Purple Row Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Rockpile: Optioning younger players this spring is unpopular but necessary
Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 With spring training nearing an end and the 2023 regular season only one week away from starting, the Colorado Rockies are beginning to pare down their roster. This is a perfectly normal part of the spring. Minor leaguers get re-assigned to minor league camp or optioned to minor league teams and non-roster invitees accept minor league assignments or are dismissed. Sometimes a team even brings in some veterans to compete or fill gaps. The Rockies made the decision to...
Purple Row Mar 22, 2023
State of the Position, 2023: Ownership
Consistency is key—unless you’re Rockies ownership It all just has a Sisyphusian feel to it at this point. The Rockies play their season and finish somewhere between last and almost-last in the division, but not so bad as to prompt any intense soul searching. Dick Monfort sends his letter to fans, demonstrating his own personal devotion to the team and avoiding any excuses for the poor results. He promises improvement. Meanwhile, across town, another franchise is celebrating if not outright success, at least a bit of excitement. The offseason plays out with free agent...
Purple Row Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Rockpile: What can Jurickson Profar bring to the table?
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Over the weekend the Colorado Rockies once again dipped into the well of free agency to replace an injured player, this time signing Jurickson Profar to a one-year deal and giving him the opportunity to be the everyday left fielder and potential leadoff man. So, as is always the case with signing a veteran free agent, what exactly can he bring to the table for the Rockies in 2023? Road to the Rockies First, let’s look back on Profar’s big-league career, as was...
Purple Row Mar 21, 2023
State of the Position, 2023: General Manager
Already fighting to field a .500 team, injuries all over the diamond have put the Rockies managerial team in a tough spot Well, you can’t say things have been boring for the Rockies. I mean, I guess you can in a purely win-loss sense. Colorado’s had a hard time staying competitive in recent years, and thus far are off to a fairly uninspiring start to the spring. What’s far more fascinating than the box score, though, is the roster construction of the Rockies under general manager Bill Schmidt’s watchful eye. His team has seen much change this offseason, both expected...
Purple Row Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Rockpile: What is happening with AT&T Sportsnet and the future of the Rockies broadcasts
Photo by Dustin Bradford/ Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 21th, 2023 At the end of February, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., the parent company for AT&T Sportnet, announced the plan for the company to suspend it’s regional sports network businesses and transfer the ownership by March 31st. The Rockies and their broadcast are among three MLB teams that are directly impacted by this decision for broadcasting games once the season starts next week. With the uncertainty with the Rockies broadcast looming as Opening Day creeps nearer, let’s break down...
Purple Row Mar 20, 2023
Affected by Altitude: Shiny and New
Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via This week, Skyler and Evan discuss the future of Affected by Altitude, the Rockies bringing in Jurickson Profar, and the World Baseball Classic! For more information on the future of podcasts here at Purple Row, please click here! ★ ★ ★ The podcast Affected by Altitude is hosted by Purple Row staff writers Evan Lang and Skyler Timmins, who are incredibly proud and excited to be lending their voices to more great Rockies content for you to enjoy. Joining Evan and Skyler is a rotating cast of guests hosts to talk shop...
Purple Row Mar 20, 2023
The future of podcasts on Purple Row
Affected by Altitude and other podcasts have a new home in order to keep providing you with content. As you might be aware, earlier this year SB Nation’s parent company Vox Media made the decision that they would no longer support podcasts for a large portion of their websites at the end of March, 2023. With this move our podcasting contracts are terminated and we would lose access to our publishing platform and any licenses in use (such as our intro and outro music). Thankfully, this does not spell the end of Affected by Altitude or other Colorado Rockies podcasts produced...
