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Purple Row After Dark: The Muppets take Coors Field

Today marks the 21st anniversary of the premier everyone’s favorite Muppet film: The Muppet’s Wizard of Oz. That’s absolutely a date everyone knows and not a strained justification for talking about the Muppets on a random Wednesday in May. That being said, the Muppets are canonically familiar with the game of baseball but have never […]

Rangers 5, Rockies 4: Texas holds ’em

The weather changed throughout Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field, and the game kept moving with it. One day after being shut out in a 10-0 loss to the Texas Rangers, the Colorado Rockies gave themselves a chance to take the series. They grabbed an early lead, lost it when Texas went back-to-back in the fourth, […]

Rockies select contract of Keegan Thompson, place Victor Vodnik on IL

The Colorado Rockies announced a few roster moves this morning: Thompson will make his first appearances on the Rockies’ active roster after being claimed off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds in the offseason. He was DFA’d at the end of spring training and outrighted to the minors. Thompson made 11 total appearances (5 starts) for […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 50 thread: Jack Leiter vs Kyle Freeland

After last night’s damp, cold, and miserable blowout loss, the Colorado Rockies find themselves tied at a game each in their series with the Texas Rangers. Today, with the weather slightly warmer and slightly sunnier—though there is a chance for rain—the Rockies will aim for the series win. However, no dogs will be in attendance. […]

The beautiful, blessed boredom of the 2026 Colorado Rockies

For the last seven years, Colorado Rockies baseball has been many things, but “boring” rarely made the list. Instead, we were treated to a chaotic roller coaster. They didn’t just lose games: They lost them in spectacular, historic fashion. They had public front-office feuds, bullpen implosions that defied the laws of physics, and forced us […]

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Rangers 10, Rockies 0: The Rockies dog did not hunt

When the Colorado Rockies welcomed the Texas Rangers to Coors Field for Game 2, their hope was to pick up where they left off after getting a Monday night win. After all, it was “Bark in the Park,” so the vibes (and the dogs!) were good. However, by the time the game ended, there was […]

Brenton Doyle leaves Rockies-Rangers game

Postgame update: After the game, Warren Schaeffer provided an update. “Left side contusion on that diving play out there,” Schaeffer said. “We’ll know more tomorrow, but that was painful.” Colorado Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle left today’s game against the Texas Rangers after making a spectacular diving attempt on a ball in the first inning, […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 49 thread: Tyler Alexander vs Sammy Peralta

In Game 1, the Colorado Rockies managed to come out with a win, despite some white-knuckle moments in the eight inning. Tonight, they will look to take the series from the Texas Rangers. Starting for the Rangers is Tyler Alexander. The lefty has a 2.14 ERA in 23.0 IP. He’s struck out 16, walked six, […]

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Weekly Pebble Report: Benny Montgomery takes things day-by-day

Hartford Yard Goats outfielder Benny Montgomery may be just 23-years-old, but he’s already entering his sixth season in the Rockies system. Selected eighth overall in the 2021 draft out of Red Land High School in Pennsylvania, the 6’5” Montgomery hit the ground running. He made a strong first impression by hitting .340/.404/.383 in 14 games […]

Rockies coach Brett Pill talks hitting at elevation

Back during spring training (which seems like a lifetime ago, frankly), Purple Row caught up with the Colorado Rockies new hitting coach Brett Pill. (Read that interview here.) In mid-February, Pill was focused on clear communication and individualized instruction for players. Consider where the Rockies are this year compared to 2025 with the (significant) caveats […]

Rockies 7, Rangers 6: A wet and wild win

It wasn’t a sure thing this game would be played to conclusion as the rain fell hard during Bark at the Park night. However, the Colorado Rockies and the Texas Rangers played a full nine innings of soggy baseball with plenty of slips, slides, and runs scored. “I love it,” said TJ Rumfield of the […]

Making an All-Star case for Mickey Moniak

The Colorado Rockies have, to put it lightly, struggled over the past few years. However, one bright spot every year is the selection of a team’s All-Star representative(s). The Rockies have only had one representative each year since 2021: Looking ahead to this year, one player is making a case for himself to represent the […]

Purple Row After Dark: Who would make the 2026 Rockies more fun to watch?

The 2026 Rockies appear poised to win more games than they did the past couple seasons, but realistically, they are only fighting to avoid 100 losses. That’s improvement, but the season is clearly a transitional one attempting to set the stage for a more exciting future. Given that, let’s imagine a world where we could […]

Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 6: Damp spirits as comeback falls short

This afternoon’s rubber match against the Arizona Diamondbacks started after a rain delay that lasted almost two hours. By the time first pitch finally came around one could hardly tell it had been pouring not too long ago. However, spirits were certainly damp as the Colorado Rockies went down early and failed to mount a […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 47 thread: Michael Soroka vs Michael Lorenzen

After winning a tight contest on Saturday Afternoon, the Colorado Rockies find themselves with an opportunity. They can win the series against their fellow National League West and 1990s expansion team Arizona Diamondbacks in their first matchup of the 2026 season. Sunday’s game also includes a battle of the World Baseball Classic pitchers named Michael. […]

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Rockies vs Diamondbacks Rain Delay Updates

The Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks game originally scheduled to begin at 1:10 PM MDT has been delayed due to rain in the Denver Metro area. All weather delay updates will be posted here. If/when the game resumes, the game thread will be pushed back to the front on our home page. Update [1:05 PM […]

Rockies option Zach Agnos and recall Blas Castaño

Before Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Thomas Harding reported that the Rockies were optioning Zach Agnos to Triple-A and, in his place, recalling 27 year old right handed reliever Blas Castaño. Agnos had posted a 5.59 ERA over 29 innings for the big league club so far this season. Under the hood, this lofty […]

This Week in Purple: Tomoyuki Sugano notches his 150th career win

On Saturday, pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano 菅野 智之 made his ninth start with the Colorado Rockies and his fifth start at Coors Field. Sugano had a good day for the Rockies, pitching five innings and allowing two runs (both earned) on seven hits, and setting them up for a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. However, […]

Purple Row After Dark: Let’s talk Rockies bullpen

Believe it or not, currently the Colorado Rockies bullpen is tied for eighth place with its 1.6 accumulated fWAR. (They are tied with the Miami Marlins.) Their 4.35 ERA comes in 20th, and their BB/9 of 3.38 comes in ninth. Probably, a lot of that is due to Chase Dollander’s working with an opener, so […]

Colorado Rockies game no. 46 thread: Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Tomoyuki Sugano

There’s an alternate universe in which the Colorado Rockies had a very different Friday evening. The first inning cost the Rockies the game last night. They almost escaped a tumultuous start, but instead the Arizona Diamondbacks successfully challenged the potential third out, loaded the bases, and piled six runs on Kyle Freeland to take the […]

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Hunter Goodman: An Extreme Profile

Hunter Goodman has been good. Again. That is the place to start. Goodman hit 31 home runs last season, became an All-Star, and won a Silver Slugger. And he has been productive in 2026, hitting .247/.310/.513 with an .823 OPS and 11 home runs through May 15th. The interesting part is not that Goodman is […]

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Hunter Goodman: An Extreme Profile

Hunter Goodman has been good. Again. That is the place to start. Goodman hit 31 home runs last season, became an All-Star, and won a Silver Slugger. And he has been productive in 2026, hitting .247/.310/.513 with an .823 OPS and 11 home runs through May 15th. The interesting part is not that Goodman is […]