Patrick D. Lyons
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Alon Leichman, new pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies, has a fan (and friend) in Team Israel GM Simon Rosenbaum.
“Self made, self taught, has worked really hard to get to where he is both with all the information (and) all the technology.”
“Self made, self taught, has worked really hard to get to where he is both with all the information (and) all the technology.”
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Alon Leichman, new pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies, has a fan (and friend) in Team Israel GM Simon Rosenbaum.
“Self made, self taught, has worked really hard to get to where he is both with all the information (and) all the technology.”
“Self made, self taught, has worked really hard to get to where he is both with all the information (and) all the technology.”
Colorado cannot select any higher than 10th in the 2026 MLB Draft due to rules preventing clubs drafting in the Top 6 three years in a row.
MLB Draft Lottery is at 3:30 p.m. MT, but the 119-loss #Rockies will not be on stage for the selection show.
MLB Draft Lottery is at 3:30 p.m. MT, but the 119-loss #Rockies will not be on stage for the selection show.
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Colorado cannot select any higher than 10th in the 2026 MLB Draft due to rules preventing clubs drafting in the Top 6 three years in a row.
MLB Draft Lottery is at 3:30 p.m. MT, but the 119-loss #Rockies will not be on stage for the selection show.
MLB Draft Lottery is at 3:30 p.m. MT, but the 119-loss #Rockies will not be on stage for the selection show.
Large media contingency waiting for the WBC Media Day to begin.
Feels a lot more substantial than the crowd in 2022.
Feels a lot more substantial than the crowd in 2022.
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Large media contingency waiting for the WBC Media Day to begin.
Feels a lot more substantial than the crowd in 2022.
Feels a lot more substantial than the crowd in 2022.
Hunter Goodman had a breakout season, winning the NL Silver Slugger Award for Colorado.
What does #Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer think Goodman needs to do to take his next step? Leadership.
Also, expect more days at DH in the Cal Raleigh mold for Colorado’s catcher.
What does #Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer think Goodman needs to do to take his next step? Leadership.
Also, expect more days at DH in the Cal Raleigh mold for Colorado’s catcher.
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hunter Goodman had a breakout season, winning the NL Silver Slugger Award for Colorado.
What does #Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer think Goodman needs to do to take his next step? Leadership.
Also, expect more days at DH in the Cal Raleigh mold for Colorado’s catcher.
What does #Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer think Goodman needs to do to take his next step? Leadership.
Also, expect more days at DH in the Cal Raleigh mold for Colorado’s catcher.
Warren Schaeffer on the #Rockies new leadership casting off organization stalwarts Michael Toglia, Warming Bernabel and Drew Romo:
“I like the establishment of a direction… Paul (DePodesta) has a different process than what were previously used to. It’s a good process.”
“I like the establishment of a direction… Paul (DePodesta) has a different process than what were previously used to. It’s a good process.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Warren Schaeffer on the #Rockies new leadership casting off organization stalwarts Michael Toglia, Warming Bernabel and Drew Romo:
“I like the establishment of a direction… Paul (DePodesta) has a different process than what were previously used to. It’s a good process.”
“I like the establishment of a direction… Paul (DePodesta) has a different process than what were previously used to. It’s a good process.”
GM Josh Byrnes on why he went from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Colorado Rockies:
"(To) create a new future for this franchise which I think is arguably the most interesting in baseball with the challenges (they face)."
"(To) create a new future for this franchise which I think is arguably the most interesting in baseball with the challenges (they face)."
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
GM Josh Byrnes on why he went from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Colorado Rockies:
"(To) create a new future for this franchise which I think is arguably the most interesting in baseball with the challenges (they face)."
"(To) create a new future for this franchise which I think is arguably the most interesting in baseball with the challenges (they face)."
Signia by Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando. Home of the 2025 MLB Winter Meetings.
What are your hopes for the #Rockies this week as they undertake a major rebuild?
What are your hopes for the #Rockies this week as they undertake a major rebuild?
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Signia by Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando. Home of the 2025 MLB Winter Meetings.
What are your hopes for the #Rockies this week as they undertake a major rebuild?
What are your hopes for the #Rockies this week as they undertake a major rebuild?
The Colorado Rockies are hiring Paul DePodesta of the NFL's Cleveland Browns to be their head of baseball operations.
DePodesta worked for the Athletics from 1999-2003 during the Moneyball movement before becoming the GM of the Dodgers at age-31 in 2004.
DePodesta worked for the Athletics from 1999-2003 during the Moneyball movement before becoming the GM of the Dodgers at age-31 in 2004.
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Colorado Rockies are hiring Paul DePodesta of the NFL's Cleveland Browns to be their head of baseball operations.
DePodesta worked for the Athletics from 1999-2003 during the Moneyball movement before becoming the GM of the Dodgers at age-31 in 2004.
