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Kyle Freeland’s record-breaking day spoiled by a 12-4 loss to the Brewers
On a hot and windy day, Sunday’s finale started off promising but ended looking incredibly lopsided. A fitting end to a series in which the Rockies made each game feel close in a way that would be difficult to understand simply by looking at the final scores. The Rockies were ahead 3-1 heading into the […]
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Brewers 12, Rockies 4 Leverage index and box score Graphic via FanGraphs. A-Vaughn-ger: Andrew Vaughn, +.18 WPA Under the Hill: Jaden Hill, -0.43 WPA Game thread comment of the day Game Thread Comment of the Game — 6.5.26 Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Colorado Rockies vs. Milwaukee Brewers game thread: Shane Drohan vs Kyle Freeland
When the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers came to Denver for the weekend, common sense would say the rebuilding Colorado Rockies could—with a little luck—win perhaps one game in the series. They came tantalizingly close on Friday but a disastrous collapse in the ninth and tenth innings sealed their fate. On Saturday the loss was […]
This Week in Purple: Well, at least it was interesting
Last week was certainly a weird one as the Colorado Rockies kicked off the month of June. It started with the Rockies—fresh off of back-to-back wins and a series win against the San Francisco Giants—getting absolutely shellacked in the series finale. It got odder as the week progressed. The series opener with the Los Angeles […]
The Rockies hung around but the game got away late in a 7-1 loss to the Brewers
Coming into tonight’s matchup, it felt like the Colorado Rockies had an uphill battle to fight against the red hot Milwaukee Brewers and their flamethrowing ace Jacob Misiorowski. The Miz leads the league in strikeouts while the Rockies offense is bottom-five in that department. The game seemed like it would hang on starting pitching even […]
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Brewers 7, Rockies 1 Leverage Index & Box Score Graphics via FanGraphs. I wear my sunglasses at night: Blas Castaño, +0.14 WPA It’s not what you want: Brennan Bernadino, -0.22 WPA Game thread comment of the day Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Tyler Freeman exits Rockies-Brewers game after being hit in head
Postgame Update: Warren Schaeffer provided an update on Freeman after the game: “He took it about as good as anybody can take 101 off the helmet. Obviously, it didn’t feel good, but he seems fine.” There was a scary moment in the sixth inning where Rockies right fielder Tyler Freeman took a 98.2 mph cutter […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Milwaukee Brewers game thread: Jacob Misiorowski vs. Zach Agnos
After a promising start yesterday, things took a turn for the worse for the Colorado Rockies, as the Milwaukee Brewers jumped on Colorado’s bullpen late to take the game to extras and earn a decisive win. Not to paint a picture of doom and gloom, but Game 2 of the series won’t get any easier […]
Zac Veen, the Rockies, and what happens when hope and timeline diverge
Zac Veen (No. 9 PuRP) was the player I hoped would be my favorite Rockie by now. Hope can be an unfair thing to put on a prospect. Prospects are projections, not guarantees. Their timelines are rarely clean, and prospects should not become stand-ins for what we wish our baseball team was. But fans do […]
Ryan Feltner shines, but Rockies fall 9-7 to Brewers in extras
The margin against the Brewers was thin Friday night, and the final innings showed why. The Rockies had a 3-1 lead, had allowed one hit through eight innings and were three outs away from taking the opener against the first-place Brewers. They still lost. Colorado fell 9-7 in 10 innings Friday night at Coors Field, […]
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Brewers 9, Rockies 7 Graphic via FanGraphs. Got the job done: Sal Frelick, +.46 WPA Blown save: Antonio Senzatela, -0.72 WPA Game thread comment of the day Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Colorado Rockies injury report, June 5, 2026
Early today, Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer provided an update on player injuries. In addition, the Rockies announced prior to the start of the game that Tanner Gordon had been placed on the 15-day IL with a right hip impingement. Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re commenting. Thanks!
