Tag: Minor League Baseball
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Two Colorado Rockies top prospects selected to MLB Futures game
LOS ANGELES • Two of the Rockies top prospects are heading to Dodger Stadium in two weeks. Zac Veen and Ezequiel Tovar were selected to the MLB Futures game, which will take place July 17. It’s the kick-off to All-Star festivities, and the game will showcase the top talent in the minor leagues. “It’s awesome, I’m excited,”…
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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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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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Ryan McMahon gets back on track as Rockies snap four-game losing streak
DENVER — Sometimes, the best revenge is to smile and move on. For Ryan McMahon, that’s pretty easy to do that after hitting a second-deck home run. His three-run shot gave the Rockies a 4-1 lead in the fifth, and they held on to beat the Reds 10-4 to snap a four-game losing streak. “That…
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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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Rangers fought hard for former Rockies’ pitcher Jon Gray, giving him no choice but to leave
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jon Gray felt at home in Denver. He embraced the challenge of pitching at altitude. And he especially loved Coors Field, so much so that he even took his wedding photos there. But in the end, none of that mattered. It was the Rangers who fought hard for him, offering him a…
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Germán Márquez, Connor Joe propel Rockies to first win of the season
DENVER — Germán Márquez had a career year in 2021. The Rockies think there’s still way more to come. There are the mechanical adjustments that he needs to make — improved fastball command and a consistent changeup — but most are mental. Can he stay calm when he gets in a bind? Can he take…
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Rockies prospect Ryan Rolison, after a year of freak injuries, hits another roadblock
Ryan Rolison thought 2021 was his year. The Rockies’ top pitching prospect felt better than ever, and, if everything went as planned, anticipated he would be ready for his major league debut by the end of the season. Then life got in the way. And it hasn’t stopped. A ruptured appendix sidelined him for the…
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With family by his side, Rockies’ Daniel Bard prepares for another year of his comeback story
When Daniel Bard was younger, he allowed himself to stew in his bad innings. He’ll be the first to admit that there were plenty back then — a case of the yips seemed to end his promising young career with the Red Sox, sending him into an early retirement. But now, entering his third season…
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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…