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Even after the worst season in franchise history, I still miss baseball. In the offseason, there are plenty of other sports to watch that keep you entertained, but it’s not the same as baseball. This year, about two months after the Rockies 2025 season ended and about four months before the 2026 season begins, I am grateful for Rocky Mountain PBS and its recent “Colorado Experience” […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). It’s […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
On Wednesday morning, Warren Schaeffer was officially introduced as the eighth full-time manager in Colorado Rockies history. He and president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta then took questions from the media over Zoom, and here are some highlights: The Hiring Process DePodesta had an idea of what he wanted out of his manager, and he […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Many moves were made last week in my offseason attempt as the new Colorado Rockies general manager in Out of the Park Baseball 26 to turn the team around quickly. With a new cast of characters, we set sail into the 2026 season from spring training, all the way to the All-Star Game to finish […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
With the completion of the 2025 edition of the Arizona Fall League and the Surprise Saguaros—with prospects from the Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers—crowned champions, minor league baseball has drawn to a close until April. The short fall season was a difficult one for the Salt River Rafters—to […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). It’s not something the staff debated. We’ll begin with the player with the lowest rWAR and end up with the player with the highest. […]
4 months ago | 5 reads
It all happened fast. A Sunday afternoon in May saw the Colorado Rockies pounding the San Diego Padres 9-3 and preparing to get on a plane to play the Texas Rangers. Bud Black was late to his post-game media scrum, and the air was weird. Something was going on, but no one was sure what. […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
The Colorado Rockies have announced that Warren Schaeffer will have his interim tag removed and return as the team’s major league manager for the 2026 season. Schaeffer, 40, has been a member of the Rockies’ big league coaching staff since 2023 when he was named the team’s third base and infield coach. After Bud Black […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
4 months ago | 14 reads
The Colorado Rockies under new president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta have made it through their first set of off-season milestones. They made it through award season and saw Hunter Goodman win a National League Silver Slugger. They have protected their chosen few from the Rule 5 Draft by adding them to the 40-man roster, […]
4 months ago | 7 reads
The offseason is starting to ramp up, as the 40-man Rule 5 protection deadline passed on Tuesday, as well as the non-tender deadline on Friday. The Colorado Rockies protected LHP Welinton Herrera, RHP Gabriel Hughes and OF Sterlin Thompson. They also DFA’d 1B Michael Toglia and LHP Ryan Rolison. The former was non-tendered on Friday, […]
4 months ago | 7 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). It’s […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Maybe it’s Blake Street Bomber nostalgia. Maybe it’s missing power hitters like Todd Helton, Carlos Gozález, prime Charlie Blackmon, Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story. Maybe it’s just wanting to have a fun, competitive baseball team again. But after each season, especially as Arenado and Story left town, I feel like it’s become my after-season tradition […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
Jack Mahoney (HM PuRP) was drafted in the third round of the 2023 MLB Draft. He’s worked his way up through the system, spending all of 2025 with the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats. In 24 starts with the Yard Goats, the right-hander posted a 3-10 record and 5.93 ERA and 1.67 WHIP. However, despite some […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
When you post on SB Nation, we don’t want you to miss all the conversations and responses that follow. So starting today, whenever a user replies to your comment or to your post on the Feed, you’ll see a notification at the top right corner of the page. And of course, this means that when […]
4 months ago | 5 reads
The Colorado Rockies’ President of Baseball Operations, Paul DePodesta, has a lot of things on his plate as he tries to fix things in Denver. That’s what makes the news that he is very likely to hire a general manager beneath him such a welcome thought. Delegating and collaborating with another individual to carry out […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
This afternoon at 4:00 PM MST was the deadline for teams to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft by placing them on the 40-man roster. As he truly embarked on rebuilding the Colorado Rockies, president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta made a series of moves. LHP Brenan Bernadino The trade with the Red Sox […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
The 2025 edition of the Arizona Fall League has officially drawn to a close, bringing with it the “true” end of minor league baseball until next April. The Surprise Saguaros—with prospects from the Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers—defeated the Peoria Javelinas—with prospects from the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Certainly, Paul DePodesta is an extraordinarily busy person right now. After all, he has been the Colorado Rockies president of baseball operations for less than two weeks. Currently, he is taking a crash course on an organization coming off three consecutive 100-loss seasons, the most recent being historically bad. DePodesta needs to make staffing decisions, […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
When the Colorado Rockies appointed Paul DePodesta to be their president of baseball operations this off-season, there were many different concerns among the fanbase. One of the largest was how much autonomy DePodesta would be given by the organization to conduct this rebuild. Critical to the success of any new executive brought in to lead […]
4 months ago | 3 reads