Colorado Rockies vs. Milwaukee Brewers game thread: Brandon Sproat vs. Ryan Feltner
The Colorado Rockies (24-39) are back at Coors Field tonight to open a weekend series against the Milwaukee Brewers (37-23), coming off a Thursday off-day, just like they did last week. That off-day started one of the stranger six-game stretches a team can have. The Rockies played three at home against the reeling San Francisco […]
Troy Johnston’s .320 batting average is significant for Rockies
With 99 games remaining this season, a surprising trend has emerged for the Colorado Rockies: Two of the top hitters in 2026 weren’t on the team last season. Considering one had only played 44 MLB games entering 2026 and the other made his MLB debut on Opening Day, Troy Johnston and TJ Rumfield have proven […]
Purple Row After Dark: Reflecting on Rockies Rookies of the Month
On Wednesday morning, Colorado Rockies fans were greeted with good news: Rookie first baseman TJ Rumfield had been named Major League Baseball’s National League Rookie of the Month for May. The 26-year-old Rumfield—obtained this offseason from the New York Yankees in exchange for right-handed pitcher Angel Chivilli—led National League rookies in virtually every offensive category […]
Rockies beat reporter Patrick Saunders to leave Denver Post
Long-time Denver Post sports reporter Patrick Saunders announced today on X that he would be leaving the newspaper on June 24, 2026. Saunders has worked for the post since October 1998 when he began writing about the Denver Broncos. In 2005, he moved to covering the Colorado Rockies, only missing two years when he served […]
Catching chose Kyle McCann — and he’s been answering ever since
Kyle McCann did not choose catching. Catching chose him, the way it tends to do in youth baseball, suddenly, out of necessity, because someone else didn’t show up. He was 12 years old, on a travel team somewhere in Georgia, and the regular catcher was sick. When the coach and the players who would step […]
How would the initial CBA proposals impact the Rockies?
The current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between MLB and the Major League Player’s Association (MLBPA) that governs the business of the league as a whole is set to expire at the conclusion of the 2026 season. As always, this means that both sides have started angling to increase their slice of the pie that is […]
Lorenzen’s struggles continue as Rockies drop series finale to Angels 11-4
After a pair of wild games that went in their favor, the Colorado Rockies aimed to secure a series sweep against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday evening. Unfortunately, another lackluster outing from their starting pitcher and an offense that struggled to get going left them trailing early and failing to catch up as they […]
Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Angels game thread: Michael Lorenzen vs. Walbert Ureña
The Colorado Rockies have certainly enjoyed the series against the Los Angeles Angels. After a wacky win to kick off the series on Monday, the boys in purple enjoyed a convincing win on Tuesday to win the series. Now, they look to complete the sweep on the road before heading home for the weekend. Michael […]
TJ Rumfield named National League Rookie of the Month for May
The Colorado Rockies’ rookie first baseman, TJ Rumfield, was honored on Wednesday morning as Major League Baseball named him the National League Rookie of the Month for May. He’s the eighth Colorado player to win the award since its inception in 2001, and the first since Nolan Jones in September 2023. Rumfield, 26, slashed .310/.400/.483 […]
Attack angles help paint the picture of Rockies offensive profile
The world of advanced metrics continues to grow in the quest to analyze and understand the smallest idiosyncrasies that make baseball players who they are. In 2025, Major League Baseball added some interesting new Statcast metrics about swing paths and attack angles that built on previous metrics, like swing length and bat speed. Recently, MLB […]
Rockies 8, Angels 2: The will to be weird
I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in the world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love — Dr. Seuss When two very bad baseball teams — say the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Angels — play a series, the stage is set for weirdness. That […]
Colorado Rockies game no. 62 thread: Tomoyuki Sugano vs. Grayson Rodriguez
In Game 1, the Colorado Rockies (23-38) fumbled their way to an ungraceful 9-8 win over the Los Angeles Angels (23-38). As manager Warren Schaeffer put it, “That was not a normal game,” adding,“ but someone’s got to win that game.” Last night’s win marked the first time since July 16, 2016, at Atlanta that […]
Colorado Rockies game no. 62 thread: Tomoyuki Sugano (菅野智之) vs. Grayson Rodriguez
In Game 1, the Colorado Rockies (23-38) fumbled their way to an ungraceful 9-8 win over the Los Angeles Angels (also 23-38). As manager Warren Schaeffer put it, “That was not a normal game,” adding,“ but someone’s got to win that game.” Last night’s win marked the first time since July 16, 2016, at Atlanta […]
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