Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 19, 2024 One of the best places to look as to why the Rockies are off to their worst start in franchise history is at the beginning. The Rockies have been outscored 29-5 in the first inning in their 4-15 start. Colorado has only held opponents scoreless in the first frame four times in 19 games (oddly, none of those have resulted in wins). Rockies starters have only recorded two three-up, three-down first innings. In 19 first innings, the Rockies have posted a 13.74 ERA, given up 29 runs (an average of 1.5 run ..read more

Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 18, 2024 As expected, the Colorado Rockies’ major league product has been less than desirable so far this season. Sitting at a franchise-worst 4-15 mark to start the season, Colorado is firmly entrenched in the cellar of the division and tied with the Miami Marlins for the worst record in the National League. The 2024 season has always been destined to be a flatline at the highest level for the organization as they continue their rebuild, so there are no major surprises in the team’s performance. The curre ..read more

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Rockies look to bookend road trip with a victory in Philly Despite outhitting the Philadelphia Phillies and getting a good start from Austin Gomber, the Colorado Rockies had no answer from Ranger Suárez as he shut them out 5-0 on Tuesday. Over the past three games, the Rockies have scored just one run and are still looking for consistency at the plate. On the mound, they will look to continue their string of good starts behind Ryan Feltner (1-1, 3.38) who was the winning pitcher in their lone victory on the road trip. In his last outing, Feltner allowed two ..read more

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Bryant’s injury opens up an opportunity for fan favorite Sean Bouchard Welp... The Rockies announced today that they have recalled OF Sean Bouchard from Triple-A Albuquerque and have placed INF/OF Kris Bryant on the 10-day IL (retroactive to April 14) with a low back strain. — Rockies Club Information (@RockiesClubInfo) April 17, 2024 Yeah, it’s happened again. Kris Bryant is once again headed to the Injured List, and it’s hard to say exactly when he'll be back. The injury likely occurred on what was, to be fair, a great play made during this past series ..read more

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 17, 2024 During spring training in 2023, the notable flaw in newly acquired Nolan Jones’s game was an overabundance of strikeouts. His inability to put the ball in play led the Colorado Rockies to option him to Triple-A Albuquerque to begin the year where he worked extensively with hitting coach Jordan Pacheco and other coaches to curb the habit, or at least counter it, and become a productive bat. He blew up in Albuquerque and eventually was called up to the Rockies where he established himself as a capab ..read more

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Rockies will look to bounce back after yesterday’s extra-inning loss The Colorado Rockies will likely want to quickly move on from last night’s extra-inning loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, especially after a thin bench led to a potential injury to No. 1 starter Kyle Freeland. A good chunk of the Rockies’ bench was out due to a stomach bug, so Freeland was used as a pinch runner. While trying to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the ninth inning, Freeland was tackled by old friend Jeff Hoffman, but it was determined that there was no obstructi ..read more

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Monday, April 15, 2024 Every day, in the early part of the 2024 MLB season, it’s the same. Wake up in the morning. Check the headlines. Notice another pitcher is probably headed to the IL with an arm issue. For Colorado Rockies fans, it feels a bit like the rest of baseball is finally catching up to a 2023 that saw first Lucas Gilbreath and later Germán Márquez, Antonio Senzatela, Gabriel Hughes, and Jackson Cox undergoing Tommy John surgery — the last four in the span of a few weeks. Just last week, Eury Pérez, Shane Bieber ..read more

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Rockies are in the City of Brotherly Love to start a three game set against the Philadelphia Phillies The Colorado Rockies have yet to win their first series of the 2024 season, or even string together consecutive wins. They look to change their fortunes against the 8-8 Philadelphia Philles in a three game set at Citizen’s Bank Park to wrap up their road trip. On the mound for the Rockies is right-handed pitcher Cal Quantrill, who spun a Quality Start his last time out. Against the Arizona Diamondbacks he gave up three earned runs on eight hits and st ..read more

John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Skyler and Evan discuss the Rockies rotation, slumping players finding their way, and the Rockies farm system! 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. Skyler and Evan record on Mo ..read more

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images In their second game of a six-game roadtrip, the Rockies will look to add to their win column. Coming off a three-game stand in Toronto that saw the Colorado Rockies go 1-2 with a season record of 4-12, the team will head south to The Land of Nolan Jones to take on the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies have had an okay, if un-flashy, start. Currently, they are 8-8, two games behind the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves. With the caveat that stats at this point are largely meaningless, the Phillies’ are underwhelming. They have a collective 84 wRC+, which inclu ..read more