Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The Rockies lack a few things, and intensity may be one of them Baseball, in general, is a slow, methodical game. When considering the major American sports, baseball’s pace is the slowest, and there can be full minutes between the action. That's partly why baseball is often called “the thinking person’s game.” But what if, instead of approaching baseball so logically and pragmatically, someone were to come in with a head of steam? A maverick, if you will? It’s that kind of edge that the 2024 Colorado Rockies seem to lack at present. Right now, they appear ..read more

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Skyler and Evan are joined by Patrick Lyons as they discuss a frustrating road trip, a frustrating interview, and a frustrating season. 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 about everyone’s favorite purple baseball team. T ..read more

Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 6th, 2024 It’s no secret that the Colorado Rockies are a bad baseball team. Their 8-26 record ties them with the Chicago White Sox for the worst in all of Major League Baseball, and they are the only team in the league yet to win a series or even string together consecutive wins. The Rockies only on Friday snapped an MLB record streak of 31 consecutive games trailing at some point to start the season. After being swept by fellow bottom feeders the Miami Marlins—twice in walk-off fashion—and a team meeting was ca ..read more

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The Rockies will try to get their first series win. Today, the Rockies will try to change course. After being walked off in the second game of their series with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Colorado Rockies (8-25) will look to win the rubber match and take their first series of 2024. Taking the mound for the Rockies will be Ryan Feltner, who has a 5.13 ERA (33.1 IP, 33 Ks) on the season. In his last start, Feltner had the best game of his career, which ultimately went terribly wrong in the ninth inning. The Pirates will start Bailey Falter (4.22 ERA in 34.0 in ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Rockies will try to get their first series win. After winning the series opener, 3-2, the Colorado Rockies (8-24) will look to continue their winning ways against the Pittsburgh Pirates (14-19). Yesterday’s win snapped the Rockies’ five-game losing streak and 10-game losing streak away from Coors Field. They have yet to win consecutive games this season or a series. Both are the longest such streaks in franchise history. They will look to change that today. Taking the mound for the Rockies will be Austin Gomber, who has a 4.40 ERA (32.0 IP, 22 Ks) on the ..read more

Photo by Pamela Smith/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for May 4-5, 2024 It’s pretty clear that the 8-23 Colorado Rockies are not a good baseball team. However, last night, they got a rare road win, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2. Plus, they stopped an historic skid. The streak is over: The Colorado Rockies, for the first time this season, never trailed in a game, winning. 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The streak ends after an MLB record 31 games. — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) May 4, 2024 Add to that, Cal Quantrill had a good game — as in the third best sta ..read more

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Will a team meeting help the Rockies end their 5-game losing streak? When the Rockies started the series with the Astros, both teams had seven wins. When Colorado began the series with the Marlins, the Rockies had one more win than 6-24 Miami. Flashforward six days and Houston has 11 wins, Miami has nine and Colorado still has seven. The Rockies are now riding a five-game losing streak, which prompted a team meeting after the latest loss to Miami on Thursday. Hopefully, the meeting can inspire a change and get the team past the seven-win mark as the Rockies open up a ..read more

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 3, 2024. As the season of breaking all the wrong records continues, it’s time to track a new stat for the Colorado Rockies: BBMs — boneheaded baserunning mistakes. On Thursday, as the Rockies set a franchise record for trailing in 31 straight games, which also happens to be all of their 2024 games, the Rockies committed two BBMs. The most costly one happened in the ninth inning when Brendan Rodgers and Jordan Beck led off with back-to-back singles. Jake Cave then bunted to pitcher Anthony Maldonado, who sent an errant ..read more

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Rockies are expected to summon a pitching prospect from Double-A Hartford for the weekend, With right-handed reliever Justin Lawrence set to go on the paternity list prior to the series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Colorado Rockies will need a reinforcement for their bullpen. In news originally broken by Blake Street Banter, right-handed pitching prospect Angel Chivilli will be the one to take Lawrence’s spot on the roster while he welcomes his Leónito de Panama. Chivilli was signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2018 for $20 ..read more

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Rockies aim to avoid a sweep by the Marlins The offense has fallen flat for the Colorado Rockies since they scored five runs on six hits in game one of the series against the Miami Marlins. Since then, they have scored just two runs and are desperately trying to find some resemblance of offense against the Marlins after losing 4-1 yesterday. Peter Lambert gets the start on the mound for the first time since the doubleheader at home against the Seattle Mariners where he gave up six runs on six hits in three innings of work. He last appeared on April 25 against the Sa ..read more