10:53 AM EDT, Fri March 29, 2024
Purple Row 2 hours ago
Friday Rockpile: An Opening Day fail for the ages

Friday Rockpile: An Opening Day fail for the ages

Photo by Zac BonDurant/ Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 29, 2024 The Rockies are 17-15 on Opening Day, but that 15th loss will go down in infamy. It’s not every Opening Day that a team gets destroyed 16-1. After all, there have been two other Opening Days in the last 134 years where teams have done worse. At first, it wasn’t so bad. The Rockies went into the third inning down 2-1. Then came the soul-crushing, never-ending third inning where Colorado gave up the most runs (14) and hits (13) in one inning in franchise history. They also set a...
Purple Row 13 hours ago
Colorado Rockies game no. 1 thread: Kyle Freeland vs Zac Gallen

Colorado Rockies game no. 1 thread: Kyle Freeland vs Zac Gallen

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post It’s Opening Day! The Colorado Rockies quest to rebound from a franchise rock-bottom 2023 season where they lost 103 games. It will be a challenging start to their climb towards respectability in 2024 as they will face off against the defending National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks to being the new campaign. Kyle Freeland will get the ball once again for the Rockies on Opening Day — his third time starting the first game of the new season. Freeland saw a bump in his velocity this spring and finished the Cactus League...
Purple Row 19 hours ago
MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

What do you all think will happen during the 2024 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the first time, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 28 responses, and here’s what you all think will happen this year: Let’s start with a win total The community is more optimistic, overall, than the staff. On average, the community believes that the Rockies will post 68 wins this year. Three folks believe that the Rox will win 63 games and another three believe they...
Purple Row 22 hours ago
MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

MLB Opening Day 2024: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports How many games will the Rockies win in 2024? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Phoenix, AZ as they take on the reigning-NL Champion Arizona Diamondbacks to kick things off. They then head to Chicago for a three-game set against the Cubs before returning home for the Home Opener next Friday, April 5th. With all that said, here is what the Purple Row staff thinks will happen during this baseball...
Purple Row 23 hours ago
Every Rockie Ever Podcast: Guess the Rockie Round Two

Every Rockie Ever Podcast: Guess the Rockie Round Two

Photo by Doug Pensinger/ Skyler and Dustin put their knowledge to the test in another round of guess the Rockie Every Rockie Ever is a show under the Rocky Mountain Rooftop banner where brothers Skyler and Dustin Timmins sit down and talk about every player to suit up for the Colorado Rockies to share memories and the legacy of their careers. In this new round of Guess the Rockie, Skyler and Dustin put their player knowledge to the test. Skyler selected four position players while Dustin selected four pitchers. The caveat is that the players couldn’t have appeared in...