'We're having fun': Vibes are high for streakin' Rockies
SAN DIEGO -- Here’s just about the only unwelcome news for the Rockies during their wild week of winning: They have an off-day on Thursday. The Rockies are the hottest team in baseball, riding a seven-game winning streak after an 8-0 victory over the Padres on Wednesday afternoon at Petco
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Surprise! One encouraging prospect-related development for each team
Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio
'An absolute gamer': Quantrill deals against former club
SAN DIEGO -- Cal Quantrill was on the mound to begin the Rockies’ first winning streak of the year. He had no intention of being on the bump when it ended. Pitching in the first big league ballpark he called home, Quantrill stymied the Padres into the seventh inning of
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Here are the top 11 switch-hitting prospects in the Minors
In an era that places a premium on platoon advantages, switch-hitters can be the most versatile members of a lineup -- even if they've become increasingly hard to find. Over the past four seasons, the number of switch-hitting batters in the Majors has slowly ticked down from 10.7 percent in
Aggressive baserunning helps Rockies secure 5th straight 'W'
SAN DIEGO -- The Rockies suddenly are doing something they hadn’t done much of in 2024. Besides winning. The Rockies have shown a newfound aggressiveness on the bases during their season-best five-game winning streak. That trend continued Monday night in their 5-4 victory over the Padres at Petco Park.
Healthy Veen 'staying grateful and having fun'
This story was excerpted from Thomas Harding’s Rockies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. DENVER -- Double-A Hartford outfielder Zac Veen’s path to his current lofty positions -- the leading hitter in the Eastern League and the No.
Standout stats for 8 new Top 100 prospects
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How to watch Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff FREE
There is a new place to watch free baseball every Sunday this season. Catch your favorite MLB action with Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff, streaming free on The Roku Channel every Sunday morning.
Doyle's wall-crashing catch headlines Rox stellar defensive showing
DENVER -- The Rockies’ fourth straight victory, a 3-1 win over the defending World Series champion Rangers to complete a three-game sweep Sunday, left a mark. Just to the right of the “415-ft” wall in center at Coors Field, two of the pads were dented, split and borderline mangled. Call
Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?
The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of
Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list
Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day
Another record for Bazzana: OSU's all-time hit mark
Travis Bazzana keeps rewriting the Oregon State record books. MLB Pipeline's No. 2 Draft prospect already claimed the program’s all-time and single-season home run records this season. Now he has set another major school mark. Bazzana became OSU’s all-time hits leader on Sunday, setting the school record with a run-scoring
No. 10 Rox prospect Montgomery has shoulder surgery
DENVER -- Double-A Hartford outfielder and Rockies No. 10 prospect Benny Montgomery, the team’s top pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, underwent surgery Friday to repair a left shoulder injury, Rockies director of player development Chris Forbes said. Montgomery, 21, sustained the injury while diving for a ball in the
Reliable Quantrill right at home with Rockies
This story was excerpted from Thomas Harding’s Rockies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. DENVER -- By the fifth inning of their 9-1 victory over the Giants on Thursday afternoon, the game was headed in a comfortable direction
Dynamic catching duo of Díaz, Stallings leads Rox to series win
DENVER -- Elias Díaz made the first All-Star trip for a Rockies catcher -- an MVP performance, at that -- and set a club record with 126 games behind the dish in 2023. As much as he gave the club, the Rockies gave him something he needed: help from an
Blackmon's clutch double gives Rox consecutive wins
DENVER -- The Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon stood at second base and clapped his batting gloved hands together exactly once. The occasion of Blackmon’s eighth-inning two-run double that provided a 4-2 victory over the defending World Series champion Rangers at Coors Field called for more.
Tovar possesses unwavering belief in himself, Rockies
DENVER -- In a Rockies’ season that would reduce anyone’s power of positive thinking, shortstop Ezequiel Tovar has enough to lift himself and the rest of the club. Tovar singled, tripled and doubled -- the latter two extra-base hits occurring in the Rockies’ seven-run fourth inning -- and helped pull
Draft prospect Condon hits 34th HR, most in D1 since 2011
The top prospect in the 2024 Draft has solidified his status as the premier power in college baseball's bat-ball coefficient of restitution era. Georgia slugger Charlie Condon launched his 34th home run of the season in Thursday's 14-10 win over South Carolina, which marked the highest single-season total since the
Bryant working through injury by controlling what he can
DENVER -- In college at the University of San Diego more than a decade ago, Kris Bryant sought out enough slights to jot on about 20 index cards. "This guy's a 5 o'clock hitter … he can't do this or that," he recalled. Believing it was not the way to
Potential future closers -- one for each team
Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of