DePodesta worked for the Athletics from 1999-2003 during the Moneyball movement before becoming the GM of the Dodgers at age-31 in 2004.
The most viewed players page on @baseball_ref were:
1. Rickey Henderson on the day he died
2. Juan Soto on the day he signed a $765 million deal
3. Ryan McMahon on the day he was traded from the Rockies to the Yankees
1. Rickey Henderson on the day he died
2. Juan Soto on the day he signed a $765 million deal
3. Ryan McMahon on the day he was traded from the Rockies to the Yankees
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The most viewed players page on @baseball_ref were:
1. Rickey Henderson on the day he died
2. Juan Soto on the day he signed a $765 million deal
3. Ryan McMahon on the day he was traded from the Rockies to the Yankees
1. Rickey Henderson on the day he died
2. Juan Soto on the day he signed a $765 million deal
3. Ryan McMahon on the day he was traded from the Rockies to the Yankees
Monstrous 442-foot three-run home run for Bo Bichette off Shohei Ohtani.
Blue Jays take a commanding 3-0 lead at home in Toronto.
Don’t need to run when you hit it that far.
Blue Jays take a commanding 3-0 lead at home in Toronto.
Don’t need to run when you hit it that far.
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Monstrous 442-foot three-run home run for Bo Bichette off Shohei Ohtani.
Blue Jays take a commanding 3-0 lead at home in Toronto.
Don’t need to run when you hit it that far.
Blue Jays take a commanding 3-0 lead at home in Toronto.
Don’t need to run when you hit it that far.
Pro baseball in Colorado Springs is no more after 38-straight years.
The Rocky Mountain Vibes are in need of a new home, according to @KRDO_13
The former Sky Sox are the latest in-state club from the Pioneer League to depart following Grand Junction and Windsor (NoCo Owlz).
The Rocky Mountain Vibes are in need of a new home, according to @KRDO_13
The former Sky Sox are the latest in-state club from the Pioneer League to depart following Grand Junction and Windsor (NoCo Owlz).
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Pro baseball in Colorado Springs is no more after 38-straight years.
The Rocky Mountain Vibes are in need of a new home, according to @KRDO_13
The former Sky Sox are the latest in-state club from the Pioneer League to depart following Grand Junction and Windsor (NoCo Owlz).
The Rocky Mountain Vibes are in need of a new home, according to @KRDO_13
The former Sky Sox are the latest in-state club from the Pioneer League to depart following Grand Junction and Windsor (NoCo Owlz).
Have you ever seen Shohei Ohtani show this much emotion?
He’s 4-for-4 during with two dingers and two doubles. First player in the World Series with 4 XBH in a game.
Ohtani is also 7-for-7 with five homers in his last two games at Dodger Stadium. He’s not from this planet.
He’s 4-for-4 during with two dingers and two doubles. First player in the World Series with 4 XBH in a game.
Ohtani is also 7-for-7 with five homers in his last two games at Dodger Stadium. He’s not from this planet.
October 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Have you ever seen Shohei Ohtani show this much emotion?
He’s 4-for-4 during with two dingers and two doubles. First player in the World Series with 4 XBH in a game.
Ohtani is also 7-for-7 with five homers in his last two games at Dodger Stadium. He’s not from this planet.
He’s 4-for-4 during with two dingers and two doubles. First player in the World Series with 4 XBH in a game.
Ohtani is also 7-for-7 with five homers in his last two games at Dodger Stadium. He’s not from this planet.
Once Roki Sasaki appears for the Los Angeles Dodgers, we'll have three Japanese-born players in the same World Series (also: Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto).
The last and only other time was 2007: Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima and Colorado's Kaz Matsui.
The last and only other time was 2007: Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima and Colorado's Kaz Matsui.
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Once Roki Sasaki appears for the Los Angeles Dodgers, we'll have three Japanese-born players in the same World Series (also: Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto).
The last and only other time was 2007: Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima and Colorado's Kaz Matsui.
The last and only other time was 2007: Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima and Colorado's Kaz Matsui.
About 92% of America is rooting for Canada in the 2025 World Series.
Sounds about right.
Will you be pulling for the Toronto Blue Jays or Los Angeles Dodgers?
Sounds about right.
Will you be pulling for the Toronto Blue Jays or Los Angeles Dodgers?
October 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
About 92% of America is rooting for Canada in the 2025 World Series.
Sounds about right.
Will you be pulling for the Toronto Blue Jays or Los Angeles Dodgers?
Sounds about right.
Will you be pulling for the Toronto Blue Jays or Los Angeles Dodgers?
Todd Helton chats with Craig Sager, with fireworks exploding in the background at Coors Field, moments after the Colorado Rockies punch their ticket for the 2007 World Series.
October 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Todd Helton chats with Craig Sager, with fireworks exploding in the background at Coors Field, moments after the Colorado Rockies punch their ticket for the 2007 World Series.
