Author: Kevin Henry Special to The Denver Gazette
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Rockies prospect Cole Carrigg turning heads with Double-A Yard Goats
HARTFORD, Conn. — Sitting in the Hartford Yard Goats dugout, Cole Carrigg admits it’s hard to not keep up with what is going on in Denver. The third-ranked prospect for the Colorado Rockies, Carrigg is slated to lead off a Sunday series finale against Harrisburg and coming off a night where he smacked his 14th…
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Rockies must scale financial mountains to become relevant in NL West | Kevin’s take
The numbers are staggering and absolutely alarming. Entering the start of the National League West-focused homestand with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman had smacked a team-leading 24 home runs this season while earning $765,000. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers were paying three-time All-Star Will Smith just…
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Chase Dollander reveals emotions that ‘fueled’ his pitching comeback for Rockies
Removed from the pitching rotation, Chase Dollander used his emotions like jet fuel. Now he’s rocketed back onto the scene for the Rockies. Boy, do they need his arm now, too. Optioned to Triple-A on July 7 after walking four and allowing five hits and three runs in 3.2 innings against the Chicago White Sox,…
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Three must-haves for Rockies, Diamondbacks to compete in Dodgers and Padres’ NL West | Kevin’s Take
The Colorado Rockies are broken. The Arizona Diamondbacks are battered and bruised. The two teams comprise the basement of the National League West. It’s a terrible situation for both teams. Yet these division rivals who share a spring training complex in Scottsdale are both trying to figure out how to put 2025 behind them and…
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How Colorado Rockies can avoid MLB infamy as worst team in modern era
With 48 games left in the regular season, the Colorado Rockies know what they must do to avoid infamy. After a 15-1 beatdown by the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday at Coors Field, the Rockies were assured of a losing record, falling to 30-82 on the season. Two more lopsided losses after that had Colorado…
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Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman, a Colorado native, shares fond memories of Halladay, Jimenez
Kevin Gausman will take the mound Wednesday afternoon for the Toronto Blue Jays at Coors Field, a ballpark he knows exceedingly well. While most opposing pitchers come to Denver wondering exactly how the elevation might impact their pitches and conditioning routines, Gausman relies on his memories as a kid growing up in Centennial and pitching…
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Rockies’ Chris Forbes: Top prospect Charlie Condon adjusting to Eastern League
There’s a big difference between the next generation of the Colorado Rockies playing at the major league level and playing well at the major league level. No one knows that more than Chris Forbes, the senior director of player development for the Rockies. Now in his fourth season in his role (and 18th as a…
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Best- and worst-case scenarios for Rockies after busy MLB trade deadline | Kevin’s take
Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt once said every MLB trade deadline has its own story. This year’s trade deadline story in Denver will focus on third base and what comes next. With the Rockies sending Ryan McMahon to the New York Yankees for a pair of pitching prospects on July 25, Colorado not only…
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Rockies again trade with Yankees, send relief pitcher to New York before MLB trade deadline
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Another day, another reliever traded away by the Colorado Rockies. Hours before the 2025 MLB trade deadline at 4 p.m. Thursday, the Rockies reportedly made another deal with the New York Yankees, sending reliever Jake Bird to the Bronx. The trade came just six days…
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Rockies trade Kinley to Braves in return for pitching prospect: ‘Our scouts like what he brings’
CLEVELAND — Rumors leading into Thursday’s MLB trade deadline speculated that the Colorado Rockies might move some members of their bullpen. Those rumors became reality on Wednesday. In the first of what could be multiple trades involving the bullpen, the Rockies sent veteran reliever Tyler Kinley to the Atlanta Braves. In exchange, Colorado received 26-year-old…