Tag: Kris Bryant
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Three takeaways from the Colorado Rockies 1-5 road trip
SAN FRANCISCO — Another road trip has gone astray for the Rockies. They fell to the Giants 7-1 on Wednesday as San Francisco completed their clean sweep, winning the three-game series by a combined score of 24-8. The Rockies went 1-5 on this trip, picking up their only win last weekend in Arizona. “It wasn’t…
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Germán Márquez still not his sharpest, Diamondbacks shut out Rockies
Germán Márquez showed flashes of his potential in the first inning on Sunday. He started his day by striking out Cooper Hummel on three pitches, then got two quick groundouts. It was that type of inning that has eluded Márquez this season, as, aside from his first start of the season, Márquez has been anything…
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Colorado Rockies pile on five runs in the fourth to beat the Nationals
DENVER — The fourth was with the Rockies. On Wednesday, down 1-0 to the Nationals, the Rockies needed a big inning to get some momentum. They found it in the fourth, scoring all five of their runs as they went on to win 5-2. The Rockies were stumped the night prior by Nationals’ starter Eric…
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Kyle Freeland gets to stay home with the Rockies: ‘You can’t script it any better’
DENVER • Kyle Freeland looked around the clubhouse before his Opening Day start and just felt it. Freeland had been approached by the Rockies about a year ago about an extension but had his doubts. Reaching free agency is a big milestone for players, and it gives them the chance to decide their own future for…
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Rockies pull out a dramatic win over Rangers in first road game of season
ARLINGTON, Texas — In the end, it doesn’t matter how a team gets a win. Rangers fought hard for former Rockies’ pitcher Jon Gray, giving him no choice but to leave For the Rockies on Monday, their first road game of the year included a dozen missed opportunities and a handful of errors from both…
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Manager Bud Black earns 1000th career win as the Rockies beat the Dodgers 9-4
DENVER — Bud Black seemed destined from a young age to be a major league manager. At 16, Black began his career coaching the Booman little league team in Washington, overseeing players only four years younger than him. “I loved it,” Black said, adding that he still remembers the pizza parties they had at Little…
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Colorado Rockies were active this offseason. Will it make a difference?
The Rockies’ clubhouse at the end of last season was a somber affair. The players weren’t upset about missing the playoffs for a third straight season — they had already come to terms with that. Instead, they were saying goodbye to yet another star, knowing that Trevor Story was not going to return. When Jon…
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Predicting how the Rockies will line up on Opening Day against the Dodgers
With Opening Day getting near, the Rockies’ lineup is starting to take shape. Recent additions of Kris Bryant, who signed a seven-year, $182 million deal with the Rockies, and Randal Grichuk, who was traded for Raimel Tapia, give the Rockies a boost in power. The Rockies have decided to not have a go-to designated hitter, and…
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Two teams at a crossroads met on Tuesday night, with the Rockies taking one from the Cubs
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DENVER — Coors Field filled up with fans clad in Cubs and Rockies jerseys on Tuesday night. Only one small problem: a majority of them donned jerseys of players who were no longer part of those teams. Two teams at crossroads met for an August matchup. On one side were the Cubs, who came to…
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Rockies sit quietly at trade deadline, hold onto Trevor Story as other teams bulk up
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SAN DIEGO — While the rest of the league went into a frenzy at the MLB trade deadline, the Rockies stayed quiet. In fact, they never even came close to making a deal. They set a high mark for Trevor Story, and the team said they never received what they described as a competitive offer…