#Rockies have one finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award:
3B Ryan McMahon
McMahon, traded to the New York Yankees before their deadline, is a finalist for the fifth consecutive season.
3B Ryan McMahon
McMahon, traded to the New York Yankees before their deadline, is a finalist for the fifth consecutive season.
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#Rockies have one finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award:
3B Ryan McMahon
McMahon, traded to the New York Yankees before their deadline, is a finalist for the fifth consecutive season.
3B Ryan McMahon
McMahon, traded to the New York Yankees before their deadline, is a finalist for the fifth consecutive season.
Troy Tulowitzki to Todd Helton. 18 years ago today.
The final out of the NLCS that sent the Colorado Rockies to the 2007 World Series.
The final out of the NLCS that sent the Colorado Rockies to the 2007 World Series.
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Troy Tulowitzki to Todd Helton. 18 years ago today.
The final out of the NLCS that sent the Colorado Rockies to the 2007 World Series.
The final out of the NLCS that sent the Colorado Rockies to the 2007 World Series.
The Savannah Bananas are coming back to Denver in 2026.
August 14-15 will see the return of the Bananas to Coors Field to take on the new Indianapolis Clowns.
August 14-15 will see the return of the Bananas to Coors Field to take on the new Indianapolis Clowns.
October 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Savannah Bananas are coming back to Denver in 2026.
August 14-15 will see the return of the Bananas to Coors Field to take on the new Indianapolis Clowns.
August 14-15 will see the return of the Bananas to Coors Field to take on the new Indianapolis Clowns.
Ryan Patrick McMahon.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ryan Patrick McMahon.
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18 years ago today.
Rockies-Padres. Game 163.
Matt Holliday touches home plate to keep Rocktober alive.
Rockies-Padres. Game 163.
Matt Holliday touches home plate to keep Rocktober alive.
October 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
18 years ago today.
Rockies-Padres. Game 163.
Matt Holliday touches home plate to keep Rocktober alive.
Rockies-Padres. Game 163.
Matt Holliday touches home plate to keep Rocktober alive.
Trevor Story homers to tie it against the Yankees in the sixth. He has driven in all three Red Sox runs.
In his first postseason series since the 2018 NLDS with the Rockies, Story has gone 4-for-8 (.500) with a steal, a home run and 3 RBI.
In his first postseason series since the 2018 NLDS with the Rockies, Story has gone 4-for-8 (.500) with a steal, a home run and 3 RBI.
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Trevor Story homers to tie it against the Yankees in the sixth. He has driven in all three Red Sox runs.
In his first postseason series since the 2018 NLDS with the Rockies, Story has gone 4-for-8 (.500) with a steal, a home run and 3 RBI.
In his first postseason series since the 2018 NLDS with the Rockies, Story has gone 4-for-8 (.500) with a steal, a home run and 3 RBI.
September 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Very happy for Brent Suter.
Cast aside by the Brewers only pitch really well for the Rockies in 2023 who lost 100+ games for the first time that year.
Now he’s going to the postseason with his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds.
Cast aside by the Brewers only pitch really well for the Rockies in 2023 who lost 100+ games for the first time that year.
Now he’s going to the postseason with his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds.
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Very happy for Brent Suter.
Cast aside by the Brewers only pitch really well for the Rockies in 2023 who lost 100+ games for the first time that year.
Now he’s going to the postseason with his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds.
Cast aside by the Brewers only pitch really well for the Rockies in 2023 who lost 100+ games for the first time that year.
Now he’s going to the postseason with his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds.
The final starting lineup for the Colorado Rockies for 2025.
RHP McCade Brown vs. RHP Logan Webb
Rockies aim to avoid a sweep by the Giants and an 0-6 road trip to end their season.
RHP McCade Brown vs. RHP Logan Webb
Rockies aim to avoid a sweep by the Giants and an 0-6 road trip to end their season.
September 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The final starting lineup for the Colorado Rockies for 2025.
RHP McCade Brown vs. RHP Logan Webb
Rockies aim to avoid a sweep by the Giants and an 0-6 road trip to end their season.
RHP McCade Brown vs. RHP Logan Webb
Rockies aim to avoid a sweep by the Giants and an 0-6 road trip to end their season.
Germán Márquez will make the 200th start of his career with Colorado tonight, becoming only the fourth pitcher in franchise history to ever do so.
And it may be his last with the #Rockies
What's your favorite memory of Márquee?
And it may be his last with the #Rockies
What's your favorite memory of Márquee?
September 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Germán Márquez will make the 200th start of his career with Colorado tonight, becoming only the fourth pitcher in franchise history to ever do so.
And it may be his last with the #Rockies
What's your favorite memory of Márquee?
And it may be his last with the #Rockies
What's your favorite memory of Márquee?