisco Firebells vs L.A. Queens — WPBL Championship Discussion thread
The first Championship of the Women’s Professional Baseball League could be decided tonight. The Los Angeles Queens are in the drivers seat heading into game three of the leagues inaugural Championship series. Game one was a close back-and-forth affair throughout that ultimately went the Queens way. Game two, on the other hand, looked like the […]
Will the real Colorado Rockies please stand up?
There is an old saying that water finds its level. The 2026 Rockies are careening toward a fourth consecutive season with triple-digit losses. They are a bad team, and with eight games remaining, there is little left to be decided. But this season has not always felt like watching a terrible team. There have been […]
Rockies create plenty of chances, but Mariners escape with 5-4 win
The Colorado Rockies spent most of Friday night finding ways to create offense. They piled up 15 hits. They stole five bases. They recovered from an ugly first inning, erased a three-run deficit and eventually took the lead. They also left 12 runners on base, failed to score with runners at the corners in the […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Seattle Mariners game discussion: Bryan Woo vs. Gabriel Hughes
There is not much on the line at Coors Field this weekend. The Colorado Rockies enter tonight’s series opener at 56-97, three losses away from their fourth consecutive 100-loss season. They are 4-11 in September and 7-23 over their last 30 games, turning another difficult year into an ugly finish. The Seattle Mariners reached the […]
Should Ryan Feltner become a full-time Rockies reliever?
The journey to the Rockies rotation has been anything but an easy path for Ryan Feltner. Since the Rockies signed the Ohio State righty on June 13, 2018, the Rockies organization has placed Feltner on the injured list 10 times, ranging from the 7-day IL to 60-day. The result has been a career line that […]
Purple Row After Dark: What’s your favorite baseball movie?
The offseason is approaching fast, which means we’ll have to find other things to fill our evenings. For me, I’ll probably get caught up on a lot of movies and TV shows I’ve been putting off. And some of those will probably getting caught up on baseball movies I haven’t seen. I mean, I only […]
Second-inning disaster sinks Rockies in 9-2 loss to Padres
Hoping to get a series split in the final match-up against the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies saw their opponent score seven runs in the top of the second to cruise toward a 9-2 victory. The Rockies are now just three losses away from their fourth consecutive year of 100 losses. Gordon’s troublesome second […]
L.A. Queens vs. San Francisco Firebells — WPBL Championship discussion thread
If Wednesday night is any indication, the first inaugural WPBL season will be a good one. Despite falling behind 6-2 after three innings, largely due to a grand slam off the bat of San Francisco’s Amanda Gianelloni, the Los Angeles Queens rallied back thanks to a 15-hit performance to beat the top-seeded Firebells 7-6. Queens […]
Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres game discussion: Michael King vs. Tanner Gordon
The offense fell flat for the Colorado Rockies as Mason Adams struggled on the mound, leading to a 9-3 victory for the San Diego Padres. The Rockies will now look to settle for a series split in their final match-up against the Padres in 2026. Tanner Gordon (1-4, 5.55 ERA) takes the ball for the […]
The Rockies baserunning is a tale of two extremes
The first article I wrote for Purple Row was a look at the 2025 Rockies base stealing prowess… or lack thereof. In general, the 2025 Rockies were a very fast team across the entire lineup that kept running into outs on the basepaths despite their speed. I posited that the main issue had to do […]
Rockies offense goes cold as Padres slug their way to 9-3 victory
After the Colorado Rockies secured a 9-3 victory behind a multi-homer game from a rookie on Tuesday, the San Diego Padres returned the favor Wednesday night with a 9-3 victory powered by a multi-homer game from a rookie. Adams battles his command Making his fifth big-league start, Mason Adams seemed primed to build upon his […]
Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres game discussion: Robbie Ray vs. Mason Adams
Last night was fun. The Colorado Rockies snapped a grueling eight-game losing streak —their longest of the season — with a commanding 9-3 win to snap the San Diego Padres eight-game winning streak. Now, the Rockies look to take a series lead with today’s third match-up! Mason Adams (0-0, 3.38 ERA) takes the mound, looking […]
L.A. Queens vs. San Francisco Firebells — WPBL Championship discussion thread
And then there were two. The inaugural season of the Women’s Professional Baseball League has arrived at the championship series: The No. 3 Los Angeles Queens vs. the No. 1 San Francisco Firebells. Game 1 of the best-of-five series takes place tonight. “The WPBL’s Championship Series represents a monumental milestone for women’s professional baseball,” said WPBL […]
The Rockies’ pitching is fading in September
As the calendar turns to September, every Major League Baseball team deals with fatigue. Pitchers are pushing past their workload caps, arms are heavy, and the grueling 162-game slate takes its toll. But in Colorado, the September decline is hitting differently. There isn’t just one simple thing to point the finger at for the team’s […]
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