Baseball, you say? Never heard of it. We're almost two months into a global pandemic that has left us starved for baseball, and given the fact that this is a baseball podcast, that's a problem! Nick Groke, Colorado Rockies beat reporter for The Athletic, joins the Rocky Mountain Baseball Podcast to discuss what the Rockies looked like before the world shut down, why it'll be unbelievably interesting to see what they look like if/when life resumes, and how it all relates to the star player and still sort of elephant in the room, Nolan Arenado. Plus, I take a stab at a few of your questions. Re ..read more

Welp, someone's prayers were answered. Baseball, like everything else in the world, has taken a backseat to COVID-19. While we do our best to flatten the curve, we might as well talk about baseball. So, I found a friend who spent a few years working in the industry. He's a Dodgers fan, but it's fine. We talked about the differences between the Rockies and Dodgers, for some reason dissected the NL Central, and riffed on a few other things as well. Plus, I take a crack at some of your questions. Support us on Patreon if you'd like and continue to practice good, responsible hygiene and distanci ..read more

The Rocky Mountain Baseball Podcast is back for a second season! We're starting this one off by reviewing a few things that went on this offseason, including (but not limited to) the Rockies failing to upgrade their bench depth, which could very well be a fatal problem. We explain why. However, there are also a lot of things to give us hope. The bullpen is going to be better. Kyle Freeland is going to be better. Nolan Arenado is basically God in a baseball uniform. You know, that kind of stuff. Plus, musings on MLB's temporary ban of reporters in the clubhouse, a former Rockie doing great thi ..read more

Nolan Arenado is mad, Jeff Bridich and Dick Monfort are mostly silent (other than Dick's emails), and everything is coming off the rails. Welcome to being a Colorado Rockies fan! What the hell happened that resulted in Nolan Arenado going to the media and talking about disrespect and disillusionment? Bryan sheds some light on that, as well as why Jeff Bridich should be replaced even if this whole mess never happened in the first place. Plus, Larry Walker is a damn Hall of Famer! It's too bad the Rockies' front office had to put a damper on our happiness, but don't forget to celebrate No. 33 ..read more

The Rocky Mountain Baseball podcast is back to talk about what moves the Colorado Rockies have made this offseason (happy trails to Chad Bettis, Tyler Anderson, and others) plus more potential moves to come as we approach MLB's reserves deadline, which is when teams need to have their 40-man rosters set in advance of the Rule 5 Draft. Jeff Bridich and company could use that draft, and many others, to rebuild a roster and system that became severely depleted in 2019 as a result of, well, I'm still not sure what. We'll get into that last part in futurer episodes, but for now, we'll get you up t ..read more

We know the Rockies were bad in 2019 and we're not far from putting that to bed, but first we have to get the perspective of one of the finest baseball analysts out there. On this special Hit and Run edition of the Rocky Mountain Baseball Podcast, ESPN and Fangraphs' Dan Szymborski explains what happened to our beloved purple-clad strongboys this past season and why, unfortunately, we might see more of the same in 2020. Dan chimes in on what little did go right for Colorado in 2019 and also breaks down the Dodgers' hilarious collapse at the hands of the Nationals in the NLDS. Don't forget to ..read more

It's the final week of the 2019 season (as far as the Colorado Rockies are concerned, anyway), and that's truly bittersweet. Bad baseball is better than no baseball, and that's exactly what we're still getting from the 90-loss Rockies. But not all is awful; we look at three really good things happening as the season comes to a close. To keep it balanced, we also comb through three bad things. It's called Three Up, Three Down. It's a baseball term. Get it? Anyway, we also talk about the Prospect of the Week, who--hint--is currently playing in the Arizona Fall League. Plus, are Bud Black and Je ..read more

Other than an always-cool series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, things haven’t been too interesting for the Colorado Rockies on the field, but boy have things gotten a bit wild off of it. Specifically, we’re talking about the national media—namely, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic—laying waste to the team with some eye-opening reporting regarding how exactly the Rockies have gone from potential NL West darlings to, well, whatever it is they are now. Hayden Ringer rejoins Bryan to discuss all of those issues, which reportedly include bad coaching, Dick Monfort being Dick Monfort, a less-th ..read more

The beat (as in, the Colorado Rockies continue to get beat--like a damn drum) marches on but Nolan Arenado doesn't care. He's out there being the best player in baseball this side of Mike Trout despite being the third baseman for a team that is, of this writing, 59-82 and 32.5 games out of first place. It's a crappy time to be a Rockies fan and we all know that, but let's not forget to take some time to appreciate the man who is the modern-day Mike Schmidt (I'll never grow tired of saying that). OK, that's enough of that. Now, let's get back to the depressing stuff, like how the Rockies were ..read more

Jon Gray? Broken. Kyle Freeland? Busted. Scott Oberg? Hell we didn't even talk about him, but he's ... well, he's not healthy, that's for sure. The Colorado Rockies are decimated and we're extremely here for it, much as we don't want to be. But hey, at least Tim Melville made us all happy for a brief moment! On the latest episode of the Rocky Mountain Baseball Podcast, we pay our respects to Gray, who might be the ultimate silver lining of this disastrous 2019 season. We also address the Rockies' no good, really bad organizational prospect ranking from Baseball America (hint: people are not h ..read more