Purple Row Mar 20, 2023
Monday Rockpile: The Rockies’ recent signings make sense with one big caveat
Photo by John E. Moore III/ Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 20, 2023 There’s no denying the injury bug has been biting the Colorado Rockies this spring. The team was already in a hole with existing injuries to Antonio Senzatela and Tyler Kinley deep into their recovery stages. But more got added before games started being played with Randal Grichuk needing surgery to repair a sports hernia. The calendar didn’t even reach March before the next – and most significant – piece fell when Brendan Rodgers tore his labrum after dislocating his...
Purple Row Mar 19, 2023
Rockies to sign Jurickson Profar
Photo by Yung Chuan Yang/ Profar adds a new option in left field after playing for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic The Colorado Rockies have agreed to terms with free agent outfielder Jurickson Profar on a one-year $7.75 million contract with incentives that could push the deal to $8.75 million according to Jon Heyman. Danielle Allentuck of The Gazette reports that the deal is still pending a physical and that Profar is not currently in the country and it may take a few days to sort everything out. Jurickson Profar goes to Rockies. $8.75M total package...
Purple Row Mar 18, 2023
This Week in Purple: Chispa
Photo by Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Colorado Rockies recap and discussion thread for Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 19, 2023 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ Daddy Yankee is the official ambassador of the World Baseball Classic, and he’s released a song for the moment: I confess that March Madness and (don’t tell...
Purple Row Mar 17, 2023
State of the Position, 2023: Coaching Staff
Photo by Gene Wang/ As Bud Black enters his 7th year with the Rockies, the team is looking for improvement all around Bud Black returns at the helm of the Rockies this season and the majority of the coaching staff from 2022 is back, as well. However, there is a new hitting coach from outside the organization and a new third base coach from within the organization. The Manager Despite already being signed through 2023, Bud Black wasted no time adding one more year as the Rockies manager when he and the organization agreed to a deal on the first day of pitcher-catcher...
Purple Row Mar 17, 2023
Friday Rockpile: MLB, Rockies need to patch together a new future for TV, streaming viewership
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Colorado Rockies/ Colorado Rockies news and links for March 17, 2023 The 2023 season is 13 days away, but there are more questions than answers when it comes how Rockies fans will be able to watch their team this season. If you go to Coors Field, you’re all set. If the Rockies are out of town or if for some silly reason your life doesn’t allow you to attend every game in person, then you might be in trouble. The future of AT&T SportsNet and the Rockies appearing on TVs and streaming devices in the Rocky Mountain region is in jeopardy, despite...
Purple Row Mar 16, 2023
State of the Position, 2023: Starting Rotation
Photo by Matthew Stockman/ Mainstays Germán Márquez and Kyle Freeland head the rotation, but questions remain for the final three spots Just a few years ago, the Rockies’ starting rotation was one of the strongest position groups the team had. But going into the 2023 campaign, the rotation have a few question marks. Injuries and poor performance are the main causes given that Antonio Senzatela is still recovering from a torn ACL while Austin Gomber is coming off a poor 2022 performance. The starting rotation will need to perform better if the Rockies want to...
Purple Row Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should consider trading Alan Trejo
Photo by Chris Coduto/ Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 16, 2023 As the World Baseball Classic slowly moves into it’s next stage of competition, Wednesday saw Team Mexico take down Team Canada and move on as the top seed in Pool C. A notable member of Team Mexico is none other than the Colorado Rockies’ very own Alan Trejo who has been the starting shortstop in all four games of pool play. Playing on a national stage, Trejo has had an opportunity to showcase some of his skills on the field, which got me thinking, should the Rockies consider...
Purple Row Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Rockpile: Daniel Bard is proving he’s “Still Alive”
Photo by Dylan Buell/ Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 15, 2023 In February 2020 during a search for more depth the Colorado Rockies decided to take a flyer on a 34-year-old reliever that hadn’t pitched in the big leagues since 2013. Daniel Bard was determined to prove to himself and the baseball world that he had plenty more in the tank. Three years later, as one of the elite relievers in MLB for the Colorado Rockies, Bard toed the rubber for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. Chapter 1: The Rise and Fall Originally drafted by the Boston...
